Pictures of old and obscure suspension bikes
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Very nice Barracuda XXFX. Again same body but rear is wrong. Interesting the site the photo is from says it is their "joke bike".The Barracuda X FX used a single pivot design...
Just take the damn stickers off and read the logo. Leaving them on is like refusing to throw away your def lepard concert shirt from 1987 with the sleeves cut out.
Anything stamped on the bottom of the BB?
Anything stamped on the bottom of the BB?
Fully pimped.The Barracuda X FX used a single pivot design...
Most disappointingly obvious entry on Urban Dic.
Nope. Everybody deserves to be the victim of a good point and laugh at one time or another.
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HA HA 
Yep, even saw one of the original elastomer ones late last year!
Just something about those proflex bikes. Their marketing ad must have been something like "the last bike you'll ever buy" and people took it in earnest. Everyone sees old bikes around but that's definitely the one I still see the most of.
To be fair, they were far less horrible than other full suspension bikes during that time. My 94 Pro Flex had its main pivot in a sensible spot, an uninterrupted seattube and fortunately came without the Girvin fork. I think @Toshi had the same bike.
Terrible elastomers, geometry and my dad's firm belief that a 21" seattube was just right for 13 year old me aside... it could have been a bit worse. Actually, now that i think about it i hated that bike with a passion as soon as i started racing downhill and was quite happy when i managed to huck a crack into the swingarm. Unfortunately my dad knew a guy with a welding machine.
Terrible elastomers, geometry and my dad's firm belief that a 21" seattube was just right for 13 year old me aside... it could have been a bit worse. Actually, now that i think about it i hated that bike with a passion as soon as i started racing downhill and was quite happy when i managed to huck a crack into the swingarm. Unfortunately my dad knew a guy with a welding machine.
Yeah, I had a Proflex 550. Cromo, straight seat tube, original elastomers that I cracked (!) and replaced with a cut-down microcellular elastomer (aka "foam") stack. Non-suspension cromo fork as well with a Girvin Flexstem, replaced with a swanky Salsa stem (ah, those welds) and a Rock Shox Quadra 10 when I bent the fork on a G out…
I so badly wanted to buy a proflex for an adventure race I did, but the headtube was cracked. I saw it as soon as the guy took it out of his truck. I rode it anyways then handed it back to him.
OMG did I want one of these back in the day.
Boulder Ti:
http://www.vintagemtbworkshop.com/1993-boulder-intrepid-ti.html
Boulder Ti:
http://www.vintagemtbworkshop.com/1993-boulder-intrepid-ti.html
People liked Klein Mantras too.I rode with a guy in Moab a few years back on a Maverick. He couldn't stop raving about it. It was kind of funny.
They do look quite horrifying to ride.You know those pics do a great job of proving the 1st quote in your sig to be wrong.
Looks like he's about ready to ride into battle on that bad boy.
Hey there it's not embarrassing having an advanti moto... I still have and use one of these lol... Actually it's the exact same one colour and all.... Except I modified my frame to strengthen it slightly more.
It's toodles.
So yes, he should be embarassed. You should see what he rides now. And what he buckles around his waist.
Oh...... That's not something you're wearing.
ok..... Have you considered the Jenny Craig program?
I spent many an hour beating these hydro formed pieces into butter smooth submission when they were down in SLO in the 90's (before Kinesis and the abomination they are now).
Shaums March and Richard Lancaster were doing their best to break them. The factory was a old paint store with a tin roof and swamp cooler. It got nasty in the summer.
No DH bikes in '92 my ass, these were around in '89 with full hydraulic brakes and an inverted fork biatch!
Moto from the get go.
Shaums March and Richard Lancaster were doing their best to break them. The factory was a old paint store with a tin roof and swamp cooler. It got nasty in the summer.
No DH bikes in '92 my ass, these were around in '89 with full hydraulic brakes and an inverted fork biatch!
Moto from the get go.
Hahahahahaha bum bags are just so handy tho... It's amazing what ya can fit in em... Here a quick pic of my avanti moto it was taken last Friday. Most of it is still all original all the suspension I'm sure is still factory lmao.
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I have one of those frames up as wall art. Still one of the best looking frames ever.
Wow I’ve only seen the later Avantis.