Have you been drinking??? You are talking about the pic VRock posted right??? Cause the suspension isn't compressed... Otherwise, I'm the one that needs the drink!!!OGRipper said:
Pictures of old and obscure suspension bikes
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Well no but I'm starting to get damn thirsty.Secret Squirrel said:
Look at the pic on the left and explain to me how that bike is going to compress when you hit a bump. Unless it's got like an inch of travel, I don't get it. The lower link is rotated almost all the way up.
I guess it could be that the upper part of the lower link is basically the pivot point and the swingarm rocks forward from there? Maybe I'm just used to looking at vpp bikes, but if on the other hand the frame is compressed it makes a lot more sense, and yeah like DW said a lot like a Giant. Plus it looks like a mock-up and not a real pic.
Edit: I guess I see how the lower link would rotate down...I dunno, weird.
I was the first pro rider for Battle Mountain bikes in 1995. I snapped the head tube off the bike in the first turn at Crested Butte. I had just quit a great bartending job to chase my dream of racing pro and their damn bike breaks on me in the first race. Then my tranny blows up on the way home. What an illustrious start to my career.vitox said:
Here's my contribution to this thread...found this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Downhill-GSR-Mach-9-Frame_W0QQitemZ7184243667QQcategoryZ98083QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Downhill-GSR-Mach-9-Frame_W0QQitemZ7184243667QQcategoryZ98083QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I shot these pics today at a local race, all bikes were raced and all survived!
The winner of elite (faster than you and me) rides this old Scott:
The winner of Masters 30+ last year was ridding this bike:
The winner of the Maxxis-MSC Spanish National series Masters 30+ rides this older Orbea:
Don't know anything about this Rotwild, but here it is:
Everyweekend I see more and more "old and obscure suspension bikes." One of my buddies has a Schwinn Lawill design with a pull shock and all. I'll get some pics for yalls later. Much more to come in the following months!
The winner of elite (faster than you and me) rides this old Scott:
The winner of Masters 30+ last year was ridding this bike:
The winner of the Maxxis-MSC Spanish National series Masters 30+ rides this older Orbea:
Don't know anything about this Rotwild, but here it is:
Everyweekend I see more and more "old and obscure suspension bikes." One of my buddies has a Schwinn Lawill design with a pull shock and all. I'll get some pics for yalls later. Much more to come in the following months!
Kinesis makes that frame and branded by other companies like Dagger (which is still being sold btw) and once was Ionic (Ion6).bikenweed said:The winner of Masters 30+ last year was ridding this bike:
I owned one. Pretty cool except that even a slight crosswind would make the rear end flex. Pack up some bushing replacements too while you're at it.
any pics of the Pace DH frame?
My mate has one of those, an unbranded yellow one straight from Kinesis, he got it in 1997, it's light as hell but still going strong after a pounding inc. many trips to Les Gets/morzine
I had two of those, But mine were MuddyFox Ultimate DHs (the same bikes the Athertons used to ride), Both mine were stolen
Anyone know if any other companies still sell them?
Obscure, but pretty rad:
G-Boxxx bike from MSC
http://www.mscbikes.com/Maxxis_MSC/Introduccio.htm
And check this old Kastle DH rig:
I hear they flex a lot and the chainstays are VERY long, but they aren't very heavy, and they are very plush. Not really a great bike by today's standards, but they were pretty popular in Europe a few years ago. Cool, eh?
G-Boxxx bike from MSC
http://www.mscbikes.com/Maxxis_MSC/Introduccio.htm
And check this old Kastle DH rig:
I hear they flex a lot and the chainstays are VERY long, but they aren't very heavy, and they are very plush. Not really a great bike by today's standards, but they were pretty popular in Europe a few years ago. Cool, eh?
Awesome bike !
Oh yeah, the Kastle is actually for sale, 500 Euros. (about $625 US) The owner has a Big Hit which he likes a lot more. While I would not recomend the bike for daily riding, it would be a cool collector's item. Buying this thing would kinda suck cuz it's a LOT of $ (like $250) to ship it across the Atlantic to a place like CA. (The bike's in Spain, and the brand Kastle is Italian) Who's got some more cool older bikes?
i would very much like to know, the bike chris o'driscoll, rode in kranked 3(the durango part), it had a rocker link, but the chock was directly below the bottom bracket.
SICK 10 page thread about old bikes. Miticas means myths. It's in Spanish but the pictures are all over. If I knew how to copy and paste images I would, maybe someone who knows could do us that favor!
http://www.foromtb.com/showthread.php?t=62383
http://www.foromtb.com/showthread.php?t=62383
oly said:Holy hell, what is this?????
Looks like a heinsman hub motor in the rear wheel, so I'm guessing those are battery tubes... I don't remember ever seeing that bike before!
oly said:Holy hell, what is this?????
I just found this...
http://www.craftsmen-design.com/images/vehicles/designs/mantis.htm
Hehehe...I used my Leatherman to cut the tire off her rim that run...say 10 said:I have a couple that I haven't seen posted yet
Anne C.- practice run, cleaned yard sale with just a rear rim!
She flatted right off the start of her qualifying run. Someone had the tire cut through with a pocked knife but the wire beads were too tough. I stepped in and clipped 'em then took the pic. Someone else took the tire for a souvenir
Mike
My pride and joy.
Just started work-still living at home, hence a bit of disposable income;
92 ( I think) GT RTS team frame, Noleen shock, Manitou 2's, Syncros cattleprod stem with Answer aluminite bars, Syncros seatpost with Flite seat, Hope hubs with MK1 Hope mechanical disk brake, rear Grafton speed controllers, XT threaded headset with Gorilla lock, Topline cranks with Pace CNC rings, X Lite Ti crank bolts, Ritchey Z-max WCS tyres, Ringle bottle cage, good old XT thumbshifters, and rear mech, the 1st Shimano SPD's, Ringle TI-stix skewers.
Loved that bike, ended up selling it in bits and bought an MK1 Orange Aluminium 'O'. Also note possibly the best snowboard binding setup in the top right of the piccy-Burtons Contact binding.
Good times.
Just started work-still living at home, hence a bit of disposable income;
92 ( I think) GT RTS team frame, Noleen shock, Manitou 2's, Syncros cattleprod stem with Answer aluminite bars, Syncros seatpost with Flite seat, Hope hubs with MK1 Hope mechanical disk brake, rear Grafton speed controllers, XT threaded headset with Gorilla lock, Topline cranks with Pace CNC rings, X Lite Ti crank bolts, Ritchey Z-max WCS tyres, Ringle bottle cage, good old XT thumbshifters, and rear mech, the 1st Shimano SPD's, Ringle TI-stix skewers.
Loved that bike, ended up selling it in bits and bought an MK1 Orange Aluminium 'O'. Also note possibly the best snowboard binding setup in the top right of the piccy-Burtons Contact binding.
Good times.
Kastle makes, or do I say made, Skis.bikenweed said:Obscure, but pretty rad:
G-Boxxx bike from MSC
http://www.mscbikes.com/Maxxis_MSC/Introduccio.htm
And check this old Kastle DH rig:
I hear they flex a lot and the chainstays are VERY long, but they aren't very heavy, and they are very plush. Not really a great bike by today's standards, but they were pretty popular in Europe a few years ago. Cool, eh?
Very schaweet bike.
reanimating an old thread...
rad german carbon. circa mid-90's.
love the rubber pull shock:
rad german carbon. circa mid-90's.
love the rubber pull shock:
wow... i actually have that fork :|Jan knew how to be subtle..
^frankenstein homebuilt jackshaft rear suspension built from a kirk cast magnesium frame - doesn't get much awesomer than that
ZYZZX Bullit by hanebrink, man I had that fork on a foes weasel with custer shock back in the day. Magura hs hydraulic rim brakes were the rage.
I was young and influenced!
jesus, that bb is taller than SHAQ!
posted for sheer awesomeness:
Bender Jr?