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Pictures of old and obscure suspension bikes
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Holy out of proportion batman! 
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My friend had one of those and he welded on disc mounts and upgraded the bushings/pivot assembly. The bike was awsome, I was bumbed when he sold it (wish I woudl have bought it)My old VR1 frame, no disc mounts and nice flexy stays when you pulled the rear brake on, not really made for the mr dirts and the other kit on the frame was pretty damn ghetto. Still wouldnt mind getting it back sometime.
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Damn!! this is the best thread ever!! I love seeing the crazy crap that has come and gone. I would try and huck this bike but I don't think I'm strong enough, it looks heavy as hellposted for sheer awesomeness:
no one brought up the lefty fork
Boy does this thread bring back the memories! I worked in R&D at Onza in the early 90's- we used to see some pretty crazy stuff. I remember when Danny was faxed a photo of Phillipe Perakis crazy DH bike with a very different linkage fork with ATZ air shocks on it. I'm pretty sure he rode it at Mammoth in '94- anyone have a decent pic?
ATZ also had a linkage elastomer fork and rear end that was used on some of the Cilo bikes...
Anyone have pics of a RockShox LTD? I used to have some really great pics of the one that Tomac rode for a bit but I can't seem to find them...
I have tons of photos-
ATZ also had a linkage elastomer fork and rear end that was used on some of the Cilo bikes...
Anyone have pics of a RockShox LTD? I used to have some really great pics of the one that Tomac rode for a bit but I can't seem to find them...
I have tons of photos-
And a few more-
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Chuck Texeira at easton has made a few very trick mini mtb's, tricycles and the like. I do not have pics but his creations did make it into the mags in the mid 90's, pretty slick kiddy rides.
i just threw up a little from those HED wheels.
not feel the hed?? they are still in bis. and their stuff is actually quite nice!
i find it interesting on how many thing we got right early on and then seemingly forgot about in dh. like light wheel and just looking damn cool.
i find too many of todays bike cookie cutter in shape/design idea. there seems to be less thinking outside of the box now-a-days
i find it interesting on how many thing we got right early on and then seemingly forgot about in dh. like light wheel and just looking damn cool.
i find too many of todays bike cookie cutter in shape/design idea. there seems to be less thinking outside of the box now-a-days
I believe someone requested the Pong Cannondale? I saw this bike in person at Interbike way back when and heard Joe Montgomery swear up one side and down that other that they would produce it. The entire bike was machined from billet.
Here's some more pics- first is the Scott and Kestrel bikes with variable leverage ratio depending on whether or not you were sitting on the saddle. I actually rode both of the Scott prototypes at Walker ranch with some of the Scott USA guys. The GT is the forerunner to the IT-1. I think it was shown at Interbike in '96 or '97.
Next are the Cannondales with another pic of the Fulcrum. I remember seeing this bike in person at Cactus Cup- probably in '97.
Next are some Foes bikes. I thought I had some pics of the leaf spring bike but I can't seem to find them.
Next are the Cannondales with another pic of the Fulcrum. I remember seeing this bike in person at Cactus Cup- probably in '97.
Next are some Foes bikes. I thought I had some pics of the leaf spring bike but I can't seem to find them.
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Here's my contirbution
Storm Corner Worker DS Frame
Storm H2
Storm Corner Worker DS Frame
Storm H2
Found the pics of the Trevor Harris designed RockShox LTD (linear trajectory device) bike- I remember seeing this bike in person, probably back when the World Championships were held in Vail. I always thought it was a cool bike.
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The LTD year was '95, at least for Tomac. Distinctly remember him racing XC on it as his Giardia from the Hawaian Mtn Tour that year took him out of the running for the Olympic team. Worst freaking selection process ever. A guy has a bad season in '95, an then is clearly the strongest racer leading up to the olympics, and freaking Don Myrah gets selected over him...
11 years later and I am still pissed.
11 years later and I am still pissed.
perhaps one day.
Here's my version of the old URT design-
the one i have is on my bro's XC rocky mountain frame... most likely going to be taking it off that and putting it on my old hardrock frame soon.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!
homebrew? That thing is crazy/dope at that same time!
Yeah, pretty wild for sure. Probably could have sold a load of them in 1995.
That's funny as that's when I actually did the original design. Of course back then I was only manufacturing components......
I literally built this thing from leftover tubing and parts (it's a single speed) that I had in my garage. If I was to refine it I could make it a lot nicer/lighter. It does ride reasonably well for a hacked together bike and it's pretty stiff in torsion. You can also make a really small frame with this design.....
speaking of the pong bike, i remember seeing this exotic polished aluminum cnc linkage fork @ interbike one year. really complex, but aesthtically neat. it may have been single sided - i recall a long sculpted one piece cnc fork leg extending from crown to axle pivot. anybody remember this?
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Thats Sigfrid's Worlds Rig if I'm not mistaken, my bro owned that bike at one point.
Is this the Old Tomac you are referring to??
That is suh a cool frame, I still want one of those!
Yeah me too! Don't know why it's so hard, that thing is legendary. Thanks.THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
I for the life of me could not ever find a pic of that bike.
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you can't get that bike, but rotec is making bikes with the same suspension design.
http://www.roteccycles.com/
No, I want the old magnum 80, at one point it showed up on a forum a few years ago, but sold fast
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wow, I didn't even notice that. I thought it was a pic of the 204 with a single crown on it
Yep it is. There is another one painted like it out there somplace, but it's got the stock geometry, Mike made one for himself for masters worlds.
I know exactly which fork you are talking about- it was very curvy, CNC machined, single sided with a (I think) parallelogram linkage and an air shock. It was strictly a one off prototype.... I could have sworn I had a photo of it somewhere but I can't find it. If I could only recall who made it.....
I remember those. A guy I was racing xc with in Québec was sponsored by Liken and he kept snapping the frames in half. They were all made of "thermoplastic". They also made chainguides that had the reputation of derailing the chain more than actually keeping it on the chainring...
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the last bike that Honus posted (with suspend this on the toptube) is actually still in production as a schwinn comfort bike. It was designed by the same guys who do the bike design work for Thomson.