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I never owned a 20" bike. I lived in the Projects until I was 13.I hear ya crusty.
I also raced BMX when I was a kid for 3 or 4 years.
Before I got my first BMX bike, I had an old Schwinn Stingray that had been modified a bit. I could ride wheelies for days on it, all the way down the street, even in circles. Found the balance point every time. When I started racing BMX I never could ride a wheelie like on that old Stingray.
Yea my sister lives in San Fran took it near the hospital she works at in oakland
$20 to the first one who tells me who invented this newfangled mosheene...
In 1990 all mountain bikes rode like ass. Most mountain bike designers rode flat non technical trails and had no idea that technical trails were more funner. The year Miyata introduced the Century Redux changed everything. The 175mm crank standard was accepted and roadie parts fell by the way with SIS shifters and mountain bike specific brakes were made. The next year Bridgestone made the MB-1 and the California Clunker was laid to rest.
California Clunker same era:
If you're talking about the Miyata, then Greg Herbold.
My first mountain bike...
Alps!!!
I had the obnoxious yellow version. It was quite assyMy first mountain bike...
Dingdingding!
Windshields probably overheating. I do this all the time in the summer, especially if they are in direct sunlight.
Looks flexy.
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this would have been close to my first Mt Bike (lacking fenders and rack) 1986 Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo with that damn under chainstay U brake and Suntour non indexed thumb shiters and front Cantilever brake.
I remember the really wide 1.65 x 26 tires of the day
I remember the really wide 1.65 x 26 tires of the day
This was my first real mountain bike, minus the rear fender.
I built about 1000 of those and sold about 200 of those..... GT Tequestas with those effing Bull Moose bars also. God I hated those Shimano Exage equipped bikes..... Exage became SLX right?This was my first real mountain bike, minus the rear fender.
This wasn't my first Mt bike, but this was my first capable mt. bike...
Does pushing my Peugeot UO 8 with skinny tires and fenders up Snake Mountain and riding it down in 1975 count as my first mountain bike? Rear fender folded into the wheel halfway down and required some aah... adjustment to continue...
Yes. Schwinn and Peugeot never made a bike under 40lbs. Peugeot made Schwinn Letours and only Letours. When Greg Lemond won the tour everyone ran out and bought a Letour.
As I recall, my UO 8 was about 34 pounds. A 34 pound road bike. Hella zippy. I din't know anything, just rode it a lot of miles.
Haha. It was a cool bike. The very first Alpinestar DH specific bikes used this design. Came with a Judy DH. Rock Shox DH brakes anyone remember those? They were sold at Nashbar. When Nashbar was a shop.This wasn't my first Mt bike, but this was my first capable mt. bike...
Well the Pugeots and Raleighs of the era where a lot better then the Schwinn varsity or the Sears Free Spirits of the day.
this was my first 'mountain bike' ... bought it the first day of a stay-home vacation when I didn't have any plans for the week.
Kang
