That I am not denying. So did most others. Where I grew up M1s were rare, so not that big of a sample size (6-8 maybe). I witnessed one broken shock bolt on the link (6 mm was not a good idea). But everything was cracking at the time, Giants, GT, Speci Big Hit. Exception was Nicolai.
I had one. It was awesome. If I didn’t live in flat SoCal it would’ve been a keeper. Though it want mechanically perfect, it handled like a champ.
God yes. All the Lawwills.
That's one of the few I regret selling. Great bike, and the shock worked well compared to literally anything else that RS made at the time.
BMXman convinced me the Shiver SC was a good idea. Thanks brah.
You will be turning in your engineering man card at the end of your shift.
at anyone saying ellesworth. i had a buddy in college that broke 3 dares in a row.
Is that the Truth??
I'll admit to having an interest in one for a short time because it was the only 7" travel bike in existence that you could put a derailleur on and climb. Then I saw one in person and realized my dirtjumper was built more stout. And called the company and uh......yeah, no more interest.
knew another guy that broke one of those.
Seriously. He's such a Joker.
My first decent bike was purchased after getting the cash advance from my new job's travel expense account, then prayed they waited a month or two before sending me on the road.I forget what it was called, but when I was a teenager there was a full suspension Oryx that I wanted. Anyone remember that brand?
Instead, I got a Kona Poehoehoe and flogged it. Paid for it with a bunch of cash that I found under the carpet in my bedroom closet. No joke.
That was my main problem, being poor helped shield me from buying shit that was not any better and in many cases worse. So many "privateer" type companies that had a good hook or gimmick, but in terms of delivering the full picture...that sh*t ain't easy and few did it really really well.
chumbas were cool but they ate bearings like pacman
to be fair, at that time they were right because suspension of that era was simply awful.
Yeah, wouldn't argue that at all...just that no one else I have ever talked to remembers Iron Horse being that kind of company.
Man, I was living in Vancouver WA at/near the height of Elsworth mountain bike community lust and they were just down the street at the time. I wanted one in the worst way, but was a newly married, freshly minted aircraft mechanic. Barely had money to buy beer, let alone some space age full squish bike.
there was an era in between then, when madcatz was racing for IH in the pre-DW days with a stacked team of hill, rennie, graves, and atkinson on the SGS
