The One That Got Away (thank God)
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Pretty much same.
I actually considered putting stubby bar ends back on my flat bars...but at 31" wide the thought terrifies me, too.
I would like to have a longer reach position for cruising uphill. Find myself often resting my palms on the top-forward part of my bars spinning up the dirt road.
I would like to have a longer reach position for cruising uphill. Find myself often resting my palms on the top-forward part of my bars spinning up the dirt road.
man, now i miss my uzzi vp. that's one bike i'm glad i *did* get. i agonized between that and the sx trail forever. did i crack a seatstay? sure (they replaced it for free thankfully). but when that bike was dialed in with a ccdb it was terrific bombing chunk in le pisgah and not too bad on local trails either.
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Schwinn 4 banger homegrown frame | eBay
Schwinn homegrown 4 banger frame. Would be a great vintage downhill or enduro build. 4" travel rear suspension, 1 1/8th headtube, 21" frame puts this at a size large. Bike is in surprisingly great condition for its age, rear suspension still rebounds, and paint still sparkles with minimal...
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Supergo had these on sale when I was getting started on MTB...
I spent a sad amount of time lusting after one of their Exogrid frames.....Still beautiful to look at & would make beautiful wall art.
Dude, good memories. Loved riding with those guys. Marshall would manual entire sections of singletrack like it was nothing.
Rode a Motolite for a few years. I liked it.
Had two Intense frames, an Uzzi SL and the Haro M1. The Haro was bomb proof and weighed a svelte 46 pounds. Ripped the BB shell completely off the Uzzi on a trail ride. Intense was willing to replace the frame for a reasonable fee, but only had a small front triangle so I threw it in the trash. Rode that 46 pound sled all over Western NC for a long time until I got a hardtail. Built up some massive thighs in the process.
He named them after gunnz
this is pew pew, and over there eating the paste is f16
I think MAGNUM would be a great name for some kid from the south or whatever. He would have some reputational things to live up to…
I actually got a Loco-Moto for my first FS bike, custom built from Speedgoat after the much-vaunted KaloMTB pulled their usual flim flam on me.
Cracked top tube...replaced on warranty, but had another bike...I think my 24" rear Big Hit...when I finally got the new frame. Don't recall who I sold it to; did build it and ride it a few times before that..
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I picked up Titus way back because the Loco-Moto was the ONLY FS bike anywhere that came in XXS. They were a great brand to carry.
I wanted an M1 until I rode a Disco in late 2001. Got one of the first new Disco's with the longer upper links with the 8.5x2.5 shock. That thing was a beast! Rocked mine with a Stratos S8.
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Bofors is a boy's name, so there's something out of whack here one way or another.
Stilllll think pics are in order...
you new here?
by here I mean planet earth?
Don't test my middle-American values system here. Especially not with your clandestine solo dance routines in the old barn.
I still think that is a god looking frame. This was the last real sign of life from Schwinn with amazing gold flake paint jobs on their frame and clearly a good suspension design just not sure how it rode without a floating brake setup. Maybe manageable on a short travel setup.Schwinn 4 banger homegrown frame | eBay
Schwinn homegrown 4 banger frame. Would be a great vintage downhill or enduro build. 4" travel rear suspension, 1 1/8th headtube, 21" frame puts this at a size large. Bike is in surprisingly great condition for its age, rear suspension still rebounds, and paint still sparkles with minimal...www.ebay.com
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Supergo had these on sale when I was getting started on MTB...
You need the Sid DH version to match
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It was also a Yeti. So... Homegrown frames were Yeti made.I still think that is a god looking frame. This was the last real sign of life from Schwinn with amazing gold flake paint jobs on their frame and clearly a good suspension design just not sure how it rode without a floating brake setup. Maybe manageable on a short travel setup.
You need the Sid DH version to match
nah, control tech in washington. Only the homegrown factory and straight six frames were yeti made. Everything else, US but farmed out.
Huh. I though the 4 was too. I knew the round seat-chainstay hard were ARCs. The straight-6 & pull shock straight-8 definitely were. The push shock straight-8 was not.
Oh! It's coming back! For ht's if the head tube was gold or silver and a different color than the rest of the frame, it was Yeti. Woah. Ride onto the way back machine right there.
Not the seat/chain-stays. The Yeti ARC was always rounded while the Schwinn was 2 pieces. It was the head tube that identified.
Most of those old Schwinn hardtails have really lovely (old school, aesthetic) proportions if you just look at the silhouettes but those FSers are uggggly and the Schwinn logo itself is, omg, like so gross, Becky. Like how could you even? On your downtube? Ewww.
That said, I can still picture the paint jobs on those 4bangers.... they were works of art.
I have a red metal flake Schwinn seat from that area in the basement somewhere that I bought for the wife but not high on comfort and too nice to throw out. Maybe I need to list it for the retro crowed.
I adored the straight six/DH6 frames (I particularly wanted a DH-4). Easily my favorite bikes ever, especially with fat HED rims and turqoise and yellow before it became on trend. Knowing that the six was yeti welded was even better.
The four bangers were so close to perfect, but the lack of a brake linkage scared me. I'd still buy one.
The four bangers were so close to perfect, but the lack of a brake linkage scared me. I'd still buy one.
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I hear you and I can help, Sammich. This could be your red convertible with @CBJ ´s seat and your trust fork. Slap some yellow Magura on there and we’re in! I´ll even throw in an orange carbon Syncros combo if you promise to run it.
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Omg. A pull shock, without the linkage. That's... All of the travel with none of the damping or leverage curve.