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the timeline of early mountain bikes 1976-1985
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someone sent me this link via Facebook, a timeline of early MTBs. how many of these could you recognize on the streets?
https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/

Specialized Stumpjumper Sport was my first mountain bike ride. oh, those memories of racing with buddies. got my first bone fracture on Stumpjumper too.
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(06-30-2021, 07:34 AM)Papa Dom Wrote:  someone sent me this link via Facebook, a timeline of early MTBs. how many of these could you recognize on the streets?
https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/

Specialized Stumpjumper Sport was my first mountain bike ride. oh, those memories of racing with buddies. got my first bone fracture on Stumpjumper too.

Thanks for the remembrances Dom. Not sure why I missed this post.
I have just gotten back into off-road cycling after pretty much doing as a kid before I went into high school. We made our trails in the forest around our house riding late '50s-early '60s hand-me-down balloon tire bikes; first and only frame I ever cracked (but welded by neighbor for some more use/abuse). Never owned a mountain bike until about 3 or 4 years ago and of course keeping with my norm got an '80s Cannondale fitted with Sun Tour Cyclone mechs. Then converted a road bike for on-road/off-road use; now getting ready to build up a Cascarsi cyclocross frame with no clue as to what I should put on it. I will take any and all recommendations and advice from the community here. I'm just feeling excited about going back to the dirt! Hope to have it built for my next northern excursion.
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Thank you for sharing!
Jamis Dakota used to be the coolest ride in the neighborhood where I grew up (one of our "group" mates had it bought by his dad) and the name is still carried until this day. Now Dakota is a performance-level mountain bike and it's fun to look at the evolution.
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