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[grgos]

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=455925   

[steveb]

Ahhh, back in the day. When men were men, women were erm, men too, a mountain bike was a mountain bike (not a FR/AM/DH/XC bike) and EVERYONE rode their bikes to the top.

Those were the days.

[themossman]

That picture of Tom Richey is fab (the sport should have more mouchtaches - could be like an organic facial crud catcher) 

[gammmmo]

Ah...takes me back - I have a pile of old American biking magazines in the garage that look like that...it all looks soooooo dated. I picked up one the other day and they were debating the benefits of front (yes front not back) suspension....and I think it was Ned Overend who was saying it just wasn't needed and that "we are born with the best suspension possible - namely our arms". 

[hermit43]

Right that's it, I'm getting me some bar ends.

[grgos]

more old bike fotos from my local forum   
http://tabla.mtb.si/viewtopic.php?t=79326&start=0
alien 
 

[Steve P]

WTF is that?  Be afraid, be very afraid.

[Bippa]

WTF is that?  Be afraid, be very afraid.

reminds me of some japanese (i think) film i saw in the eighties...

[gammmmo]

Its Sam Hill's top secret rig for 2009....either that, or Honda have come up with something new again.

[steveb]

Could be wrong but I think it's that mad french bloke who in the 90's kept nearly killing himself trying to break the landspeed record on a bike.

[Steve UK]

Think your right there Steve, look at the size of that front sprocket 

[Steve P]

Think your right there Steve, look at the size of that front sprocket 

Must be about 60T 
Pic is titled phillipe perakisatz bike
Quick google revealed this in an old ridemonkey forum post:
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-126808-p-2.html
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Honus02-22-2007, 10:16 PM
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"And now for something completely different...
Phillipe Perakis' ATZ bike circa Mammoth 1994. Single air shock telelever style front end (complete with scissors link for steering) and URT rear end- it pivoted right in front of the BB. I think it had about 6" travel front/rear.
The fork really doesn't scare me- the A arm could be a bit beefier though! The really scary part is the skinny down tube with all the loads being fed right into the middle of it. That thing had to have been a serious flexy flier.... With a really big downtube it could have worked.

I remember one of my Onza co workers saying at the time that Herbold kept going up to it and pointing and saying "Dude, I think there's a crack right there" with Phillippe saying "No, no, go away!" "

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/JKelty/PerakisATZ.jpg

On closer inspection that bike looks slightly different..

[bong69uk]

ahh the good old DCD,i remember the time when neither me or any of my mates would be seen dead on a bike without one of those,lol.

[Cartwheel]

Aaagh gold rock shock mag 21s...I thought I was the shit when I got some of those. Had to save like a madman to get them tho...loved every bit of the 1.95inches travel.
Man how things have changed.

[Steve P]

   I've still got some RS Indy C's on my old GT Tequesta.  About the same 2" of travel but very excited when I fitted them.  Very disappointed when I rode them off little drops n stuff.  I think I'll be passing them & the bike on soon