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Generation One, of the White Bros designs. Check out the rear chain tensioning device, very ahead of his time, and only because Daves Chain Device (DCD) didnt fit the frame
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martin_fry said on 17 February 2009
rating own ride, as seems to be the done thing
had lots of fun on this bike, and was good for the time, there where a few things that could have been improved upon for this model, and there where some bikes i would have prefered at the time, but didnt have the cash or access to heavily discounted models, so best i could afford when i was student, not a single regret about this bike, fixed the two problems it had (mentioned above), and was a reluctant sell, but needed the cash at the time
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DoctorBobrick said on 28 January 2009
bit old but looks real good for a '96 model
martin_fry replied... on 29 January 2009
This photo is from 96-98 sorry for any confusion
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euxodusmtb said on 26 January 2009
My old mans got on of these, he's had it for years and I love riding it, real quality all rounder
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daleevans8 said on 21 January 2009
looks a 4 but all of its history i agree so heres a ten
ashley_photog replied... on 21 January 2009
Quick look on the Inet, reveals it was Paul Lasenby.
ashley_photog replied... on 21 January 2009
forgot his first name, but his last name was lasenby.
martin_fry replied... on 21 January 2009
for its time it was the nuts, 12 years later there are many bikes on the market with a similar layout. And to win the National XC champs against the hard tail brigade changed the industry for good. But to be fair i did have a quick ride arround the paddock on the the XC winning version at the Malverns and the rear shock was seriously locked out, the rider (i forget his name) joked that he had replaced the shock with a piece of wood and covred it in a lizard skin to save weight.
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ashley_photog said on 21 January 2009
Not many people will realise how revolutionary this bike was. for a start it was the first full suspension design to with the British National champs, at XC! in 96. Jon Whyte was a British Ex F1 suspension designer, and Marin brought him on to design a suspension system, Marin had never really had a great Full suspension bike before this, and had simply lisence built the Manitou rear suspension design onto there own frame. This was the bike that really kick started Full suspension for general riding not just Downhill (even though Proflex had been doing XC a while before that).
martin_fry replied... on 5 February 2009
Also the shock was a G2 version as the Fox Vanila Air (which was brand new 1st attempt) blew in the first month, shock here was a coil over oil damper.
martin_fry replied... on 21 January 2009
couldn't have put it better my self, seriously, cheers. I think Mr Whyte worked for the Jordon team, prior to Marin commisioning him for the design. This was one of the first batch that came avilable to the Trade, i was working in Ralph Colemans in Taunton at the time. Shown here you can see i also blagged an G2 rear triangle upgrade when it was released, it allowed us to use a Std drive chain, where previously we could only run micro drive rings, and 42 is never enough for me to push hard down tracks. The original G1 rear triangles were orange.
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