LBS has this sitting in the window, been a few since I’ve seen one of those
Posted Feb 16, 2023, 1:19 AM UTC
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The original mullet! Also that fork is gorgeous!
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I was talking about this bike at a Trek shop a few weeks ago and the poor kid didn’t know what I was talking about.
He was like sure Gramps, a 26/29 with a dual crown inverted fork. Let’s get you back to bed.
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Sixty Nine...
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I fawned over it. I “kinda” built one. Except I wanted a 29er. Scored an almost unused Rig frame and found a converted SC32 to 29er. The almost unused Surly fork painted to match has been on the bay for six months. 😆
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I really wanted one of these when they first came out, because I saw it as the new version of one of the actual original mullet, the Cannondale SM600 from 1985, which I owned way back... It just seemed cool.
So yeah, Cannondale had this thing beat by like 15+ years with their funky 26/24 mullet. Man, those Roller cam brakes sucked, though.
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Idaho Mountain Touring is a great shop!
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I genuinely lusted over this bike when it came out
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Someone educate…dont know this model
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Daamn. Single speed and dual crown on a hardtail. You don't see that often
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Man, those Maverick forks were so ahead of their time
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Maybe this is a dumb question, but why don't mtn bikes run "upside down" forks like street motorbikes? Is it a weight distribution thing? Is it because the fork would be exposed to more contamination that close to the wheel?
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Badass! And many love to hate on Trek but forget bikes like this...
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I remember wanting one of these so bad. But I was poor back then. Well I'm still poor, but I was also poor back then.