Originally Posted by
frantik
i want a park pre... love those paint jobs and also has a connection to Diamondback
That seems only natural given your love for D.B. bikes and Cozy having been the development guy at D.B. through the '80s, especially so on the BMX side as his son raced around SoCal like I did. I rode a few Parkpre hardtail mountain bikes and a couple BMX bikes but it wasn't until I landed my Grail that my love for Parkpre was solidified! I scored a "Pistol Pete" Loncarevich Team Signature frame (all the info
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/park_pre/52530#.UhYYBN238rg) that I built up with carbon cranks, SE fork, 20" custom wheels, and Magura hydra brakes... I raced for fun with the other fat old men under the lights down at the BMX track. Then the bike became my daughter's first trail bike when she was 6, she ripped it up and fell in love with the dirt before moving onto her '95 Barracuda a few months ago as the big 8 year old. The Parkpre mountain bikes pop up around here pretty frequently, usually on the cheap, but being Cozy was up near John Parker and Yeti might explain why I saw so many GT, Yeti, and Parkpre bikes on the trails in the early '90's.
Here is a '91 Catalyst that has been dying on the vine forever... $85.00 and no takers!
Also, here is a nice write up on the '91 Hammer, the next model up from the Catalyst but not the top model... The Sledgehammer!!!
http://www.parkpre.com/reviews/parkpre%20hammer.pdf