Originally Posted by
CACycling
Originally, Diamond Back's headquarters was in Camarillo, CA, which is next door to where I live so I saw a lot of them growing up.
I really like DBs and have had at least a dozen over the years. My favorites are the early to mid '90s MTBs and they tend to come up occasionally on CL pretty cheap (picked up a '94 DB Sorrento for $20 a few months back - needed only a good cleaning, lube and tune plus new grips to get it ready to ride - gave it to a young lady at church so she wouldn't have to ride her Wally World boat-anchor beach cruiser to school). Our '92 Ascent EXs (20" for me, 18" for my wife) were purchased new in box on eBay a year ago and are awesome rides.
I'll have to keep my eye on CL and see what comes up... I bought a new Salsa Mukluk but honestly feel more comfortable on the DB, it just fits me better. I have kind of a messed up knee that seems to hurt after riding the Muk but not so much with the DB, I might just have to fix it up a bit more and sell the Salsa.
Do you know what size bars are on the wildwood? I bought a pair of Surly Open bars I'd like to put on it if they'd fit. They're 25.4.... I appreciate all the info, I can
't seem to find any specs on these online, just basic bikepedia stuff... Thanks!
