Until I stupidly unloaded my 1994 Sycamore in a trade for some other gear i thought I wanted, I rode that bike 20 years without a single problem. Full Cromoly, knobbies, slicks, rack, totally stripped. It did everything an unsuspended mountain bike could possibly do. I am about to take a ride to pick up a Rockadile from the same era to try and revive it and get back onto the original Goose. They really went down dill around 98-99 when they started to appear at mass merchants. Before that they were a respectable brand.