I recently bought a Research Dynamics Coyote vintage mountain bike on eBay. Am still to see the bike live as it is in storage at the moment but wanted to gather information on the brand.

A web search on RD returned that it was a ski brand based in the Rockies selling bikes in the 80s and 90s. Their bikes being good value for the dollar at the time. The Coyote might have been the name of their MTB line with different annotations to each model in the line.

the bike I got is in charcoal matt finish. Thinking initially of steel, the seller later stated “Rolled fiber tubes into steel Lugs and butting masterfully tig welded”. It is Deore DX equipped with Araya RM17 wheels and Pedersen cantilever brakes. The other thing to be confirmed based my research Is the 1 1/4 oversized headtube.

Would appreciate more info on the brand, its history, the model lineup. Catalog scans or pictures of members’ bikes would also be great.