Originally Posted by
masispecial
I think Markeologist was referring to Specialized having purchased a Ritchey Mountainbike which they copied when designing the Stumpjumper.
I am looking forward to your revelation, but Sinyard would have known that the best tandems were being made on the West Coast of the USA at the time.
Of course he knew that, whether he wanted to pay for that is the far bigger question that I think we all know the answer to.