Originally Posted by madbiker555
How could that be the hottest bike in 1986? I typed it in google and it is hidious! How and Why?
Mountain Biking was just getting hot so it was touted to be innovative. You should have seen the Ross MTB's with the 6 lb Bull Moose bars. Wide and swept back. These bikes weighed a ton. They had names like Mt. Washington and Rainier. Coolest bike was the Ritchy Commando. A beautiful fillet braised cromo frame with a glossy camo paintjob. The MB-1 was only out for one year with the dropped bars. If I remember right it had barcon shifters.
I had a Bridgstone MB-2. It was a lugged cromo frame with canti front and an under chainstay mounted U-brake. It would stop real good even caked with mud. Cost was $459 and that was a lot in mid eighty dollars. The hideous MB-1 was about $599. I;m not sure if it was an 86' or 87' that had the dropped bars.
Jude