A Throwback to The Golden Era of Mountain Bikes | Classic Bike At Crankworx

[@CalgaryDynastar]

I have every bike I’ve owned since I was 14 years old. Always buy never sell 😁

[@rambler1277]

Currently debating whether to sell my '97 Bontrager and '94 Paramount...

[@CalgaryDynastar]

@@rambler1277 unless it’s absolutely something you need for cash or whatever I would hang on to them. If you enjoy and appreciate them keep them. One day you may look back and wish you never sold! I usually think for what I would get for the old bikes it means more to me. Maybe some day you can gift it to someone that appreciates or needs it!

[@dogfighter1]

I regret selling every bike I sold

[@kevinbarrio]

I just got my Banshee Scream after near 2 years of searching for one... I was SURPRISED to see that the first one I seed here is a beautiful example. I got mines with a 2007 888 and 24x3 in the back. Just searching for those Double Tracks. That sir, is a beautiful machine!!

[@nathanmast7027]

Let me know if you need a Doubletrack rear built up!

[@TroBudden]

Chrissy and that gary fisher are legends

[@justkeepdigging1956]

This is outrageous - the next thing you'll be suggesting is that old cars, old tools, and even older clothing is better than the rubbish we buy now. How dare you!?!

[@lcmtn]

Love you videos bro ❤

[@lucideuphoria7092]

I don't think anyone is suggesting these are better than modern bikes.

[@justkeepdigging1956]

@@lucideuphoria7092 depends how you define better.

[@bryanseare2704]

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

[@litwanlazerdimfan]

Old cars and old tools are Lowk better quality… 🤣

[@Happy_Biker]

Yeah, the fork bumpers are cool. Wish I was there!

[@jeffyu8854]

I have a 2004 krona downhill, I got it when I was in high school for 280. And it was a show bike.

[@computerbob06]

Still have my bike from 1989, with the original Tioga rear tyre on it! The front tyre tore up in the 90's so was replaced by a Tioga Hound Dawg! Of course, it is a 26 incher and fully rigid but I still ride it as my daily (50 next year, so not exactly a daily rider anymore)!

[@LawrenceMacMacster]

The Banshee 😍 I like the furry saddle it's crass but good. That double seatpost must be responsible for half the noise 😂

[@dimensionsofearth]

Its a telescoping seatpost, they are pretty sweet, the Banshee has a nice straight seat tube so this post is totally unnecessary, just added weight

[@griffmtb]

Love the GF hardtail. I still have my 1997 Tassajara sitting in my garage 😊

[@Kelo_ke]

I have a 05 Big Sur and I love that thing. Still ride regularly.

[@Shawn-in-da-Canyon]

That was cool. I have an old Mountain Cycle San Andreas that you need to feature. Unfortunately, the founder of Mountain Cycle passed away a couple months ago. 😢

[@rotaxtwin]

Great variety of retro rides and riders, that was truly enjoyable. I love to see that folk make space for the old metal. I can't get rid of bikes, I mean how can you??

[@muhammadfarisbinmohdharis6707]

Haven't ridden in long time but this bikes give me nostalgia

[@biker944]

Bikes are always awesome

[@sebastiandiaz9828]

Liked the "city course"... That bike on city course must've have been fast and fun🎉

[@Vtinoco]

I still have my 2009 Intense M6 :)

[@cup_and_cone]

So cool to see Chrissy Redden kept at least one race bike! Odds are I probably saw that exact bike being raced by her over 20 years ago at some NORBA race...

[@loft4me]

Still have my first bike, a hard tail Klein Pinnacle in fuchsia (okay, pink); an in-between bike, a full suspension custom LaMere, and now in the process - possibly my last bike - a steel hardtail bike in the "newsboy" style, currently being welded up by Curtis from Retrotec bikes in Napa.

[@suflexpro]

I sold my Remedy 2012 a month ago :( what a beast she was.

[@johntotten4872]

My old bike is not as cool as these but I love it. 93 Stumpjumper M2. Brought it for my son to use while camping and he said he wanted a bike since Covid but prices were crazy. I said he could have my old bike under one condition, he cannot sell it. I bought that bike the year my daughter was born. He loves how light it is (25 lbs) and is stoked and prepping to hit some trails.

[@letour32rr]

My buddy bought a 2004 Specialized Demo 9 new when we were working at a shop just outside Atlanta, Ga with hopes of trips to Whistler, Snowshoe, etc, but life got in the way. Not once has it seen an actual downhill trail. Now he has a new downhill park (Jarrod’s Place) only 45 minutes from his house, but he’s in his mid 40’s with toast knees and 3 kids. One day I’ll peer pressure him enough to blow out what’s left of his cartilage to see how that bike handles!

[@RoachDogggJR]

as someone who reskinned a bmx seat with deer leather, love the goat seat with fur

[@pauds2cents]

Awesome video!

[@jokermtb]

that chair perspective is flippin' me out!

[@CDcooper3876]

I still ride my 2009 Gary Fisher x-caliber as hard as I did when I got it . Still rides like a boss no major issues and has needed only regular maintenance. Really miss the Gary Fisher line still not forgiven Trek for doing away with it 😢

[@TheMTBRider96]

Nice the sharpie d orbea logo on the Jersey 7:29

[@SeikoMiura]

Back when I have my old school all-mountain MTB with 2x9 with bash guard and chain guide, my friends are like "WTF ARE THOSE?" after seeing my drivetrain lol

[@moisesplata461]

26" is the fun size, the freeride size. I have a 29er enduro in the garage, its a great bike, but my number 1 its my amazing Kona process 167, the last 26" fr beast from Kona.

[@levinsonl]

i love antiques roadshow

[@matasramrezdaz1880]

i have a 2011 stunty and its amazing. Is a 26 inch with a 10x2 drivetrain. It jumps like a dirt jumper

[@lsugimoto8361]

Love my Demo 8 and my only issue is the seat tube angle as well. I have a DJ saddle pushed as far forward as possible and it still buzzes

[@stratobungle]

Still have my '10 Haro Beasley 650b 1x9 fully-rigid cro-mo bike. Half-heartedly trying to find a compatible suspension fork!

[@nathanmast7027]

YES the MF-in BANSHEE SCREAM! with an early model Monster and 24" wheels. I would swap the Monster for a 888 but, SO GOOD!

[@savageferria505]

Bro that lyrik on the session is wild. I bet the hands are cooked after a few laps

[@Pesepeda_Kesasar]

More Classic MTB video please.. 😁😁😁

[@William.Driscoll]

The link to the full video is directly above the description of this short. This rider's/bike's segment is at 7:37-ish.

[@Chris-ImperialAerosolKid]

Well done.. persuade everyone the old ones were best and then the bike industry can keep changing the geometry every year again and sell more bikes

[@concrerto]

Those old seat tube angles are insane. I will hop on my 2017 giant reign and it feels like I’m hovering over the rear wheel. Compared to my V2 sentinel it feels horrible, how did I pedal that thing so much!?

[@lucideuphoria7092]

I have an old 2013 GT Force LE which has a 66 head angle and 72 seat angle. There's basically no sag on the fork when seated pedaling at full extension lol. It's odd compared to the steeper angles on my newer bikes. I never realized it at the time and it felt great. Looking at some of the older sub 70 seat angles is just bizarre. The Bottom bracket is almost in the middle of the wheelbase.

[@RoachDogggJR]

that alfine tensioner needs that bump absorbtion. snapped one in half myself lol

[@PhilBarnes-h8l]

I dunno, current geo for trail and enduro bikes is in the golden era. The bikes in general climb really well because of the steep seat angles and the linkages and suspension are for the most part sorted out and work really well. Back like 10 years ago there were some really good bikes (Turner RFX and Burner) and some crap (Stumpies). The biggest threat to the market right now is SRAM imposing wireless shifting on the market.

[@wallyr.7854]

YES 🙌🏻 Aluminum bikes were faaaaaar better at confidence building than the plastic-feeling carbon fiber bikes of today. Sure the plasticky bikes of today are prettier & lighter, but when bombing down a boulder garden I’ll take tough & heavy aluminum bike over the weenie bikes of today. FOES RACING USA 👍🏻

[@mistermoore5784]

9:18 How Yew Dewin'??

[@TheNoseman1]

The Scream, new had a 10 year warranty, jumping encouraged.

[@melwalshmtb9121]

Bought a 2011 Demo 8 yesterday. Yes, old bikes were better. It’s got the build quality of my modern Nicolai, yet was built 11 years beforehand.

[@dimensionsofearth]

Gotta get my 03 Kona Joyride on here

[@GalesCat]

I miss my 2003 Cove G-spot.

[@YevgenLasman]

I miss my Scott Genius MC 10 aka XCM rocket 😊

[@vrwgq3q]

There is a reason why slopestyle and DJ bikes are still steep and short - older DH bikes are definitely better for that purpose than today's plows

[@PeterCPRail8748]

Today's bikes are designed for crazy ass speed taking alot of the trail out of the Equation. Older bikes made you pick your lines better and it was super fun riding. Like trying to stay on a bucking bull. Today the ride is much more muted. This is why aggressive HT bikes are blowing up in popularity. Just a funner scarier ride.

[@ROSE-by5su]

There’s no reason why Slopestyle steep and short it’s just the geometry numbers that needed. The reason why it take so long for bigger bikes geometry to get figured out because they are pumping money out of people, The geometry numbers are already figured out they just tricking you with “new geometry” “new things” “new innovation”. Head angles are already figured out (63.5-62), Stack numbers are still there getting updates everytime (They should have sticked with 240-260 or 250-260 stack). Proportional chainstay and reach numbers are now out there, BB heights are going back to zero drop or positive (Idiots tried to add bb drop like bruh sag was already a bb drop they just asking for crank strikes) what’s next hmmmm maybe a “creative engineer” will add a aero package on bikes and a disc protector acting up like we are on MOTOGP or MXGP

[@PeterCPRail8748]

​@ROSE-by5su exactly every major change since 2015 is a bullshit gimmick. Only the dropper do I find beneficial. Boost super boost and slacking the bike .5 to 1 degree each season or every two is pathetic so is going 1x11 1x12 and now apparently 1x13. Every rider I know and myself only use 4 to 5 of preferred cassette cogs 70% to 90% of the time. I still ride a 1x10 11to48 spread and have no issues keeping up with 1x11 or 12 drive trains. Bikes will top out at 62 61 headtube angle as anything slacker will be unridable on tight hair pin turn trails. That's why alot of 140 mm or less travel bikes are still above that 65 degree number. Makes tight trails still rideable poppy and fun. Now with the crap gimmick of wireless dropper and shifting they already working on wireless brakes not to menation ABS braking. Like really it's a bike not a car or moto GT bike. The industry is committing suicide like paintball did. Post 2008 global financial crisis the sport never recovered. Mass fields, stores and manufacturers closed down globally. Now its back to early 90s numbers when it was a real niche unknown sport activity before it blew up. Simply because they gauged the consumer with incremental changes at high costs. People started to realize what they where paying to play and simply stopped. Mtb is heading in the same direction. With the current mass inflation global crises I lost many of my +40 fellow riders I ride with to hicking and gravel riding. Some have bought older xc rigs for dirt cheap converting them to gravel. While selling off there mtb bikes once they came to terms this sport is becoming to dam expensive, even just to keep your bike spinning at peak performance. I am still riding my 2015 gaint trance and have no intention of upgrading at these insane prices. I just upgrade parts as they fail.

[@Chops00]

I think we may have went a little too far with reach numbers. Other than that, bikes are way better now.

[@willamisilva2340]

Seria muito louco ver uma Kuruma Rocket Ship ou GTK Spanked em vídeo, mas isso é sonhar demais 😅

[@Ferrari255GTO]

2009 Demo 8 owner here, no it's not all that reliable... It's currently waiting for new custom hardware, and even before it needed it after 3-4 weeks i'd have to dissasemble the rear triangle to fix some squeaking by cleaning and re-lubing the rear shock mounts

[@marko2262]

I bought a 2005 haro zero werx and put a a new mz 888 vf on it :]] Its a hardcore hardtail now and my drive train starts to fall apart :]] but bro it lasted like 20 years its insane .... I mean this new bike will not last that much for sure lol

[@Ferrari255GTO]

@@marko2262 well, hopefully it doesn't fail too catastrophically if it does when you're riding it.

[@andyrails9742]

What about the transition bottle rocket? Is it not worthy of being considered an all-round classic?

[@stujm8376]

Christina is the best Pinkbike presenter bar Ben Cathro. Sorry Christina you’re at the same level for me, joint first. Love your interviews, so cool. Got a 2010 Commencal meta 55 that I love. I bought it off my brother and am keeping it for my 8 year old nephew now. Hopefully he’ll enjoy it as much as we have.

[@JoshuaTootell]

Only one I'd consider riding is the newest bike.

[@budddy1]

Was that Remy Morton? @9:14

[@tylerjohnston4588]

Have my 05 rmx

[@johnssmith4005]

Sorry but in order to be a Classic the bike has to be 2010 or older

[@PeterCPRail8748]

Yes, bikes used to be built a lot better because they were built of heaver stronger components. The race to save weight was not an issue. Yes, tech improvements have come a long way for the better in ride feel, but durability in components and frames is shit. By the way, I got that same raceface stem, and its Awsome put it on every bike i have owned since purchase back in 2001.

[@Phonophobia]

Bots going almost as hard as the youngtimer bikes

[@rawmancemtb]

2010 allmountain bikes sucked compared to modern bikes. Weak brakes, bad geo, weak frames, bad suspension, weak rims, inner tubes constantly getting snakebit, no dropper post, 3x ring in the front, long ass stems... There is a massive difference in new bikes to 10+ years back. 2015-2017 was a transitionary period where these glaring problems got ironed out.

[@growlith6969]

29ers kill the fun.

[@RoachDogggJR]

modern bikes made to be replaced after 3 race runs

[@darrenmallard]

Non internal cable routing............

[@txhookey5608]

Early MTBs were pretty sketchy to ride. The trails were rutted and bombed out. There weren't many trails other than BMX trails that had jumps. Jumping a big framed, hard tail, skinny tire, and awkward XC dimensions was not fun. You mainly went up the trail and then back down the trail at a high rate of speed with no weight on the handle bars skimming over the wash outs and erosion. It was good exercise and a good way to cover single track trails. That was not the Golden Era of Mountain Bikes. Today, we have way more capable bikes, way better trails, way better options, way better service centers, and more places you can go. That is a blessing and a curse. Back in the '80s you could ride the single tracks around the Denver area without seeing another bike or hiker. I could ride my bike down the trail at Waterton Canyon right before sunset and catch trout with only the bats to keep me company. Those were better times but definitely not better bikes.

[@LawrenceMacMacster]

Dude with the trek session, that's impressive at 31 lbs. Are you sure that lyric won't come apart? 😅 I meant are the stanchions still make contact with the lower bushings?! Geez it's a giraffe

[@chrisleech333]

Old gears are 100% better. Modern stuff is junk.

[@andrejhaluska4061]

No🤷 new bikes are múch better like old one...

[@dman5703]

Pogo stick brah he likes bouncing on them

[@alexh.4068]

Find random people next time please not people you know and giving them a stage. Also that last bike, please no.

[@mattmorrison9379]

Um, no,no ,and no...

[@Lousicle]

Because they weren’t made out of plastic

[@dl6860]

cool idea, lame presenter and video and poor selection of bikes.

[@arthuratedgecycles]

first comment!!!!!!

[@Oopsveganbicycle]

Try Vegan Please

[@heathfranklin4296]

Woke equity

[@nickthaskater]

Fragile masculinity