The Monty 425 was my first encounter with a true MTB; that radical frame desing really impacted me in the summer of 1991; a neighbour of my grandad was the lucky owner of that bike … never saw another one since a couple of years … it appeared in a local Facebook group; it was in a LBS for a service … I managed to contact the owner and agreed to sell … more than 30 year later that wonderful Pink & White bike was at home.
Most of the Suntour parts were upgraded (DX, 987´s, XT & M231 wheels … ), hope you like it:
Some ads of the era (yep, very similar to the Haro Extreme):
And now, an interview with the master himself, Pere Pi, founder of MONTY (In Spanish, sorry)
Found this one on the net; credits to Retrotrials:
www.retrotrials.com
Another interview to his son, the legendary Ot Pi (in Spanish, sorry again):
Now, the Monty MTB´s …
My 425 was my “first” unicorn, but the one to have then was the Al. 475 (yep, similar to the Nishiki … )
Years later, the 425 lead to more conventional desings …
Even FS models were sold…
They had also a race Team: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads...s-1-retrobike-pic-per-post.85657/post-3408036
Hope you liked this brief lines of MONTY history.
Most of the Suntour parts were upgraded (DX, 987´s, XT & M231 wheels … ), hope you like it:
Some ads of the era (yep, very similar to the Haro Extreme):
And now, an interview with the master himself, Pere Pi, founder of MONTY (In Spanish, sorry)
Found this one on the net; credits to Retrotrials:
Pere Pi - Off road motorcycle pioneer and Montesa development boss
A nice photo of Pere Pi with Maria Isern and son Ot Pi standing in front of the family home in the hills overlooking Barcelona.
Another interview to his son, the legendary Ot Pi (in Spanish, sorry again):
Now, the Monty MTB´s …
My 425 was my “first” unicorn, but the one to have then was the Al. 475 (yep, similar to the Nishiki … )
Years later, the 425 lead to more conventional desings …
Even FS models were sold…
They had also a race Team: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads...s-1-retrobike-pic-per-post.85657/post-3408036
Hope you liked this brief lines of MONTY history.
