love the little paw print on this nice bike

[Greenfingers1001]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/177561182811?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m164380.l178264&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=f2a1a30f9f814fb89dcd0bf655b36495&bu=44291485948&ut=RU&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20251110020718&segname=11021&recoId=177561182811&recoPos=1

 

[Gtpulse]

The bike looks great and those tyres look incredible for their age?

 

[Greenfingers1001]

The bike looks great and those tyres look incredible for their age?

Would that one of the 1st ATB`s ?

 

[Gtpulse]

Would that one of the 1st ATB`s ?

That’s a whole can of worms to open! This one is safely mid 1980s onwards, not one of the first. The Araya/S&G Muddy Fox ranges started a few years before this bike and other brands/builders before that. Not sure of the exact year but around 1986/1987 I’d guess.

 

[legrandefromage]

1986

 

[Greenfingers1001]

That’s a whole can of worms to open! This one is safely mid 1980s onwards, not one of the first. The Araya/S&G Muddy Fox ranges started a few years before this bike and other brands/builders before that. Not sure of the exact year but around 1986/1987 I’d guess.

Im no expert but the old style frame joints & Canti brake studs are a nice mix......................is there a definitive "1st mass produced ATB/MTB" ?

 

[just jacques]

1987
The 1986 different geometry, no paw print, riser bars, top loading stem, no Muddy Fox decals on the hubs & Suntour Sport friction only shifters & mechs.