Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer full suspension

[Corduroyboy]

I don't get it. I know a lot of stuff was crap back in the day, but surely the folks working for a company with a reputation as high as Mountain Goat would have known that the bike was crap before it made production. Or am I being totally naive?

 

[ddidds]

unique!

i really like it, but i am a sucker for cromolly, especially tange!

 

[jez-4-bikes-max]

I can only assume it was an experiment that er.....went wrong.

 

[ridevintagemtb]

I can only assume it was an experiment that er.....went wrong.

No experiment... it was the senior thesis of an engineer student who worked for Jeff L. Jeff thought high things of him and threw some weight behind the design. Its kinda a sad story, I hear it was one of the factors that led to the demise of the original MG.

I wrote more in an MTBR thread a few months back.

Or was it about year ago.... damn. Time.

 

[clockworkgazz]

Hey ya bunch of barstewards- lay off the bike people at Proflex :twisted:

Sure they're maybe not as refined a Full bouncer as some of the new fangled gubbins that kicks around today :roll: but I think they pretty much held there own BITD- maybe a bit mass produced for some folk but they did/still do work which is more than can be said for your more boutique bikes- pointing no thumbshifters.

I love 'em can't you tell, show them the money, show them the money, show them....

Thank you- rant over!

Off to take ma pill

 

[shovelon]

Proflex made junk! I would never own one.

 

[FirstFlight]

MBA wasn't too fond of it:

 

[ridevintagemtb]

Hey ya bunch of barstewards- lay off the bike people at Proflex :twisted:

I've got nothing but love for Proflex. I owned and raced one. They sucked. But restoring one brought me to this site [looking for new elastomers for this].

My first retro build!

 

[clockworkgazz]

Now that is a nice looking bike

I had the red and yellow 656 and I really like the look and loved the ride but to be honest, I have never raced so will defer and bow down before your more experianced cleat wearing feet

now the beast- that is a proper bike

 

[beepbeep]

...shit like the Cannondale EST and Flex-Stems

...there's just something really funny about the way you read this