Stillborn Full Suspension Designs

[MikeD]

Dave Smart, not Paul Iddon:

Can't find a pic of the even stranger prototype, though.

 

[Rumble]

Brilliant lunacy all round! I wonder if there are still people coming up with this kind of thing in sheds around the world?

 

[mikee]

Brilliant lunacy all round! I wonder if there are still people coming up with this kind of thing in sheds around the world?

you've got to hope

the other one i need to find was doug bradburys mammoth descender
it ran kx 80 crosser wheels ,maybe forks too

 

[merckx]

Brilliant lunacy all round! I wonder if there are still people coming up with this kind of thing in sheds around the world?

you've got to hope

the other one i need to find was doug bradburys mammoth descender
it ran kx 80 crosser wheels ,maybe forks too

i do recall seeing that in mtb action or similar. sled!

this thread is great, so many dodgy bikes..so many memories. that first norco is a gem! never saw that before.

 

[mikee]

i'll need to dig out some old mba mags
there used to be loads of odd things in the ad's posted in there
shed built stuff

 

[SouthCoastRetro]

Rode the prototype of the Muddy Fox. Let me tell you there's nothing inspiring about riding down a flight of stairs when the back wants to do exactly the same as the front! Scary times!

 

[merckx]

the crestone peak, with heavy duty rubber bands front and rear. oh yeah...awesome!

 

[skinnyboy]

Sonoma Crosstrak 4" of travel in 1994!! I loved this bike and one day I'll own one when I get round to finding one!

 

[ferrus]

I'd like to see that Outland again, with its complicated virtual-pivot point and CNCd linkages.
Merlin made a very silly showbike or prototype, those Buell pull-shock bikes were wacky too.

 

[MikeD]

Not sure the Sonoma really counts as a dead end - the brand went nowhere, but single pivots (and reverse brake arches) are still with us

More early wackiness:

MCR Descender (from that MOMBAT):

Outland VPP (from First Flight, again not really a dead end as it turned out ):

Paramount/Buell SASS (MOMBAT):