Vintage full suspension bikes: Mantis, Outland, Manitou

[FirstFlight]

Full suspension is always a little iffy in the vintage category so I just shoved all 3 into one thread:

Second generation Manitou design:

Many more pictures and details @ MOMBAT: 1996 Manitou full suspension


Outland with VPP:

Pics and details @ MOMBAT: 1998 Outland VPP



Mantis Pro Floater:

Pics and details @ MOMBAT: 1993 Mantis Pro Floater

 

[Carlos the Slackal]

Jeff, as ever, some delights!

Thanks for preserving such stuff for posterity!

 

[mikee]

christ ,your going to be rivaling my collection at this rate

early full suss period has to be one of the most interesting periods in mtb history
love that mantis , a unicorn for me

 

[kikaha]

1996 GT LTS first thermoplastic fully

 

[lewis1641]

Ooh never seen a manitou like that before.

Love the mantis

 

[FirstFlight]

More thermo

 

[kikaha]

 

[mikee]

jeff
did craig calfee have anything to do with that ?

 

[FirstFlight]

jeff
did craig calfee have anything to do with that ?

Not that I am aware of. We did just get a Carbonframes Onyx that was an Early Calfee

 

[mikee]

ooh , look forward to it