You are looking at a 2000 Schwinn Homegrown and it is widely considered one of the best hard tail frames ever made, but this one, is just a Cheap Bike...
 You are looking at a 1993 (probably) Maxam Lightheavyweight, and it is peak early 90's alloy. You are looking at a 1994 Rocky Mountain Blizzard. I've had this for a bit, and keep changing it, so time for an update.
 Quick want list update; I was able to pick up a Schwinn Homegrown from my last want list post, so this really seems to be working. Here's a few more bikes I've always wanted to own, starting with a Gary Fisher Supercaliber. I believe this is the 1991 model. I just love those graphics and the huge aluminium tubes. And to get it just right, you'd want it built up with SunTour.  Here we have a 1991 Klein Pinnacle - just another piece of evidence that 1991 was the best year ever for mountain bikes. I personally prefer this and the Top Gun over the later bikes with the fat aluminium forks. Though if an Adroit or Attitude came up at a good price, I wouldn't say no necessarily. I've always been a fan of Greg Lemond, and even though I'm not a road bike guy, those Team Z bikes were just fire. And even if a more basic one like the one in the middle came up for sale, I'd be interested. Let's be real though; I'll never have the budget for a Team Z replica.
I can't find any catalogs older than 1998, so I don't really know what was available. And I would only be interested in one from 1995 or earlier. Which brings me to the theme of this want list; have you worked it out yet? All three of these companies were purchased by TREK, and I would only be interested in the pre-TREK bikes. If you'd like to read more about the worst bike company that has ever been, I've written about how their corporate approach to the sport wiped out Fisher, Klein, and Bontrager, and how awful their handling of Greg Lemond was. |
