[volcano]

This post has been edited by volcano: 05 March 2012 - 11:53 AM

[I am the owl...]

Looks like a candidate for being a broken frame. Case a jump with that and it would be done....

[mcam]

I never saw anything like that back in the day. Maybe one of our rednecks put it together in their dads garage

Butt ugly for sure

[getset]

I am the owl..., on 05 March 2012 - 06:55 AM, said:

Looks like a candidate for being a broken frame. Case a jump with that and it would be done....

That's the first thing I thought when I saw it. I wonder if there were any recalls or lawsuits with that brilliant design.

[Brisben]

I wonder how the bottom bracket works?

It must just hang there at the bottom of the seat post tube

[DAN]

Elevated chainstays became pretty common in mountain bikes about ten years after this shot was taken. Interesting to see it so early and on a Bmx bike

[Curt]

DAN, on 05 March 2012 - 10:58 PM, said:

Elevated chainstays became pretty common in mountain bikes about ten years after this shot was taken. Interesting to see it so early and on a Bmx bike

I was thinking the same thing. I even think some of the very early hardtails (from the MTB early days) had them at the same time as the picture date.

I will add that there are still a few MTB rear suspension designs that use elevated chain stays.