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In his latest masterpiece, Chris Akrigg goes retro on a Mongoose from the 80s… and gets radder than you ever will!

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How much have mountain bikes changed in 20 years? Neil rides a 1996 Proflex 957 and a Canyon Lux and checks out the differences in geometry, technology and ride.

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Lots has changed in 20 years in Mountain Biking but just how much? This is the bike that Jason McRoy rode at Mammoth Mountain in 1995 for the Kamikaze Eliminator race- a Specialized S-Works FSR. Compared to a 2015 Specialized S-Works Demo.

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Mountain bike tech is constantly moving forward. That doesn’t mean that there haven’t been some absolutely classic bikes. Looking back, there are many great retro bikes that we’d love to ride, even now. The Fat Chance Yo Eddy? John Tomac’s drop bar Yeti? Mountain Cycle’s San Andreas? All retro classics.

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Over the summer I posted some pics from a 1989 book called The Complete Mountain Biker and it was pretty amazing to see how much things have changed since then. Little did I know, I had another book on my shelf, Pro Mountain Biker, with full color pics of bikes from 1995, including some full …

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