Agreed ... This is some of my favorite content on RU-vid. Got into MTB in 2017 but appreciate and love learning it's history. All the bikes nowadays, mine included are pretty much all the same. These though, they have a story, a history and a ton of character. And you know these dudes could rip.
seeing the cove being featured made me so happy, i have a 2012 cove std that has treated me incredibly well but i’ve only ever seen 2 bikes by cove up and running, mine and the one shown in this video. it’s a forgotten brand but the emblem will forever remain a classic, and a big thanks to pinkbike for featuring the counterpart to my pride and joy.
Love the Status Renault F1, I used to go to les portes du soleil with my Renault Megane RS, still the fastest FWD car. So much fun to destroy Porsche, M3 and Audi R8 on the Nurb with a humble cheap small car.
I grew up on mountain biking with those bikes in magazines, since at that time the internet was not what it is today, it reminded me how good Marsochi's suspensions were back then, thanks for sharing this video, greetings!
The Specialized 2008, and the Kona Fabian Barrel were the most interesting for me!! But all those old bikes were really impressive to see still working on these days!!
It's too bad that the industry changes the bicycles standards so often, it really makes it hard to find quality spare parts for older bikes, like 26 inch wheels and tires. They no longer make the spokes for my wheels and the bike is just ten years old and works great.
There are always spokes out there unless you have a specific Mavic or I9 etc combo. Be resourceful. Tons of companies still make 26” stuff and the second hand market has loads
right.!! I have a 95/96 Specialized ground control. full suspension. and my problem is upgrading the forks. can't find a replacement that can operate reliably.
@@ericb4608 can always run 27.5 (650b) front shocks. It should work with 26" wheels no problem. May increase your head angle a very small amount but the 26" wheel will offset that a bit. Just got to make sure you have the right headset (which can also be changed to work with whatever just about). I'm all about 26" for dj and freeride, I've researched parts swapping semi old bikes alot..Some say certain things cant be done, I say there just lazy or never tryed..
The position of the fork rubber bumpers on that Cove is a thing by itself :D Also if the guy with the Kona Stab happens to be watching, rotate your shock spring. It sits in the worst position on the spring retainer.
I have the Homegrown version of the Schwinn 4 Banger, mine is a slight restomod with an adventX drivetrain, but it also has a dual crown RS Judy XC XL on it from '98. A very underrated 90s gem
My first DH bike was in 2001 and I bought a used 1999 Kona Stab Dee-lux. I've had tons of DH bikes since then including everything from Specialized Bighits to carbon Demo's, Intense, Pivot and Santa Cruz, but I wish I still had my 1999 Kona Stab Dee-lux.
@inbox me on👉👉 pinkbike wait wait.. my pink bike account is really old.. haven’t been online for years since my bikes got stolen from my garage and I have a lot of kidneystones… which have basically kept me off the bike.. where can I dm you on pink bike?
I love how these "classic" bike checkers pretend to marvel at the older gear. "You have pretty narrow handlebars....can you find 26 tires these days?" It is so passive aggressive.
Wow! I loved seeing the Specialized big hit. I think it’s an 08, the 06 in the same colour had a 24inch rear wheel. A proper old-school mullet bike. I’ve still got an FSR 1 2007 big hit and it rips!
Another antique Rocky Mountain rider checking in, my Bessie is an Element Race from 2001. Sadly I'm stuck in Chatham, ON - it's flat like Nebraska here but I love finding trails and exploring out in the countryside. She's still a super smooth ride and has most of her original bits! Oh Canada!
I, too, love the love for these 'outdated' bikes and that Renault tribute finish, c'mon now, too much fun and the fun of it all. And one of these days I'm gonna build up a gravel bike in the colors of the NASCAR 1994 Ford Quality Care Thunderbird driven that year by Lake Speed and prepared by the famed Bud Moore team in South Carolina. Such a cool car and I got to do some photographic work for the team that year.
I'm still rocking a 2009 devinci wilson with updated parts. It's the perfect super plush 4 bar design and still as light as any new bike frame. Plus it's 26 which is so much fun to ride.
Specialized status is probably one of the most underrated bikes out there, it's light and poppy for a dh bike and can soak up tech at the same time. They also go for under 1k on the second hand market. P.S Even Commencal is using the status linkage in their furious and clash
I was hoping to see a Big Hit on here! So cool! I had a 2004 Specialized Big Hit and it was a blast to ride. It was extremely heavy compared to today's bikes, but I could drop off anything with that bike. I would go do urban assault around Minneapolis and Saint Paul to find things to gap and drop on that bike because we really didn't have anything in our area for such a big bike. I ended up selling it after a couple of years simply because I didn't ride it much.
You can still buy newoldstock deraulliers mounted on the axle, but you need to pay attention if it is the one that matches you axle and frame. Because there were several combinations. Coil springs for 38mm 888 are not that hard to find. Of course depends what stiffnes you are looking for... But overall it is easier to get them than 35s.
Some sick, clapped out old rigs here!! I've still got my 1998 Super 8 and my 2003 M1 laying around. I see a "Moab Utah" - Chile Pepper Bike shop sticker on the down-tube of that that Specialized at 7:09 on the down tube!!
Mate, where's the Scream... the RMX... the Stinky... the G-Spot... the Demo 9... the Sunday???? All that stuff was new (apart from the Schwinn)!, but big props for the Diabolous cranks on the STD!
Ah! the Straight 6 ... who made that frame? Because the Yeti team used it. Last cool Schwinn? There was a history but I don´t remember. That RM is still a monster ... very cool.
theres still plenty 26 inch tyres about. i have a nukeproof scalp that uses 26 inch tyres, however theres talks that 27.5 fits so might have to give that a go
I always run into bike snobs who bash any bike that isn't brand new...i love showing up to a mountain and seeing people shredding with old super hooptie bikes
I don't feel too bad now for fixing up a vintage Frank the Welder Mongoose now. Fairly light. Great little CC bike. Fixing for my son as it's his birth year. I've always wanted cars of my birth year yet he wants a bike. Kinda cool young man he is!!
