A brief history #5 | KENT ERIKSEN cycles

Founded in 1981 by Kent Eriksen, who is now a member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, Moots has been identified as a source for innovation in the bicycle industry since its inception. Specializing in titanium, and designing the YBB soft-tail yolk. Throughout its history, Moots has been known for the innovative bicycle components they design and manufacture. In the 1980s, Eriksen design the company's "Moots Mounts," clamp-on cantilever posts which could be removed or repositioned using only an allen wrench. Another innovation was an early version of what became known as "bar ends" in the 1990s. The product made by Moots clamped inside the brake levers and had large wooden balls at the ends. Kent started using titanium in 1991 following his revolutionary work fabricating frames out of steel. 


Eventually Kent left Moots in 2004, went on hiatus, to start his own custom frame shop and is now back with Kent Eriksen Cycles and still builds in Steamboat Springs,CO, not far from the Rocky Mountains. Forever the innovator, tester and designer, titanium use was a natural progression. Kent’s signature is his ability to shape, form and fit titanium tubes specific for each bike he designs. Kent Eriksen's shop is full of specialized benders, squishers and shaping tools used daily in the fabrication of custom frames.

The above bicycle is a full suspension 650B, Titanium bicycle. Up front, the Maverick DUC32 handles the steering, and has been modified to allow maximum travel mated to a 650B tyre. The rear utilized Ventana's faux-bar linkage along with Eriksen manufactured titanium seat stays (Ventana's OE version uses aluminum stays instead). 

This is truly a beautiful bike, and only one of the many 650B frame that Eriksen Cycle has produced. 

Music Mood #9 | Rodriguez - Cause

A brief history #4 | GARY FISHER

Gary Christopher Fisher  (né le 5 Novembre 1950) est considéré comme l'un des inventeurs du VTT moderne par son rôle de pionnier dans le sport du vélo de montagne. Fisher a commencé la compétition en courses sur route et piste à 12 ans. Il a été suspendu en 1968 en raison  d'une règle mise en avant par les organisateurs de la course qu'il avait les cheveux trop longs. En 1972, cette règle a été abrogée et la carrière de Fisher se poursuivit. Il a remporté la course TransAlp en Europe et un titre national en XC .

Gary Christopher Fisher (born November 5, 1950) is considered one of the inventors of the modern 
MTB by his role as a pioneer in the sport of Mountain Biking . Fisher started competing in road and track races at age 12. He was suspended in 1968 because race organizers cited a rule that his hair was too long. By 1972 this rule had been repealed and Fisher's career continued. He won the TransAlp race in Europe and a Masters XC national title. (...)

Video Trip #4 | Damien Walters

A brief history #3 | MAVERICK Bikes

La société MAVERICK qui a été pionnière dans les fourches inversées et a crée la tige de selle réglable Speedball a fait banqueroute en janvier 2012.
Maverick a été fondée par Paul Turner, fondateur de Rockshox et l'ingénieur Franck Vogel qui dessina ce qui allait devenir l'un des dessins de suspension les plus fiables jamais réalisé : le MonoLink en 1999. (...)

MAVERICK was the brainchild of RockShox founder Paul Turner and engineer Frank Vogel, who began sketching out what would become one of the longest-running suspension designs ever devised—the MonoLink—back in 1999. (...)

Music Mood #8 | Bruno Mars - Locked out of Heaven

A brief history #2 | KLEIN Bikes

KLEIN est un fabricant américain renommé de vélos, créé dans les années 70 par Gary Klein, un ingénieur issu du M.I.T, alors encore étudiant. La compagnie fusionna avec TREK en 1995 mais disparu fin 2006. Gary Klein a beaucoup oeuvré pour l’émergence d'un vélo moderne par ses inventions, le design de ses vélos et leurs innovations techniques. Depuis lors, le fondateur s'est tournée vers sa passion pour les télescopes (voir plus-bas)

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KLEIN is a famous American manufacturer of road and mountain bicycles. The company was founded in 1973 by Gary Klein, a M.I.T Graduate. The company was purchased by Trek in 1995, but finally disappeared in 2006. Gary Klein is an inventor, bicycle designer and innovator of the oversized tube aluminum bicycle, now a mainstay in the cycling market. In recent years, he has shifted his focus to manufacturing telescopes. (please click hereunder)

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