Myles Rockwell stands with a replica re-build of his old Mammoth Mountain Kamikaze DH bike that was on display at Fort William. "The front end was a glorified version of the Manitou #1, as it was called the Manitou #2. The travel was an honest 3" of unrestricted, non dampened, rubber grommet, pogo stick, bull ride travel. The rubbers would frequently explode into bits and change things mid run. The obvious other attributes are, to be honest, the direct cross over of cross country parts. We ran 100% the same equipment apart from possibly the wheels, but that may be it, as the cross country bikes. Ti spindles, 23" bars, Paper thin Yeti Fro IRC tires. I might add that at the time I was running 55 to 60 psi in order to make it down the hill without pinching. I am confident that this bike has gone over 60 on dirt at the Kamikaze and Reebok Eliminator races. I won $5,000 cash - You Tube Rockwell vs. McRoy. I also made my first European appearance on that machine in Kaprun, Austria.Three chain rings for all around riding. We fitted a Manitou bumper inside the front derailier as a fix to losing the chain. No back pedaling in those days. Rim brakes with brake boosters for stopping quick, ha."
"If I am not mistaken the stem was a 135mm, 17degree rise. It was machined down and scalloped out for weight. There to my knowledge were no other choices in our arsenal. Ride the front end baby!"-MR
The travel in the rear was said to be 3". I am a little skeptical, but it seemed to be a big improvement over the little bike that they were claiming ran 1.5" -Myles Rockwell
This bike had both a front and a rear brake booster to help Myles keep things under control. Sort of.
Faux bar suspension. In the shot of the cranks you can see the pivot in line with the granny gear where the chainstays mate to the BB shell.
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Haven't downhill bikes come a long way from those 50mm travel beasts of the past with their 71 degree head angles.
Incidentally, those forks are pre-production Manitou 3s. See the blue anodised adjusters above the fork crown? Manitou 2s had their adjusters at the bottom of the fork leg. Pretty sure the black teflon coating came in on the Manitou 3s as well.
here was my bike using this fork: www.pinkbike.com/photo/5488153
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This is the bike, but I couldn't find a side on shot.
I'd love to see a group test with some old bikes like the Yeti ARC, Scott CAT, and Cannondale DHF.
Remeber those days. Grafton cranks & brakes. Breaks which didn't stop while racing Kaprun!
Having a great time with Myles, Missy, Watson aso. while supervising the guys & girl from Marin, GT and Yeti in Austria ;-))
Still have a Ringle (no Sun) Superbubba running on my Singlespeeder ;-))
my first team mate at "Hardisty Cycles" of Newcastle (Byker) 6 months before he got signed to Specialized USA following his trip to the States with his Dad
really rad guy, super nice with time to speak to everyone
sorely missed by everyone who knew him, and by those who never knew him, but were infected by his radical riding in the magazines and videos
my Sycip hardtail that i ride on xc trails. the closest thing to the feel of
that setup is the Zee shifter/rear mech combo on my 1X10 Nomad.
nice stiff mech spring, great lever action.
armstrong's speed at tour de france might be nothing compared this. :p
manitou three's grafton cranks prostop carbon
fyp