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State of the Collection - December 2011
Complete bikes:
1989-90 Yeti C-26
1991 Yeti Ultimate
1993 Slingshot
1993 Trek 7000
1993-94 3D Racing Rover
1994 Ted Wotjik Softrac
1994 Kona Lava Dome
1994-95 Yeti ARC
Frames:
1993 Klein Attitude
1990? Aegis Aro Svelte
1994 3D Racing Rover Ex-Team Frame
1992? Supergo Access XTR
1998 Fat Chance Yo Eddy Restomod
Modern:
2005 3D Racing Crossfire
2005 3D Racing Rover XC [w]
2009 Yeti ASR
2009 Yeti ASR [w]
2009 3D Racing Road-E [w]
2011 Orbea Orca GDR
1993-94 3D Racing Rover
in 1992 Chris Herting left Yeti Cycles in Durango to form 3D Racing. He continues to operate 3D to this day. I came across this frame in Durango and couldn't pass up a vintage 3D in my size. I struggled with build options for awhile, and ultimately I let the 1993 catalog pick it for me. You can see many Yeti ARC-like details with riveted cable guides and Easton varilite tubing. Very cool early nineties race machine.
Right when I was finishing up this bike, another Rover popped up locally on Craigslist. It was a former race frame from someone else I knew in Durango. Too big for me unfortunately, but its cool to have pairs!
Right when I was finishing up this bike, another Rover popped up locally on Craigslist. It was a former race frame from someone else I knew in Durango. Too big for me unfortunately, but its cool to have pairs!
Monday, October 10, 2011
1991-92 Yeti Ultimate
No surprise to see this one in my garage. The classic Yeti Ultimate. One of the most recognizable frames to come out of the mid-nineties in a classic Yeti paint scheme. This thing is heavy and handles like a shopping cart. Its such a fun bike to ride. A
1993-94 Specialized S-Works Epic Ultimate
This is one of my favorite bike projects. Specialized had been doing the carbon/steel Epic thing since late 1989. In 1992 Specialized commissioned Merlin Metalworks to craft titanium lugs that could replace the steel ones to make it even lighter. I think this frame would have cost like $4,000 in 1994.
The frame was an ebay purchase in Vail, and amazingly the guy was kind enough to drive it all the way into Denver to my house. This was no garage queen, but it was in decent enough shape. This project originated as a weight weenie vintage bike that, while it ended up light enough, was never really that light. 20lbs I think it came out to with the rigid Direct Drive fork.
If you were building a bike from scratch, in 1994 this thing would have set you back a few years financially. Carbon and titanium everywhere. The lack of color anodized anything just makes this thin even cooler: a serious race machine.
95 Catalog photo:
The frame was an ebay purchase in Vail, and amazingly the guy was kind enough to drive it all the way into Denver to my house. This was no garage queen, but it was in decent enough shape. This project originated as a weight weenie vintage bike that, while it ended up light enough, was never really that light. 20lbs I think it came out to with the rigid Direct Drive fork.
If you were building a bike from scratch, in 1994 this thing would have set you back a few years financially. Carbon and titanium everywhere. The lack of color anodized anything just makes this thin even cooler: a serious race machine.
95 Catalog photo:
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