Tag: 90s

  • Drool Factor + : Manitou Looks Backwards To See Forwards

    Drool Factor + : Manitou Looks Backwards To See Forwards

    The early to mid 90s (heck, the whole of the 90s) were a time of innovation and experimentation for the mountain bike industry. It was the golden age, the halcyon days. My ultimate dream bike among many at the time was the Manitou FS, with its unique rear suspension system utilising basically a Manitou fork…

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  • The Best Song Ever Written: In The Meantime

    The Best Song Ever Written: In The Meantime

    *The Best Song Ever Written is a series of songs that aren’t necessarily THE best (as that’s subjective anyway), but a collection of great songs that have significance to me, have made an impact on my life, remind me of moments of life, or just plain rock. First up in our new series is a…

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  • Tomac, Zap And The C-26

    Tomac, Zap And The C-26

    Ok kiddies, sit down and pay attention. Today’s seminar in the History of Awesome takes us back to the dawn of the 90s, undisputedly the halcyon days of mountain biking. Eli’s dad and the OG Mexican moto/mounto scribe Zap lay it all out for The Pro’s Closet, and give this old man the goosebumps.

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  • Short Pop Song

    Short Pop Song

    From Custard, the band who should’ve been god.

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  • First Time Friday with The Mark of Cain

    First Time Friday with The Mark of Cain

     If this is likely the First Time you’ve heard The Mark Of Cain, then welcome. Welcome to the 90s, welcome to Australia, welcome to a time when music was intense and vital and powerful. When the heat of the night air was intensified in whatever small, dark, dingey pub you happened to find yourself…

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  • Sunday Sabotage

    Sunday Sabotage

    The legacy of the Beastie Boys can’t be underestimated. Hip hoppers with their roots firmly set in punk, who could actually play instruments. Here they Sabotage Letterman in 94, thrashing the best one-chord song ever written, with a fuzzed-out bass blitz from Yauch, a Mike D drum demolition and a ton of Ad Rock attitude…

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  • Catalyst: Mud Cows

    Catalyst: Mud Cows

    Nostalgia and sentimentality can be fraught with danger. Yes, things were always better in the good old days, every decade we look back and decide the last one was better than this one, but it wasn’t as good as the one before it… mountain bikers may be the most confused in this regard, as we…

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  • Revisited: The Cannondale Fulcrum

    Revisited: The Cannondale Fulcrum

    While technological advancements are rife in today’s mountain bike industry, the amount of innovation and experimentation in the 90s was without peer. These days we have the advantages of a solid platform to work from in regards to geometry, travel etc, whereas back then it was more a matter of trying out the craziest shit…

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