PIA: Rock Lobster

[AngryScientist]

PIA (Public Interesting Announcement)

This is pretty weird, nifty, cool...

A glimpse into the early days of the mtb scene.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Rock-Lobster-Storm-downhill-Mountain-Bike-Hannebrink-Fork-Hope-Hub-/392249574100?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8l8AAOSwW0tcdwac/s-l1200.jpg

[d_douglas]

That stem length is hilarious on a DH bike! Bike is a cool piece of history....

[efixler]

Insane!

[bitpuddle]

This is awesome.

What happened to the rear wheel?

[zacstanley]

Emailed the link to Paul. He says:

"Saw it. What an oddball- built about 4-5 of them for a shop in Pleasanton in about 2000"

[Blue Jays]

"...What happened to the rear wheel?…"?
Removed so they could use the bike on their Wahoo Kickr with Zwift for winter training, silly! :banana:

[colker]

This is not the early days.... that´s an early 90s DH bike.

Btw.. does anyone still sell a downhill specific bike? All i see are long travel trail bikes.. and they make a lot of sense.

[jtbadge]

Another wacky one here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1996-Rock-Lobster-ADG/192842294655?hash=item2ce64be57f:g:-fkAAOSwWkFceDcq:rk:4:pf:0

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-fkAAOSwWkFceDcq/s-l500.jpg

Gotta be tough selling these, even a $1000 modern MTB will blow these away for actual trail usage.

[GOTHBROOKS]

i dont even think thats a keyesville old head flex.

[zacstanley]

This is not the early days.... that´s an early 90s DH bike.

Btw.. does anyone still sell a downhill specific bike? All i see are long travel trail bikes.. and they make a lot of sense.

He built 4-5 of them for a shop in 2000.