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+ | ===== Bontrager Overview ===== | ||
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+ | Keith Bontrager started in 1965 building lawnmower engine powered mini-bikes, motocross, road racing and drag racing motorcycles. (([[https:// | ||
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+ | He later worked with Paul Turner to develop the original Rock Shox. (([[https:// | ||
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+ | He switched to building his own bike frames in 1979, "as he was [unwilling] to part ways with the wad of cash the Italian road frames of the era demanded." | ||
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+ | Designed the first full suspension mt. bike in 1988 for Kestrel. (([[https:// | ||
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+ | "Not many of our frames broke. | ||
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+ | {{old.jpg? | ||
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+ | Keith' | ||
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+ | ===== 1980 Bontrager ===== | ||
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+ | His first mountain bike was built in 1980. | ||
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+ | The only picture we have of it is under construction. | ||
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+ | Bontrager' | ||
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+ | {{1980.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1980 Bontrager | ||
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+ | <div column 50% # | ||
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+ | ===== 1982 Bontrager ===== | ||
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+ | It's very hard to find pictures of old Bontrager mountain bikes. | ||
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+ | {{1982.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1982 Bontrager | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 50% # | ||
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+ | ===== 1983 Bontrager ===== | ||
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+ | {{1983.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1983 Bontrager | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | ===== 1984 Bontrager ===== | ||
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+ | {{1984bb.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1984 Bontrager clamped BB shell | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | {{1984b.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1984 Bontrager | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 50% # | ||
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+ | ===== 1985 ===== | ||
+ | SunTour MounTech 4900 (1982-84), TA cranks, unicrown fork | ||
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+ | {{1985.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1985 | ||
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+ | ===== 1986 ===== | ||
+ | Shimano Deore XT v2 rear (1985-86), Campy C-Record front & shifters (1985-88), bullmoose bars, standard BB, Specialized black flag crank arms (1985? | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | {{1986.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1986 | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== 1987 Bontrager ===== | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | {{1987.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1987 Bontrager | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | ===== 1989 Bontrager ===== | ||
+ | Aluminum? | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 45%> | ||
+ | {{1989.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1989 Bontrager | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | <div column 50% #trek> | ||
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+ | ===== Trek Acquisition ===== | ||
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+ | Bontrager bicycles ever increased in reputation and popularity until he sold the company to Trek in 1995. The Bontrager brand continues to exist in Trek components and apparel but the last frame to bear Keith' | ||
+ | (([[https:// | ||
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+ | I hadn't understood the nature of the business as it was changing and becoming a fashion business. | ||
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+ | Keith, today, living with his ghosts | ||
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+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | ==== Production Notes ==== | ||
+ | <WRAP #prod1 /> | ||
+ | [1]. all unknown | ||
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