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 Keith Bontrager started in 1965 building lawnmower engine powered mini-bikes, motocross, road racing and drag racing motorcycles. (([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Bontrager|wikipedia]]))  Early on, he worked at Fox Racing in Santa Cruz, commuting by bike 15 miles each way and thereby getting into cycling. (( Keith Bontrager started in 1965 building lawnmower engine powered mini-bikes, motocross, road racing and drag racing motorcycles. (([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Bontrager|wikipedia]]))  Early on, he worked at Fox Racing in Santa Cruz, commuting by bike 15 miles each way and thereby getting into cycling. ((
-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYvPMmlBZwg|youtube]]Ask a Founder: A Talk with Keith Bontrager))+[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYvPMmlBZwg|youtube]]Ask a Founder: A Talk with Keith Bontrager ))
 He later worked with Paul Turner to develop the original Rock Shox. (([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RockShox|wikipedia]])) He later worked with Paul Turner to develop the original Rock Shox. (([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RockShox|wikipedia]]))
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 "Not many of our frames broke.  Our reputation spread.  That was the core of our business.  We made bikes for people who broke other bikes." "Not many of our frames broke.  Our reputation spread.  That was the core of our business.  We made bikes for people who broke other bikes."
 <cite> <cite>
-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYvPMmlBZwg|youtube]]Ask a Founder: A Talk with Keith Bontrager))+[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYvPMmlBZwg|youtube]], Ask a Founder: A Talk with Keith Bontrager
 </cite> </cite>
 </blockquote> </blockquote>
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-{{old.jpg?360|Keith's garage}}+{{old.jpg?360|Keith's cramped garage}}
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-Keith's garage+Keith's cramped garage
 [[https://www.adventure-journal.com/2015/03/behind-the-cult-of-bontrager/|adventure-journal.com]] [[https://www.adventure-journal.com/2015/03/behind-the-cult-of-bontrager/|adventure-journal.com]]
 </div> </div>
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 </div> </div>
  
 +<div column 50% #s1983>
 +----
 +===== 1983 Bontrager =====
 +
 +
 +
 +</div>
 +
 +<div column 45%>
 +{{1983.jpg?300|1983 Bontrager}}
 +\\
 +1983 Bontrager
 +[[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/official-bontrager-thread.3836/page-29|mtbr]]
 +
 +</div>
 +
 +<div column 50% #s1984>
 +----
 +===== 1984 Bontrager =====
 +
 +{{1984bb.jpg?200|1984 Bontrager}}
 +\\
 +1984 Bontrager clamped BB shell
 +[[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10225387902031790&set=pcb.4601192173302231|facebook]]
 +
 +
 +
 +</div>
 +
 +<div column 45%>
 +{{1984b.jpg?300|1984 Bontrager}}
 +\\
 +1984 Bontrager
 +[[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10225387902031790&set=pcb.4601192173302231|facebook]]
 +
 +</div>
 +
 +<div column 50% #s1985>
 +----
 +===== 1985 =====
 +SunTour MounTech 4900 (1982-84), TA cranks, unicrown fork
 +</div>
 +<div column 45%>
 +{{1985.jpg?300|1985 }}
 +\\
 +1985 
 +[[ https://www.facebook.com/groups/235433082462/permalink/10158684204142463/|facebook]]
 +</div>
 +
 +
 +<div column 50% #s1986>
 +----
 +===== 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?-91).  It could be a 1985.
 +
 +</div>
 +<div column 45%>
 +{{1986.jpg?300|1986 }}
 +\\
 +1986 
 +[[https://www.facebook.com/groups/927406034014215/permalink/5790409147713855/|facebook]]
 +</div>
 +
 +<div column 50% #s1987>
 +----
 +===== 1987 Bontrager =====
 +
 +
 +
 +</div>
 +
 +<div column 45%>
 +{{1987.jpg?300|1987 Bontrager}}
 +\\
 +1987 Bontrager
 +[[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/official-bontrager-thread.3836/page-75#lg=thread-3836&slide=2|mtbr]]
 +
 +</div>
 +
 +
 +<div column 50% #s1989>
 +----
 +===== 1989 Bontrager =====
 +Aluminum?  Shimano XT M732 derailleur (1989), LX cranks (1989), Phil Wood hubs.  Frame gussets at head tube and bottom bracket.  Wishbone seat stays.
 +                                                                  
 +
 +
 +</div>
 +
 +<div column 45%>
 +{{1989.jpg?300|1989 Bontrager}}
 +\\
 +1989 Bontrager
 +[[https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/bik/d/santa-cruz-bontrager-mountain-bike/7545839019.html|craigslist]]
 +
 +
 +
 +</div>
  
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 I hadn't understood the nature of the business as it was changing and becoming a fashion business.  ...  We did all this without realizing that within a year you wouldn't be able to sell a steel hardtail.  So, we sold the company.  I didn't sell my soul, I sold my company. I hadn't understood the nature of the business as it was changing and becoming a fashion business.  ...  We did all this without realizing that within a year you wouldn't be able to sell a steel hardtail.  So, we sold the company.  I didn't sell my soul, I sold my company.
 <cite> <cite>
-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYvPMmlBZwg|youtube]]Ask a Founder: A Talk with Keith Bontrager))+[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYvPMmlBZwg|youtube]], Ask a Founder: A Talk with Keith Bontrager
 </cite> </cite>
 </blockquote> </blockquote>
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-{{new.jpg?300|Post Sell-Out}}+{{new.jpg?340|Post Sell-Out}} 
 +\\ 
 +Keith, today, living with his ghosts
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-Keith living with his ghosts 
 [[https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bontrager/|trekbikes.com]] [[https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bontrager/|trekbikes.com]]
  
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