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 When BMX magazine published its Fire Road Racer [[http://mombatbicycles.com/MOMBAT/BikeHistoryPages/Descender.html|article]] on the MCR Descender, interest and demand grew and Brian partnered with Dan Hanebrink to create an improved version with nearly 20 pounds shaved off the bike.  Skinner raced the Descender at the final 1984 Repack race, where chain problems prevented him from making the podium.  Weight: 31 pounds. When BMX magazine published its Fire Road Racer [[http://mombatbicycles.com/MOMBAT/BikeHistoryPages/Descender.html|article]] on the MCR Descender, interest and demand grew and Brian partnered with Dan Hanebrink to create an improved version with nearly 20 pounds shaved off the bike.  Skinner raced the Descender at the final 1984 Repack race, where chain problems prevented him from making the podium.  Weight: 31 pounds.
  
 +{{1984b.jpg?300|1984 Descender}}
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 +1 of 24 made?
 +[[https://www.socaltrailriders.org/threads/sky.50985/|socaltrailriders]]
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 [[https://www.bicyclebluebook.com/value-guide/product/30124/|bicylebluebook]] [[https://www.bicyclebluebook.com/value-guide/product/30124/|bicylebluebook]]
  
 +Fully suspended BMX with drum brakes.  It was achingly close to being a decent downhill bike, but not really.
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 +{{moto.jpg?300|1975 Yamaha Moto-Bike}}
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 +1975 Yamaha Moto-Bike
 +[[https://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/yamaha/40484|bmxmuseum]]
  
 1977 Huffy Thunder Trail: BMX bikes have had rear shocks for some time.  I personally jumped a Thunder Trail many times off a friend's backyard ramp in the 70's.  It worked.  But not for long... 1977 Huffy Thunder Trail: BMX bikes have had rear shocks for some time.  I personally jumped a Thunder Trail many times off a friend's backyard ramp in the 70's.  It worked.  But not for long...
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-1984 3Rensho prototype with perhaps the first front suspension.  When did front and rear finally come together on a single bike?+ 
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 +1984 3Rensho prototype with perhaps the first front suspension mountain bike with disc brakes.  What was the earliest fully suspended bike?
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 {{3rensho.jpg?300|1984 3Rensho}} {{3rensho.jpg?300|1984 3Rensho}}
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