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Moots Overview
Kent Eriksen started Moots1) Bicycles in 1980 out of Steamboard Spring, Colorado 2). Moots continues today to make beautiful, mostly titanium, mountain bikes: https://moots.com/
Moots’ niche in the bike industry is well established. They make gorgeous, shockingly expensive bikes for people who want refined, grown-up rides. pinkbike
In 1984, Kent invented what we now call bar-ends; those nifty, multi-position gadgets found on so many mountain biker’s handlebars today. 3)
Kent left Moots in 2005, and continues to produce custom bikes from Kent Eriksen Cycles
Kent Eriksen, ca. 1981
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1981 Moots Mountaineer
At the very beginning all Moots bicycles were polished and perfect. Kent states he built a mountain bike for himself in 1980, but no pictures exist and hence the Moots timeline starts at 1981.
1981 Moots Mountaineer
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1983 Moots Mountaineer
Four water bottle cages? All Moots were custom, and every detail was taken care of.
1983 Moots Mountaineer
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1985 Moots Mountaineer
Outfitted for mountain trekking. Those wooden knobbies sticking out front are the first “road levers,” aka bar ends.
1985 Moots Mountaineer
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Production Notes
[1]. 320 frames by 1985, 240 of them mountain bikes. Roughly 50/year. Perhaps less the first year. See: http://mombatbicycles.com/MOMBAT/BikeHistoryPages/Moots.html
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freehubThe name Moots came from a pre-Mr. Bill, Gumby-like 2-inch rubber alligator that Eriksen had kept since the 3rd grade
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