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+ | ===== Murray Overview ===== | ||
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+ | Murray sold department store level bicycles from the 1930s -> 1999 ((See: [[https:// | ||
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+ | The 1981 Murray Baja was a crappy converted cruiser which weighted 38 pounds. | ||
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+ | Somebody gave Gary a Baja for Christmas on his birthday around 1981, because they only cost $80-90 and it was worth it for the humor element . It was such a joke next to a Ritchey that we gave it to a guy who was broke but loved bikes and he rode it into the ground, which wasn't hard, because it was really heavy and a strong rider would tear the frame apart in short order. | ||
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+ | Charlie Kelley, [[https:// | ||
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+ | {{plant.jpg? | ||
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+ | The Fun Factory | ||
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+ | ===== 1981 Baja ===== | ||
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+ | The first mass produced mountain bike. The [[https:// | ||
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+ | {{1981.jpg? | ||
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+ | Murray Baja | ||
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+ | ===== 1982 Baja ===== | ||
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+ | Nearly identical to the 1981, the 1982 Baja has bigger spoke guards on the wheels and all-black tires. | ||
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+ | Compare catalogs at: [[https:// | ||
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+ | {{1982.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1982 Baja | ||
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+ | ===== 1983 Baja 9000 ===== | ||
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+ | The 1983 Baja 9000 (([[https:// | ||
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+ | 1983 Baja 9000 | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== 1984 Murray Baja 5000 ===== | ||
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+ | After "Baja 9000," they backed down a few thousand... | ||
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+ | //**The Official Manufacturer of Bicycles for the 1984 Olympics**// | ||
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+ | Murray Ad | ||
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+ | Luckily, the Murray mountain bike racing team didn't exist yet. However, they did sponsor an Olympic road racing team: | ||
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+ | Before the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics American manufacturer Murray signed on to sponsor the US Cycling team as well as the legendary 7-Eleven Team. There was one major problem though. As a producer of low-cost bicycles and lawn equipment, Murray didn’t have a clue what sorts of equipment real bike racers used or needed. So they brought in an up-and-coming American frame builder, Ben Serotta, to build their bikes for them. | ||
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+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | {{olympics.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1984 Baja 5000 | ||
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+ | ===== 1985 Murray Baja 3000 ===== | ||
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+ | As model numbers shrink, so do profit margins. | ||
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+ | Found another one at [[https:// | ||
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+ | {{1985.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1985 Murray Baja 3000 | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | ===== 1989 Baja SC Street Cycle ===== | ||
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+ | A 1991 [[https:// | ||
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+ | {{weld.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1989 Baja SC welds | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | The review is worth reading, and should be given to anyone considering buying a department store bike. | ||
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+ | After rolling through a puddle atop a long hill, I experienced the most intense adrenaline rush I've had on a bike since the time I overtook a line of cars with my steel-rimmed, | ||
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+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | A later review from 1995 from Consumer Reports stated: | ||
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+ | Murray Ohio Manufacturing Co.’s Murray Eagle River bike [was] deemed unacceptable by the magazine because [it] did not stop quickly enough with [its] wheels wet during panic-stop tests. The top-rated mountain bike, Intrepid Corp.’s Trek 820, stopped within 13 feet, whereas Murray’s took 74 feet. | ||
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+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | <div column 45%> | ||
+ | {{1989.jpg? | ||
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+ | 1989 Baja SC Street Cycle | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | </ | ||
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+ | ==== Production Notes ==== | ||
+ | <WRAP #prod1 /> | ||
+ | [1]. all unknown |
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