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-Somebody gave Gary a Baja for Christmas or 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.
+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://www.mtbr.com/threads/murray-baja.304879/|mtbr]]
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 ===== 1981 Baja  =====
-The first mass produced mountain bike.  The [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150801003405/http://murrayeliminatormusclebikes.yuku.com/topic/119/1981-Murray-Bicycles-catalog|1981 catalog]] called these "10 speed Touring Bajas", while also stating they were "Rugged and read for on and off-the-road biking fun."  Early days.
+The first mass produced mountain bike.  The [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150801003405/http://murrayeliminatormusclebikes.yuku.com/topic/119/1981-Murray-Bicycles-catalog|1981 catalog]] called these "10 speed Touring Bajas", while also stating they were "Rugged and ready for on and off-the-road biking fun."  Early days.
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 ===== 1982 Baja  =====
-Nearly identical to the 1981, the 1982 Baja has bigger spoke guards on the wheels and optional skinwall tires.
+Nearly identical to the 1981, the 1982 Baja has bigger spoke guards on the wheels and all-black tires.
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 As model numbers shrink, so do profit margins.  The internet nearly has no mention of the existence of this model, other than the one for sale on the right from New Hampshire.
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+Found another one at [[https://mountainbikemuseum.nl/en/mountainbikes/murray-baja-3000-440|mountainbikemuseum.nl]].
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 [[https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1239046-road-test-bike-review-1991-murray-baja-street-cycle.html|Bicycling Magazine]], January 1991
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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://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-26-fi-6232-story.html|LA Times, May 26, 1995]]
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