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-===== Bike Bashbar =====
+===== Bike Nashbar =====
+Bike Nashbar was the friend to many cyclists looking for parts in the pre-internet era, and the foe to Local Bike Shops everywhere, before Amazon brought everything crashing down. They made quality bikes, which weren't any more mass produced than many boutique brands which off-shored to Asia.
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 Arni Nashbar started Nashbar in 1974 as a mail order bicycle parts company out of his home in New Middletown, Ohio.
-Ten years later Arni was selling six million dollars a year of cycling merchandise.  Orginally called "Bike Warehouse," Arni lent the business his own name of "Bike Nashbar" in 1981.  Bike Nashbar soon sold complete bikes and likely sold their first mountain bikes in 1983((Late 1983 is when Nashbar's first MTB is mentioned in print.)).  Catalogs are hard to find, which is likely due to their being mostly printed on newsprint, and being for decades the largest, most complete cycling catalog published.
+Ten years later Arni was selling six million dollars a year of cycling merchandise.  Originally called "Bike Warehouse," Arni lent the business his own name of "Bike Nashbar" in 1981.  Bike Nashbar soon sold complete bikes and likely sold their first mountain bikes in 1983((Late 1983 is when Nashbar's first MTB is mentioned in print.)).  Catalogs are hard to find, which is likely due to their being mostly printed on newsprint, and being for decades the largest, most complete cycling catalog published.
 Eventually Bike Nashbar was sold to Performance Bicycle in 2000, which was then purchased by [[https://www.advancedsports.com/home/|Advanced Sports International]]((AKA ASE, for Advanced Sports Enterprises, ASI's parent company)) in 2016, which then all went bankrupt in 2018, resulting in 100+ brick and mortar Nashbar and Performance shops to be permanently closed.
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   * [[http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/02/story-of-bike-nashbar.html|cozybeehive]]
   * [[https://bikeraceinfo.com/Cycle-Industry/Performace-Nashbar-bankruptcies/performance-nashbar-bankruptcies-01.html|bikeraceinfo]]
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-===== 1988 Alpha 5000 =====
+===== 1988 Terra Alpha 5000 =====
 SunTour Alpha-5000 (1987-89), center pull Dia-Compe rear u-brakes.
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 Alpha 5000
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+[[https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikerboi90/9962563563/in/photostream/|flickr]]
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+----
+===== 1989 8000 DTX =====
+Shimano Deore XT M735 (1989-93).
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{1989.jpg?300|1989 8000 DTX }}
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+8000 DTX
+[[ https://www.ebay.com/itm/165571635936|ebay]]
+</div>
+<div column 50% #s1991>
+----
+===== 1991 4000X =====
+Elevated chainstay, Shimano Deore LX (1990-93).
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{1991.jpg?300|1991 4000X }}
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+4000X
+[[ https://www.mtbr.com/media/nashbar-4000x.1712982/|mtbr]]
+</div>
+<div column 50% #s1992>
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+===== 1992 3000X =====
+Shimano Exage 300LX (1990-92).
+</div>
+<div column 45%>
+{{1992.jpg?300|1992 3000X }}
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+3000X
+[[ https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/891906451977044|facebook]]
+</div>