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| * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilderness_Trail_Bikes|WTB wikipedia]] | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilderness_Trail_Bikes|WTB wikipedia]] |
| * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_brake#Roller_cam_brakes|RollerCam wikipedia]] | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_brake#Roller_cam_brakes|RollerCam wikipedia]] |
| | * [[https://www.steelfightsback.com/steve-potts/|steelfightsback]] |
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| ===== 1984 Swift ===== | ===== 1986 Swift ===== |
| Swifts were a Potts & Slate production to produce a lower cost MTB employing only a limited number of WTB components. They weren't branded with Potts badges and some have WTB decals, perhaps later placed there by enthusiastic owners. Does this belong in a WTB timeline? Well, as they were only made for a year or two, and there's no room in the Potts timeline... | Swifts were a Potts & Slate production to produce a lower cost MTB employing only a limited number of WTB components. They weren't branded with Potts badges and some have WTB decals, perhaps later placed there by enthusiastic owners. Does this belong in a WTB timeline? Well, as they were only made for a year or two, and there's no room in the Potts timeline... |
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| SunTour XC rear (1984-5), ARX front (1981-83), TIG welded with a fillet brazed head tube, (early 4-bolt Potts) stem and fork and SunTour? roller-cams (licensed from Cunningham/WTB). SunTour parts were used instead of available WTBs to keep costs down. Pressed in bearings with a possible Phil Wood spindle. The Swift was an attempt to make a low cost Potts but //"because they were perfectionists, the Swift ended up being just as much as a Potts."// Only 42 Swifts were made((Charlie Kelly states that 42 Swift frames were made in [[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/wtb-swift.768653/|mtbr]].)) | SunTour XC rear (1984-5), ARX front (1981-83), TIG welded with a fillet brazed head tube, (early 4-bolt Potts) stem and fork and SunTour? roller-cams (licensed from Cunningham/WTB). SunTour parts were used instead of available WTBs to keep costs down. Pressed in bearings with a possible Phil Wood spindle. The Swift was an attempt to make a low cost Potts but //"because they were perfectionists, the Swift ended up being just as much as a Potts."// Only 42 Swifts were made((Charlie Kelly states that 42 Swift frames were made in [[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/wtb-swift.768653/|mtbr]].)) |
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| | The parts say 1984-5, but the documentation says Swifts were made from 1986 -> 1987. Perhaps old parts were used to lower costs? |
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| {{1984.jpg?300|1984 Swift }} | {{1984.jpg?300|1986 Swift }} |
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| 1984 Swift | 1986 Swift |
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