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darkside
05-28-2008, 11:50 AM
From MTBR: http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=416899

I just got a bunch of picture from a buddy who went to the 1990 Worlds in Durango. They aren't labeled so I am not 100% sure who the riders are (some are obvious). I'll post a couple different sets since there are close over 40 pictures.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/firstflightbikes/Hayden%20Run/90Worlds13.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/firstflightbikes/Hayden%20Run/90Worlds14.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/firstflightbikes/Hayden%20Run/90Worlds15.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/firstflightbikes/Hayden%20Run/90WorldsYetiTrial.jpg

Hey Frank, did you weld those bikes?
willapaj
05-28-2008, 04:41 PM
What ever happened to John Parker (founder of Yeti)?
Unissamog
05-28-2008, 04:50 PM
Funny these should come up now. I just finished scanning a bunch of his old pics.

I dunno if he welded that one, but he welded this one, and rode it!!!!

http://fareast4x4.com/frank.jpg
Unissamog
05-28-2008, 04:52 PM
What ever happened to John Parker (founder of Yeti)?

http://www.yetifan.com/10_q_s_with___.html
Mordax
05-28-2008, 06:03 PM
tennis ball ftw
Leroy Brown
05-28-2008, 06:10 PM
:hahano::hahano:Waterbottle
MIKE1968
05-28-2008, 07:41 PM
first yeti has the same stem/hbar set up that new mods are going to :momaru:
Andrew Walker
05-29-2008, 04:13 PM
haha, the short shorts in the first pic. They're like porno pants!!
beastoftheeast
05-30-2008, 01:57 AM
:hahano::hahano:Waterbottle

on a side note off the yeti page:eek3danc:
http://www.yetifan.com/mpbpic1712393.jpg
DUNDERHED
05-31-2008, 07:51 AM
The riders name with the green/white Etto helmet was Clint Knapp. I believe he mostly just did Colorado events. The porn shorts look like something Aaron Faust used to wear but I don't remember if he rode for Yeti
Juhan
05-31-2008, 11:06 AM
on a side note off the yeti page:eek3danc:


That's not a Yeti, it's a frame that a father built for his son that he could race DH. Internal gearbox, one sided swingarm with internal chain routing, the rear suspension was built by a guy who used to make shocks for tanks etc.

Probably the most innovative mountain bike in a loooooooong time. :eek5:
tubender
06-04-2008, 05:34 AM
the first guy is Aaron Faust. yes I did build all those trials frames. The white one Unissmog posted is from around 85/86 or so after I returned from mammoth#1 in 85 or 86. I was sponsored by shimano at the time and had rear disk from a rickshaw on the white bike.

At both Yeti and Spooky I built limited runs of mod frames. It may never be big in the US but I like it just fine.

I will add some more oldies as I get them..
morley
06-04-2008, 07:13 PM
Some more old school stuff from my video vault.

Norba Swatch Trials at Mammoth Mountain in 1988.

Riders: Hans Rey and Ot Pi when he was 17 years old.

http://www.biketrials.ca/downloads/norba1988.mpg

http://www.biketrials.ca/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/247919Ot_Pi_9-881.jpg
lucky13
06-04-2008, 08:02 PM
wow
DUNDERHED
06-04-2008, 10:31 PM
Wow! That brings back memories. Watching that Mammoth event on ESPN was what got me into trials.