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Throwback Thursdays: 5 Questions for a Beautiful Phoenix

Photo: Otis Smith Every once in a while, we're lucky enough to spy a Phoenix frame out in the wild, happily devouring the trails it was designed to inhale.  Sometimes, we're even lucky enough to...

Throwback Thursdays: Biopace... Ewwww

It happened.  I can't believe it actually happened.  I swore it wouldn't.  It couldn't.  It shouldn't.  By what stroke of misunderstanding... by the Hammer of Thor. BioPace is back, da na nun nun ...

Throwback Thursdays: 1988 Wilderness Trail Bikes Grease Guard Bottom Bracket

Press fit bottom brackets.  Some people love them, many people hate them.  While I was up at Kona's 2015 Launch, kind product managers and marketing folk proclaimed to dealers that the 2015 model...

Throwback Thursdays: WTB Way Wide (or Extra-Wide) front Grease Guard Hub

The Grease Guard Way Wide front hubs, also known as Extra-Wides as there had been standard, wide, and extra wide options were pretty special.  For one thing, the name was no joke.  They were 118 m...

Throwback Thursdays: 1985 NORBA Championships, Team WTB SunTour, Santa Barbara CA

Team WTB SunTour rider Casey Kunselman rocking a WTB Modified Drop Bar, WTB Toe Flips, WTB Grease Guard Roller Cam Brakes, WTB Grease Guard Hubs, and Ground Control tires (designed by WTB) among o...

Throwback Thursdays: When Neon Was Cool the First Time - 1992 Grease Guard Ads

A quick stroll down the aisles of Interbike revealed to me that neon is back.  Back with a vengeance.  Maybe it never left, or at least the time period.  At Biketoberfest this past weekend, kids p...

Throwback Thursdays: 1991 Grease Guard Challenge

In the spirit of WTB technology found in other companies' products, this week's Throwback Thursday highlights SunTour's 1991 XC Pro Headset with GREASE GUARD®.  When many think of historic WTB pro...

Throwback Thursdays: Durango 1987 Nationals with Team Vehicle

  Top row from left to right: Steve Potts, Joe Shirado, Carmen Rivers, Mark Slate, Jeff McQuiney, David River.  Bottom row, left to right: Joey Peterson, Roy Rivers, Todd DeAngelis 1987 was great ...

Throwback Thursdays: 1989 WTB/King Grease Guard Headset

Yes, you are looking at what you think you are, a collabo of WTB and Chris King from 1989.  The WTB/King Grease Guard Headset kicks off our Throwback Thursdays guide to good products and good time...