Nah I haven’t worked there in a few years.I was at the top- I encouraged him to take one pedal crank and I do believe he...
Nah I haven’t worked there in a few years.
I was at the top- I encouraged him to take one pedal crank and I do believe he could have hit the sweet spot- not sure if he would have made it through the ditch and onto the road but he would have slit rather than slapped down. He said he was just gonna ride off it and I knew it was going to go very badly. All I could do was watch exactly what I was afraid would happen.
I was traumatized. He said demons were circling but he would never pull out with a crowd watching. By the end of the summer I was over it.
I did race that day and I was at the Open last weekend- probably a bigger crowd in 2026! Only a fraction of the teams though. Used to be Rock Shox Devo, park neutral support, Fox, Shimano, sram, Maxxis, everyone.
Thank you for the perspective man. Nobody on this earth I'd trust more to have relay that story. It's funny I always liked your lines in...
Thank you for the perspective man. Nobody on this earth I'd trust more to have relay that story. It's funny I always liked your lines in the old videos. Part huck, part flow.
To those who happen upon this...Krispy is a legend with film segments in the old VHS & DVD days.
And yeah, pretty sure the race teams ignore Deer Valley in terms of support back then & now because it wasn't part of some easy drive from either coast for their trucks. Distinctly remember when I went, Tomac had a solid presence with the Houseman contingent. Maybe Haro too.
I drove the Mongoose truck and trailer there every year.
Oh man, not sure about that especially as it pertains to calling it a outland era tube? I was lopes wrench 95-96-97-98, then we reunited at...
Oh man, not sure about that especially as it pertains to calling it a outland era tube? I was lopes wrench 95-96-97-98, then we reunited at GT, 2002-2003-2004 and I know I was having his frames made by chris herting and or billy griggs, Billy for sure made his suspension bikes because he had the GT fixtures post bankruptcy and I do remember driving up to easton in van nuys to get tubesets. That post bankruptcy GT era was a complete shit show as all the old product was gone, former employees stole it, kept it, etc...we were running on fumes. I was involved in the schwinn (GT) bankruptcy in 2001, so they owed me about $28k of my salary and when the new owners of GT came to me to come have me work for Lopes, I said "no way, unless you pay me X amount" which they did, and we also got a little bit of cheddar in the buyout settlement, I think of that 28k I got about 8k? the pro riders (Leigh on schwinn, Lopes and Peaty on GT, etc etc, were owed 100s of thousands collectively and they all got a fraction of what they were owed).
It’s funny, many of your ‘95 team bikes that weren’t Nicolais(some hardtails and the Amplifier 2’s that got raced in Helen) were made in Arizona by...
It’s funny, many of your ‘95 team bikes that weren’t Nicolais(some hardtails and the Amplifier 2’s that got raced in Helen) were made in Arizona by Frank The Welder(he’s still waiting on payment for those geared and full suspension mongoose bmx frames ahaha), and those post 9/11 hardtail’s were made by Herting. A bunch of the team stuff that never got paid for in the mid 90’s made it’s way East with Frank… and that’s the story of how Jeff Lenosky got his first full suspension bike.
My favorite place in all of mtb history is out back under the eaves behind Herting’s shop. The dry climate preserves the ephemera stacked up, mostly remanats of re-manufactured team bikes for some of the brightest stars that ever shined.
You nailed it, minus the waiting for payment part...I mean, mongoose was owned by SERVICE CYCLE, then acquired by BELL SPORTS, then PACIFIC CYCLE then DOREL and now PON? maybe Frank can call PON lol.
Of all the 3rd party builders that built frames for my teams, the Chris Herting (3D Racing) were always on time and impeccable quality and Chris was always so easy to work with, had good suggestions and was awesome.
I drove the Mongoose truck and trailer there every year.
You nailed it, minus the waiting for payment part...I mean, mongoose was owned by SERVICE CYCLE, then acquired by BELL SPORTS, then PACIFIC CYCLE then DOREL and now PON? maybe Frank can call PON lol.
Of all the 3rd party builders that built frames for my teams, the Chris Herting (3D Racing) were always on time and impeccable quality and Chris was always so easy to work with, had good suggestions and was awesome.
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