In 1993 I purchase my first, and ONLY, brand-new bike -- it was a Nishiki Pueblo. I thought it was the bomb! But, of course, like any 14-year-old, I became eager to tweak and customize and 'soup-up' my 'rig', so I quickly 'upgraded' ... to a MTN Tek something-or-other. I saved up my hard earned money and purchased a brand-new 1996 Rock Shox Judy XC (no crappy Quad 5 or Quad 21 or Mag 21 for me, oh no...). Can you imagine, a crappy MTN Tek chromoly hard-tail with a $300 fork (that was a lot back in those days, remember!). Well, the MTN Tek didn't last long -- it went the way of the Nishiki. So, WHAT did I replace the MTN Tek with you ask? A DBR Vertex TR -- a sexy, matte-black hardtail. I built it from the frame up w/ a Rock Shox Judy SL (later upgraded to a the carbon FSX), XTR throughout, Paul Love Levers (yes, you heard me right), Mavic X-717's, Dean titanium handlebar / stem / seatpost ... and the list goes on. It was my favorite bike of all-time (until I built my GT STS-XCR 1000 (met a sad ending), and my most recent ETSX.
Anyways, I guess you could say I have a special bond to DBR, which brings me to the DBR V8. Believe it or not, this is an excellent cross-country rig. I've thrown on my brand-new LX throughout. The SID up front is a SID -- super-light and will never die. SOLD!
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