Smokin' Goat

We took a couple of bike to Crider's Photography and they came out nice. Here are a couple of our early Mountain Goat with a smoked green finish.


 
 
 
 

1984 Mountain Goat Whiskeytown Racer

The Whiskeytown Racer was introduced as the higher performance companion to the Mountain Goat Deluxe model. Named after the famed Whiskeytown Downhill race, the new model featured a more aggressive geometry. The earliest bikes, such as this one, were fillet brazed while the later bikes switched to the lighter TIG welding. One of the stand out features of the early bikes was the Henry James fork crown with custom Mountain Goat inlays. This bike is one of the earliest we have seen with the team orange and green paint scheme which really accents the fork crown.

Escape Route prototype frames

Here are a couple of pictures of the built Escape Route prototype frames. We just built them out of extra parts that we had lying around so we could ride them. Full ride report soon but the first couple of rides were great!

Escape Route build pics

OK, these are really crummy pictures but we were trying to get it built up so we could actually go ride it! Probably a couple of little tweaks before we hit production but it is pretty close right out of the box.

Goatcrackers

Here is a picture of the Goatcracker:



$14.99

I'll try to get them listed on the Goodies page this afternoon for purchase: http://www.firstflightbikes.com/MGGoodies.htm

Goat Horn bars are on the water

Our new Goat Horn steel bars are finally heading our way. I put one of the samples on the proto Escape Route frame and have been riding them. I do like the little extra width on them, especially when riding single speed. For those you missed it, these are the old style bullmoose bars that were standard on the early mountain bikes. We have updated them to fit the current 1 1/8" threadless setups. 110mm extension with a 10 degree rise and 10 degree sweep. Chrome plated so they will match any frame color!

Escape Route imported frames

This is a project that we started over 2 years ago and we have finally seen pictures of the sample product. You don't realize how many decisions have to be made when you start a project like this. Colors, model name, logo design, sizes, decals, wheel size, cable guide placement, head badge.......never ends. As soon as we make "final" decisions, three more things pop up.

This whole idea started when we had a fair number of people really liking the Goats but just couldn't come up with the $3K+ that it usually took to buy one. You can't buy a $1500 frame and just put mid-grade stuff on it. The solution was to make the same frame but make 100 of them at one time and have them made overseas. With the same quality of the USA made frames but at about half the price. You lose the option of customizing your geometry and color but that is still available on the USA made frames.

Basic spec:
-29" wheel
-black with cream or orange with green
-4 sizes
-sliding dropouts for single speed or geared use
-80/100mm travel compatible
-double butted cro-moly tubing

We hope to have the samples in hand soon and put some miles on them to confirm the details are where we want them.