I am curious where you are. Puch was an Austrian brand. They imported to the USA in the 1970s, but judging from the U brakes under the chainstay this bike is circa 1988.
Naming mountain bikes after places in the American West was very popular back then, it helped associate your brand with the new fangled American sport. I would guess the frame was built in Asia (Japan or Taiwan)
soulmango on
I can add nothing more to the great info GenericName187 gave, though I know of the bike brand from my youth… but regardless, that’s one super clean & well put-together version of it!
janusz0 on
I remember these! I thought the name was just a made up play on durable. The Spanish feel might just have been an accident: Durable+Go
I’m in Europe and didn’t know much about Mexico.
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I am curious where you are. Puch was an Austrian brand. They imported to the USA in the 1970s, but judging from the U brakes under the chainstay this bike is circa 1988.
Naming mountain bikes after places in the American West was very popular back then, it helped associate your brand with the new fangled American sport. I would guess the frame was built in Asia (Japan or Taiwan)
I can add nothing more to the great info GenericName187 gave, though I know of the bike brand from my youth… but regardless, that’s one super clean & well put-together version of it!
I remember these! I thought the name was just a made up play on durable. The Spanish feel might just have been an accident: Durable+Go
I’m in Europe and didn’t know much about Mexico.