Bought new in 2004 while working at a shop. Rode one of these at Interbike the previous year. Most amazing bike I had ever ridden. Originally ordered a Large frame (Red). The was a small paint mistake on the headtube when I got it. Contacted Maverick. They told me to ride it like I stole it for the season and they would replace with a new frame in the off season. Opted for a Medium (Silver) and made the right choice. Interesting side note: Maverick didn't use serial numbers. They named each frame. The red one was named Gurgle and the silver one was named Tiger. Frame was $2400 employee purchase price and they only made about 150 a year.
by Beval19
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What, no DUC?
That was paul turner? from fox. First year of production had an actual fox shock on it (still looked like that) after that it was all in house.
Seven and Klein also listened the suspension for a while.
The axle path is meant to parallel the to the fork, which was also made by maverick. Those things pedal like goats because they are a semi URT bike.
The fork was a 150mm inverte dial crown fork, super light, 25?mm (it’s big) front axle with a QR type mechanism and the axle fixed in the hub.
The frames climb well if you’re willing to sacrifice anything resembling quality suspension performance. The forks were wet noodles. The axle clamps were a joke in addition to being inverted, you could watch the front wheel deflect in the parking lot on a test ride
That’s cool
A great piece of MTB history! As far as I know Luby still does suspension rebuilds her in CO. These older bikes don’t ride like modern bikes but it was the Wild West of bike design back then and many cool things were tried by small, independent bike makers. A golden era really
Always wanted one. Great bike!