Most overrated vintage mountain bike

Zaskar.
Raleigh Tomac.

Anything with Gary Fisher's name on it.

DSFA said:

Anything with Gary Fisher's name on it.

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Ditto that for GT

Tomac Raleigh, agreed.

bushpig said:

Raleigh Tomac.

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Surely you meant the Litespeed-made retail model.

Have you guys even ridden a Tomac Ti/Carbon Sig?

Over rated bikes:

Cunninghams, Potts', anything WTB.

John also made Mongoose famous for a short period. Just think if he had raced a Huffy.

Rumpfy said:

Over rated bikes:

Cunninghams, Potts', anything WTB.

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Fail........

Rumpfy said:

Over rated bikes:

Cunninghams, Potts', anything WTB.

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LOL

RX-1 said:

John also made Mongoose famous for a short period. Just think if he had raced a Huffy.

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With what criteria does one rate a bike? nostalgia, ride, weight, durability, history, looks, etc? That's why I like Tomac's old race bikes -so historic and nostalgic. That and they were so damn cool for their day.

The JT Team Mongoose is an underrated bike I'd say. For me, JT is uniquely iconic as a mountain bike racer. I don't really dig his bikes after the C-26, but that's just me. That said, I'd like one of his personal Raleighs, if no the Litespeed retail version!

I'd say that there are no "over rated" bikes. Opinions vary on what's a good bike or not a good bike. What might be my "most prized bike" might not make another person's list. We all like different bikes for different reasons, and there's no consensus on what's a good bike and what's not.

Rumpfy said:

Over rated bikes:

Cunninghams, Potts', anything WTB.

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or anything else you're looking for!

Fillet-brazed said:

Surely you meant the Litespeed-made retail model.

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i am sure the merlin made rides and looks SO MUCH better.

bushpig said:

The JT Team Mongoose is an underrated bike I'd say. For me, JT is uniquely iconic as a mountain bike racer. I don't really dig his bikes after the C-26, but that's just me. That said, I'd like one of his personal Raleighs, if no the Litespeed retail version!

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That's what i am loooking for right now, as a rider.

Manitou, any aluminum Yeti.

Kleins

Boulder, IRD, Outland, Mtn. Cycle... Pretty much all the early full-suspension adopters who sold wallet-busting works-in-progress as fully thought out next generation stuff.