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I have to say this classic bike kick you've been on is really fun to watch. I think you're obviously right to get some modern tires, brakes and a frame with the geo to handle the Monster! Gonna be awesome to see you hit gnarly trails with whatever beast you're coming up with.
I'm a young rider from Mexico dude, and I wish to see your final goal with this monster fork. This it's a real good video, and I hope to see the future of this crazy fork. Thanks Jordan.
I wanted a Brooklyn Machine Works back in the days of Super Monsters, so I’d like to see the fork on something like that. At least DH bikes from that era had relatively steep head angles by modern standards though, so at least the head angle isn’t as bad as it would be if you stuck this fork on a bike from the very end of 26” wheels.
I had an old Brooklyn tmx with an inverted marz shiver as well as a 2002 monster t2. Rode so plush. Can’t even imagine swapping that out for a super monster for more travel. Miss that thing
@Mitch I Absolutely, Shivers were amazing for suppleness. I had a set of 2002 Monster Ts and I miss those, I’d love to ride them back to back with some of the modern forks on a more up to date bike. I remember being astonished to see them moving freely over tiny bumps under just the weight of the bike while you wheeled the bike along.
@@robinclaidlaw It'd be cool have a custom frame builder make something actually designed for the Super Monster, but with modern sizing. Marino Bikes is a guy down in Peru that does VERY affordable custom frames.
That Supermonster is insane (in the best way)! (Up next:) “… we built up a reverse mullet (27.5” rear) to reduce the head tube angle!” Keep doing what you do, dude!
13:10 You are definitly not crazy this fork is awesome and am hella sure i will watch every video will this super monster in and I too think that this fork has a lot of potential in it! Keep the great vids!
i've seen a bunch of people design their own frame (or just redesigning an already production bike), i really think u should do it, would be so amazing to see an actual boostmaster monster freeride bike
Like the Grim Donut, i would love to see you build a custom frame with modern type specs to suite the 300mm Super Monster, now that would be an epic bike, especially seeing it getting sendy on some gnarly Free Ride trails. 👌
You should try some lower rise bars and get that front end down a bit. It may help make it feel a bit more "normal" and give you more traction up front. That said, this thing is sick!
There was a huck bike culture in Russia in late 00's. Azonic Loveseat, Double Track rims with 3" tyres, Renthal motocross bars with crossbrace, all that stuff. It was mostly about builds, riding around town, drinking beer and occasionally hucking some stairs. It was fun.
You are now officialy my favourite youtuber! Santa cruz dh bikes had 250 mm of rear travel until 2014. That could be a good option with angleset in front and maybe custom rear dropouts to raise back of the bike a bit.
I've been waiting for years for high quality youtube coverage of this exact fork! THANK YOU Please I beg you, put it on the BMX, even just for a roll around lol
If I had that fork i`d probably put in the effort and money to get a customm build frame with 300mm of rear travel and modern(ish) geometry. Nicolai Bicycles seems like a good partner
1:17 one thing that bugged me about Bender's huck bikes is that they were too short! imagine how it would feel, bottoming out 12" nose-heavy with such a short wheelbase! I've always felt a few of Bender's crashes would have been avoided with a more stable bike :(
A couple of his crazy customs had a second air shock installed in the rear to control rebound because of the force needed in the main shock to keep him from eating his bars in every drop.
When is the next vid? This fork I actually found out 2 years ago and I never thought anyone would make a vid about it. Thank you for making a super monster fork series!
As a former enthusiastic downhill guy I've never really wanted a Monster, it was overkill. But I remember riding a Marzocchi Shiver which was a dream for me. I've bought it used but working super fine. It was heavy, beefy but super plushy! I loved the feeling of the open bath cartridge. As I'm writting this it comes to my mind also the Manitou Dorado age, just another phenomenal fork!
Yup, a friend is still stoked about a Karpiel Armageddon or Apocalypse. I didn’t believe what I saw when he was showing me pictures of it a few years ago. Totally nuts. Awesome video.🤙🏼 I love those kind of...“experiments“
I was honestly looking for a Super Monster the other night to see if they were still out there. Started off watching some Bender videos, which brought me back tot he mid 2000's when I was dreaming of having a Super Monster. Can't wait to see the build.
The reason some older bikes seem to climb really well is the weight. I have a quite heavy bike with a front-heavy centre of mass and it climbs like a beast
That's the why I still use my cheap heavyass steel frame hardtail they are way more comfortable than lighter frames like carbon fibre ones which are on stiffer side
This is properly cool! Whatever it is you build up it would be great to see you try a set of 24" wheels on it for comparison (providing you can still find a decent fat tyre for them)
@@JordanBoostmaster Awesome! I always remember seeing some of those big travel hucker bikes running them and it would be super interesting to see/hear how they actually were to ride.
I ran front and rear 24" sun double wides on my 2002 bighit with a custom 9" travel rear link for rocky terrain or 6" stock link, both with custom valved, remote reservoir avalanche shocks and a avalanche dhf 8 up front. 26" for steep, 24 for everything else. We rode everything from xc to plattekill to mountain creek and every steep and drop around and it just plain worked.
I still have my 2000 Foes DHS Tube with the Foes F1 Wet One inverted fork and Sun Double Wide 24 inch rear and 26 inch front. It even had custom gussets added by Foes under the BB and at the head tube. The bike is super clean but the fork needs a rebuild and I can't find parts. A couple years ago I tried getting it running again and found a 24/3 inch tire that is used for uni-cycles...the tire was sick but the old Hayes brakes and the fork need more TLC for sure.
What an amazing fork. Just a couple of thoughts. - Maybe a 0 rise handlebar is better for the build to lower the front end. - For the frame, maybe a modern 29" frame could be the ticket since the front end is made for 200mm travel but a way taller wheel.
Honestly get a banshee scream, I have a banshee scream and it suits the super monster very well but I would only buy the v1 version from 02-03 like bender had. I wrote a lot in the vintage group why and why not buy the other versions. And it’s cheaper to get and easier to find then the Karpiel apocalypse
I absolutely would reccomend *against* the first gen scream. They spent the next 3 years "chasing the crack". As in, the frame would crack, they'd add a gusset in the next version, it would crack somewhere else, rinse, repeat.
That hike and fork brings me back. I had 10" Hanebrink forks on my Intense M-1. I got to ride some of the Kestrels back then as well with the same fork. If you were to upgrade the brakes and ride something significantly steeper, I think you would find that bike to be a dream. When I lived in Southern California, we were able to ride our monster downhill bikes down stuff that no other bike would make. You just need it to be steep and with massive rocks every where. The other tip I could give, you need to move far more forward on your bike than you normally would. Those long travel forks work better the more weight you have on the front wheel. Enjoy your build. I can't wait to see what frame you go with.
Guys from Russia respects you, here in 2005-2014 bikes like this was popular, and we had style of riding named "streetezzz". It's cool that someone like oldschool bikes and riding on it!
I had an early freeride bike, it was a tangerine orange Cannondale Raven Super V Freeride 700 back in 99, it had black triple clamp forks and 100mm travel front and back. I loved that bike but sold it and sent it to Scotland to a guy who’d been looking for one for ages. I replaced it with an Orange Crush which later got stolen alongside my 94 GT Zaskar LE, the last of the hand built in USA. After that loss I never got back into mountain bikes, I bought a few restored bmx bikes which I’ve had over 10 years and have never ridden. That set up is incredible, never seen or heard of such travel...................
So for your comment at 7:35 about how it can climb surprisingly well, I wonder if it has to do with the smaller tire diameter and give the bike more acceleration if you've grown used to the 27.5" and 29" modern wheels. I'm only saying that since I recently started riding an 03 specialized big hit with 24" rear and 26" front tires and found the gearing to be really short on it compared to the other 26" I normally ride
This is pretty rad! Got myself recently a rare german handwelded and CNC kitted Zonenschein "Zypher" from around 2010 and I'm loving it too. I didn't know what I got my hands on until I discovered they got compared to Nicolai's and such. Sadly they went out of manufacturing bikes in 2013 due to heavy floods in germany. Yea... Excited for you uocoming project.
A great fork, I've always dreamed of such a one, please put it in a modern bike for downhill, it's very interesting how it will look and be controlled, maybe even 27.5 wheel will enter, if not, then 26
I think it'd be fun to hang that fork off a BMW Big Link, a 10" travel frame usually fitted with a matching Avalanche MTN-10 fork. I knew a guy who had one 20 years ago and even got a chance to do a run on it. "plow through everything" is pretty much the description. Plus, it weighed 65 lbs.
Lived in Abbotsford 21 years 3 years ago, Drop the triple clamps as much as you can raising the forks tubes out the top to get a better riding angle that should help alot.
Damn, i remember back in 2004 when i just made the switch from Cross County riding to DH/FR i saw somebody with a Super Monster and was so stoked. Also w had some guys here in Heidelberg riding Gazzaloddis because of the rocky terrain here. None of them rode them very long. It felt to strange for most people here back then, especially in corners. I thought about it when you talked about the front and lowering the pressure in the front tire in the video. They all switched to another tire after a short time. I still have a 2005 Rocky Mountain Switch and it is nice to see some other old RMs are still ridden. :)
I know it sounds ridiculous, but maybe find someone willing to weld a frame together for you for this fork. I feel as this monster of a fork would deserve it. And you could adapt to a more modern geometry. (Haven't watched the Video fully yet)
Don’t take all the nice bikes from Europe.. work with the stuff that you already have! It’s much more then us europeans ever had, so let us keep our few toys..
Got into biking watching the NWD & Kranked series, Ride to the hills, Chainreaction 2, Jib... Used to ride a Cannondale Gemini 900 with the Sherman & an X-vert Carbon DH. Fox in the back. Sweet bike, agile and lightweight. Had an offer for a 1st gen V10 with a 888 and a 5th element shock. Had the same type of excitement building it up. Had the same type of annoyance cornering. We have similar trails so the bike was an overkill. The Supermonster was for show at the time. And for Bender, of course. I envy the RM frame however. Seems like a starship to cut through corners. Have fun!
That fork and the Shiver were the craziest fork back then. Everybody should watch the videos of Bender dropping the Jaw drop in Kamloops in NWD2 I think. That was the stuff of legends.
I test rode that fork on a Carpiel of that era. Ridiculously heavy, but I could see the potential back in that day. I worked at a bike shop In South lake Tahoe. I seen all sorts come thru..
I still have a long travel...for its day 150/160... 2008 Spec Enduro. It is a beast but 26" wheels feel sketchy AF after riding my 29" Stumpy as my daily driver. I put flats on it and ride it at a local skate park and just messing around w manuals and hops. The bottom bracket is like13" off the ground!
Back when bikes had bottom bracket heights so tall, you could drive a truck under them. I noticed the MTX wheel on the rear and fun fact, back in 02 I worked with Marty from Sun Ringle' on the design that eventually would become the MTX and Double Track rims and wheels. A dome shaped, double walled rim will always be stronger than a traditional box shaped rim with flat edges everywhere.
Awesome video! reminds me of my old days... I used to ride a Foes Mono DH with a Marzocchi 888 and also a Foes Mono DH with a Marzocchi Monster. but what I always wanted was a Marzocchi Shiver
That's a sweet old school bike and great video. I have a 2006 rocky mountain rmx 1 that I bought last year and am wanting to get her set back up with the original 200mm fork from a 160mm that the original owner put on it.
Those old school dh/freeride bikes had some really funky geometry mixes.... If you can track one down that's still working, the Shiver DC is the perfect fork for the RM9. Also, an avalanche tuned shock that's specific to your weight and the bikes leverage ratio will completely transform the ride of those linkage driven single pivot bikes. I wish manufacture would bring back these old school single pivot bikes. Santa Cruz and Rocky Mountain would make a killing if they had a run of classics with modern geo
We didn't have any skills, but back in 2004ish my boss at the time bought a Da Bomb Mindbomb with Super Monster T's. It was like riding a couch down a hill and ridiculously heavy. Very cool, though, and one day I hope to buy it off him if he still has it. And as a side note I upgraded my son's 26 inch bike just a couple of weeks ago by putting on brand new old stock 2000 Marzocchi Z4's from Chain Reaction Cycles, and some like new Gazzaloddi 2.3's I had lying around from around 2005. I think I have a retro fetish haha!
OMG! An RM9!! with Super Monster T and a set of Nokian Gazzaloddi 3". Nice! FYI Risse BigFoot has the same 12" travel, and from the same time era. Very cool retro setup. I had an RM7 myself. And a frient of mine had the Santa Cruz Super 8 with the Super Monster T. Looked sick.d
I bought my first proper mountain bike in about 2004, would have been about 15. One of the guys in the bike shop I bought it from had one of the old 26/24 Specialized Big Hits with these forks in. Double wide rims with 3inch Gazzalodis. It basically rode like a chopper.
They pedal easily because the rear swingarm pivot is nearly parallel to the chain and inline with the pedal axle. Therefore with each pedal stroke, your energy is not compressing the rear shock. Brooklyn machine works perfected this with a dual chain gear assembly but your bike still have a fairly in-line chain with its build style
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You should Definitely take this bike to Whistler!!
@@JesseMuckle hell yeah, and some older whistler trails to test the fork on
Could you have possibly used an offset headset to "de-slack" the headtube angle?
Dude you should put that fork on your wilson
I live in abbotsford lool
Your basically living out the childhood dream of everyone watching this video which is awesome and can’t wait to see the result!!
was thinking the same thing haha so stoked
For real. I remember looking at the magazines back in the early 2000s in grade school thinking, One day I'll have a bike that hardcore
I swear str8 childhood dream a over sized fork
It’s like the sorta thing you find on a full sized dirt bike
Childhood dream? Hell, I was in my early 30s racing cat 2 downhill LOL.
You HAVE to take it Whistler! Imagine all the looks you'll get... it would be so sick.
yes totally! I'll try to get it there before it closes
Dude, if you want Karpiel is still making frames, he can build you a custom one 🙂I know this guy privately, hes still ripping bikes with his kid 😆🤟🏻
I had these on my Brooklyn machine works 👌
@@miamiglia I always wanted a bmw. Closest I got was bar end caps...
@@chrzzzzz I also had them also the peddles I had the race link frame
@Vieth Knorr ??
@Vieth Knorr flexing what over a bike got to be joking ?? 😂 I was clearly stating a bike I used to own.
I have to say this classic bike kick you've been on is really fun to watch. I think you're obviously right to get some modern tires, brakes and a frame with the geo to handle the Monster! Gonna be awesome to see you hit gnarly trails with whatever beast you're coming up with.
thanks so much!
i cant stop calling it the monster truck! looks like it came off one too!
I'm a young rider from Mexico dude, and I wish to see your final goal with this monster fork.
This it's a real good video, and I hope to see the future of this crazy fork.
Thanks Jordan.
I wanted a Brooklyn Machine Works back in the days of Super Monsters, so I’d like to see the fork on something like that.
At least DH bikes from that era had relatively steep head angles by modern standards though, so at least the head angle isn’t as bad as it would be if you stuck this fork on a bike from the very end of 26” wheels.
I had an old Brooklyn tmx with an inverted marz shiver as well as a 2002 monster t2. Rode so plush. Can’t even imagine swapping that out for a super monster for more travel. Miss that thing
@Mitch I Absolutely, Shivers were amazing for suppleness. I had a set of 2002 Monster Ts and I miss those, I’d love to ride them back to back with some of the modern forks on a more up to date bike. I remember being astonished to see them moving freely over tiny bumps under just the weight of the bike while you wheeled the bike along.
@@robinclaidlaw It'd be cool have a custom frame builder make something actually designed for the Super Monster, but with modern sizing. Marino Bikes is a guy down in Peru that does VERY affordable custom frames.
That Supermonster is insane (in the best way)! (Up next:) “… we built up a reverse mullet (27.5” rear) to reduce the head tube angle!”
Keep doing what you do, dude!
That's just what I thought
Oh hell yeah
When 1 fork has more travel then your entire bike front and rear combined.🥲
I love seeing a super monsters, it’s one of my dreams to own one on a karpiel apocalypse. Can’t wait to see the build, keep up the good work 🤘
13:10 You are definitly not crazy this fork is awesome and am hella sure i will watch every video will this super monster in and I too think that this fork has a lot of potential in it! Keep the great vids!
thanks!
i've seen a bunch of people design their own frame (or just redesigning an already production bike), i really think u should do it, would be so amazing to see an actual boostmaster monster freeride bike
Like the Grim Donut, i would love to see you build a custom frame with modern type specs to suite the 300mm Super Monster, now that would be an epic bike, especially seeing it getting sendy on some gnarly Free Ride trails. 👌
I agree that would be the dream!
Saw a guy who did it, with a mx fork...it was insanely heavy but really nice to ride downhill though
You should try some lower rise bars and get that front end down a bit. It may help make it feel a bit more "normal" and give you more traction up front. That said, this thing is sick!
I didn't know there were forks that long. Modern DH bikes should really be packing this much travel to stay ahead of the enduro crowd.
ya it's pretty crazy huh?!
No they shouldn't, there's a reason for it only being 200mm
@@crocker7687 Nah we just don't know yet
@@HollyBoni no, 300mm is way to plush for cornering speed and pushing of jumps. It's also extremely heavy and feels weird
@@crocker7687 nah
There was a huck bike culture in Russia in late 00's. Azonic Loveseat, Double Track rims with 3" tyres, Renthal motocross bars with crossbrace, all that stuff. It was mostly about builds, riding around town, drinking beer and occasionally hucking some stairs. It was fun.
Always wanted a set of these back in the day. Also I remember running Gazzalodis myself. Thanks for the nostalgia!
You are now officialy my favourite youtuber! Santa cruz dh bikes had 250 mm of rear travel until 2014. That could be a good option with angleset in front and maybe custom rear dropouts to raise back of the bike a bit.
maaan i wanted for so long to see someone doing a video of this sick forks!!! so hyped!!!!
I've been waiting for years for high quality youtube coverage of this exact fork! THANK YOU
Please I beg you, put it on the BMX, even just for a roll around lol
im glad this video was recommended this looks crazy!!
That was just awesome to watch - that bike is a beast. So good to see 26" MTBs again, excellent vid.
If I had that fork i`d probably put in the effort and money to get a customm build frame with 300mm of rear travel and modern(ish) geometry. Nicolai Bicycles seems like a good partner
that might be worth doing, I am not familiar with what my options are really, so I can look into them
Jordan love the content keep up the good work . I absolutely love seeing the older bikes come back to life . 🇨🇦
1:17 one thing that bugged me about Bender's huck bikes is that they were too short! imagine how it would feel, bottoming out 12" nose-heavy with such a short wheelbase! I've always felt a few of Bender's crashes would have been avoided with a more stable bike :(
I can agree, all bikes were so short back then!
Would have been avoided without his crazyness but we still love bender for the biggest Drops 👍
@@kiwaycanny6522 landing in loose sand didnt help either lmfao instant stall and otb
A couple of his crazy customs had a second air shock installed in the rear to control rebound because of the force needed in the main shock to keep him from eating his bars in every drop.
Dude!! A Super Monster! So stoked on this video and your future project with it.
What a throwback!! This bike was on the cover of “Mountain Bike Action” some 15 years ago!!! Love it! Back then, this bike was the shiz-nit!!!!!
Speechless. Wow. It's like someone put Pogo's on a bike. It's bouncy bike ! Very creative.
When is the next vid? This fork I actually found out 2 years ago and I never thought anyone would make a vid about it. Thank you for making a super monster fork series!
As a former enthusiastic downhill guy I've never really wanted a Monster, it was overkill. But I remember riding a Marzocchi Shiver which was a dream for me. I've bought it used but working super fine. It was heavy, beefy but super plushy! I loved the feeling of the open bath cartridge. As I'm writting this it comes to my mind also the Manitou Dorado age, just another phenomenal fork!
This is super dope, keep up the awesome content Jordan! I can't wait to see how this performs at a bike park like whistler
Yup, a friend is still stoked about a Karpiel Armageddon or Apocalypse.
I didn’t believe what I saw when he was showing me pictures of it a few years ago.
Totally nuts.
Awesome video.🤙🏼
I love those kind of...“experiments“
It’s crazy to see old bikes and components see another day of riding! Hilariously entertaining to see these museum pieces hit the trail again!
This is awesome. I feel like I've been waiting for a RUclipsr to play around with a set of Super Monsters for years
Every other mtb youtuber “Most of the time you’ll be over biked with an enduro bike”
Jordan Boostmaster “Hold my beer”
:)
On the bmx riding park, for sure!! Massive kudos for taking on this exciting project, we're all sure to stay mesmerized through the build 🙌
I was honestly looking for a Super Monster the other night to see if they were still out there. Started off watching some Bender videos, which brought me back tot he mid 2000's when I was dreaming of having a Super Monster. Can't wait to see the build.
The reason some older bikes seem to climb really well is the weight. I have a quite heavy bike with a front-heavy centre of mass and it climbs like a beast
That's the why I still use my cheap heavyass steel frame hardtail they are way more comfortable than lighter frames like carbon fibre ones which are on stiffer side
This is properly cool! Whatever it is you build up it would be great to see you try a set of 24" wheels on it for comparison (providing you can still find a decent fat tyre for them)
I am interested in trying 24" wheels as well!
@@JordanBoostmaster Awesome! I always remember seeing some of those big travel hucker bikes running them and it would be super interesting to see/hear how they actually were to ride.
I ran front and rear 24" sun double wides on my 2002 bighit with a custom 9" travel rear link for rocky terrain or 6" stock link, both with custom valved, remote reservoir avalanche shocks and a avalanche dhf 8 up front. 26" for steep, 24 for everything else. We rode everything from xc to plattekill to mountain creek and every steep and drop around and it just plain worked.
I still have my 2000 Foes DHS Tube with the Foes F1 Wet One inverted fork and Sun Double Wide 24 inch rear and 26 inch front. It even had custom gussets added by Foes under the BB and at the head tube. The bike is super clean but the fork needs a rebuild and I can't find parts. A couple years ago I tried getting it running again and found a 24/3 inch tire that is used for uni-cycles...the tire was sick but the old Hayes brakes and the fork need more TLC for sure.
I love the Older bike videos! this is so cool
This was an absolutely dream setup when I got into DH. Can't believe it was 20 years ago! I think we are now all feeling old.
The perfect example of "Oh your fork has a bike"
i love your videos and personality, keep up the good work!🚵🚲
thanks so much!
Those old Monster's are sick as hell! What maybe an older V-10 with 10 inches of squish?
Last year i bought back my RM Switch and rebuilt it from the ground up with new components…absolutely love this bike! And made on Annacis Island!
What an amazing fork. Just a couple of thoughts.
- Maybe a 0 rise handlebar is better for the build to lower the front end.
- For the frame, maybe a modern 29" frame could be the ticket since the front end is made for 200mm travel but a way taller wheel.
I bet you could fit a 27.5 wheel under that arch. Run the fork with mega sag.
Oh man, I remember literally drooling over that RM9 back in the day flipping through magazines.
What an absolute work of art this video is. I’ve had a fascination with these types of crazy bikes.
Craaaazzzyyy suspension bro, keep it up!
thank you!
Honestly get a banshee scream, I have a banshee scream and it suits the super monster very well but I would only buy the v1 version from 02-03 like bender had. I wrote a lot in the vintage group why and why not buy the other versions.
And it’s cheaper to get and easier to find then the Karpiel apocalypse
It always looked like it has a slack head angle though, do you know what head angle you had it at?
I absolutely would reccomend *against* the first gen scream. They spent the next 3 years "chasing the crack". As in, the frame would crack, they'd add a gusset in the next version, it would crack somewhere else, rinse, repeat.
I have a Super Monster and Banshee Scream and can confirm its too slack. Scream rides way better with any 200mm fork.
That hike and fork brings me back. I had 10" Hanebrink forks on my Intense M-1. I got to ride some of the Kestrels back then as well with the same fork. If you were to upgrade the brakes and ride something significantly steeper, I think you would find that bike to be a dream. When I lived in Southern California, we were able to ride our monster downhill bikes down stuff that no other bike would make. You just need it to be steep and with massive rocks every where. The other tip I could give, you need to move far more forward on your bike than you normally would. Those long travel forks work better the more weight you have on the front wheel. Enjoy your build. I can't wait to see what frame you go with.
The set -up is already looking great! Cant wait for the new build! Keep it up master Jordan.
Nice Balfa BB7 1:30 like mine. I remember seeing the Monster T and Super Monster T at Sport Junkies in Port Moody back in the day.
Thanks so much for doing this sort of stuff. Love the old monsters.
Would really love this on say a v10 or something with way too much rear travel as well.
Guys from Russia respects you, here in 2005-2014 bikes like this was popular, and we had style of riding named "streetezzz". It's cool that someone like oldschool bikes and riding on it!
Total blast from the past!! I loved my RM6 and 7's from the day!
Glad to see monster Ts still live. I remember drooling over em back in my day
Looking forward to your bike build. I managed to get super monster t's earlier this year and I've got them on my 2008 trek session 10.
This brings back so many memories, these and the shiver where the COOLEST forks EVER!
I had an early freeride bike, it was a tangerine orange Cannondale Raven Super V Freeride 700 back in 99, it had black triple clamp forks and 100mm travel front and back. I loved that bike but sold it and sent it to Scotland to a guy who’d been looking for one for ages. I replaced it with an Orange Crush which later got stolen alongside my 94 GT Zaskar LE, the last of the hand built in USA. After that loss I never got back into mountain bikes, I bought a few restored bmx bikes which I’ve had over 10 years and have never ridden.
That set up is incredible, never seen or heard of such travel...................
A V10.1 or a 2004/5 Norco Team DH with the odd "short" head angle would be perfect for the Super monster, excited to see what you end up getting.
So cool Jordan , I can’t wait to see what you put that fork on and once you’re use to it , shredding at Whistler with it. So cool
This video made me smile 😎
I’m subscribing for this, those forks are from the tail end of the golden era. Exciting stuff
That moment when you realize your front brake line is as long if not longer than the average Rear V-Brake line. XD
So for your comment at 7:35 about how it can climb surprisingly well, I wonder if it has to do with the smaller tire diameter and give the bike more acceleration if you've grown used to the 27.5" and 29" modern wheels. I'm only saying that since I recently started riding an 03 specialized big hit with 24" rear and 26" front tires and found the gearing to be really short on it compared to the other 26" I normally ride
Dude!! Awesome!! Gazzalodi, Mavic Deemax, RM9 and the Super Monster!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Congrats Jordan 💥💥💥👌👌👌
Nice one!
This is pretty rad!
Got myself recently a rare german handwelded and CNC kitted Zonenschein "Zypher" from around 2010 and I'm loving it too.
I didn't know what I got my hands on until I discovered they got compared to Nicolai's and such.
Sadly they went out of manufacturing bikes in 2013 due to heavy floods in germany.
Yea... Excited for you uocoming project.
A great fork, I've always dreamed of such a one, please put it in a modern bike for downhill, it's very interesting how it will look and be controlled, maybe even 27.5 wheel will enter, if not, then 26
Yh man loving the old stuff.
I ride an Intense M1 early 2000s and I love it, thinks those super Ts would suit it.
Can't wait for the build 🤘
Nice to see how much fun you can have on an older bike
Love the old school bike content 🤌🤌🤌
This video brings back so many memories of my heydays of riding in the early 2000s when big bucks were the rage!
I think it'd be fun to hang that fork off a BMW Big Link, a 10" travel frame usually fitted with a matching Avalanche MTN-10 fork. I knew a guy who had one 20 years ago and even got a chance to do a run on it. "plow through everything" is pretty much the description. Plus, it weighed 65 lbs.
10:36
Woah Sick!
Literally a second later: WOAH SHIT!
That escalated quickly 😂
Lived in Abbotsford 21 years 3 years ago, Drop the triple clamps as much as you can raising the forks tubes out the top to get a better riding angle that should help alot.
This is awesome love seeing these old bikes reminds me of when I was a kid watching Josh Bender hit insane drops.
Love this. Can’t wait to see more of this fork
Damn, i remember back in 2004 when i just made the switch from Cross County riding to DH/FR i saw somebody with a Super Monster and was so stoked. Also w had some guys here in Heidelberg riding Gazzaloddis because of the rocky terrain here. None of them rode them very long. It felt to strange for most people here back then, especially in corners. I thought about it when you talked about the front and lowering the pressure in the front tire in the video. They all switched to another tire after a short time. I still have a 2005 Rocky Mountain Switch and it is nice to see some other old RMs are still ridden. :)
I know it sounds ridiculous, but maybe find someone willing to weld a frame together for you for this fork. I feel as this monster of a fork would deserve it. And you could adapt to a more modern geometry. (Haven't watched the Video fully yet)
a custom frame might be really cool!
Love the og bike content, keep it coming!
"Honestly I'm just going to find and buy all these sick old bikes and forks." - Jordan Boostmaster. And I'm here for it!
haha
Don’t take all the nice bikes from Europe.. work with the stuff that you already have!
It’s much more then us europeans ever had, so let us keep our few toys..
Good video Jordan! You should do a drop to flat with that super monster, would be interesting seeing it in slowmotion
Got into biking watching the NWD & Kranked series, Ride to the hills, Chainreaction 2, Jib... Used to ride a Cannondale Gemini 900 with the Sherman & an X-vert Carbon DH. Fox in the back. Sweet bike, agile and lightweight. Had an offer for a 1st gen V10 with a 888 and a 5th element shock. Had the same type of excitement building it up. Had the same type of annoyance cornering. We have similar trails so the bike was an overkill.
The Supermonster was for show at the time. And for Bender, of course. I envy the RM frame however. Seems like a starship to cut through corners. Have fun!
That fork and the Shiver were the craziest fork back then. Everybody should watch the videos of Bender dropping the Jaw drop in Kamloops in NWD2 I think. That was the stuff of legends.
I test rode that fork on a Carpiel of that era. Ridiculously heavy, but I could see the potential back in that day. I worked at a bike shop In South lake Tahoe. I seen all sorts come thru..
I still have a long travel...for its day 150/160... 2008 Spec Enduro. It is a beast but 26" wheels feel sketchy AF after riding my 29" Stumpy as my daily driver. I put flats on it and ride it at a local skate park and just messing around w manuals and hops. The bottom bracket is like13" off the ground!
Back when bikes had bottom bracket heights so tall, you could drive a truck under them.
I noticed the MTX wheel on the rear and fun fact, back in 02 I worked with Marty from Sun Ringle' on the design that eventually would become the MTX and Double Track rims and wheels. A dome shaped, double walled rim will always be stronger than a traditional box shaped rim with flat edges everywhere.
Awesome video! reminds me of my old days... I used to ride a Foes Mono DH with a Marzocchi 888 and also a Foes Mono DH with a Marzocchi Monster. but what I always wanted was a Marzocchi Shiver
That's a sweet old school bike and great video. I have a 2006 rocky mountain rmx 1 that I bought last year and am wanting to get her set back up with the original 200mm fork from a 160mm that the original owner put on it.
Those old school dh/freeride bikes had some really funky geometry mixes.... If you can track one down that's still working, the Shiver DC is the perfect fork for the RM9. Also, an avalanche tuned shock that's specific to your weight and the bikes leverage ratio will completely transform the ride of those linkage driven single pivot bikes. I wish manufacture would bring back these old school single pivot bikes. Santa Cruz and Rocky Mountain would make a killing if they had a run of classics with modern geo
This is what we needed
yes!!
I have 2010 WC Boxxers on mine. Rides like a dream!
We didn't have any skills, but back in 2004ish my boss at the time bought a Da Bomb Mindbomb with Super Monster T's. It was like riding a couch down a hill and ridiculously heavy. Very cool, though, and one day I hope to buy it off him if he still has it. And as a side note I upgraded my son's 26 inch bike just a couple of weeks ago by putting on brand new old stock 2000 Marzocchi Z4's from Chain Reaction Cycles, and some like new Gazzaloddi 2.3's I had lying around from around 2005. I think I have a retro fetish haha!
The fork looks like a monster on that bike,even with 9 inches of travel in the front
OMG! An RM9!! with Super Monster T and a set of Nokian Gazzaloddi 3". Nice!
FYI Risse BigFoot has the same 12" travel, and from the same time era. Very cool retro setup. I had an RM7 myself. And a frient of mine had the Santa Cruz Super 8 with the Super Monster T. Looked sick.d
I bought my first proper mountain bike in about 2004, would have been about 15. One of the guys in the bike shop I bought it from had one of the old 26/24 Specialized Big Hits with these forks in. Double wide rims with 3inch Gazzalodis. It basically rode like a chopper.
They pedal easily because the rear swingarm pivot is nearly parallel to the chain and inline with the pedal axle. Therefore with each pedal stroke, your energy is not compressing the rear shock. Brooklyn machine works perfected this with a dual chain gear assembly but your bike still have a fairly in-line chain with its build style