Such a weird little era. The previous generation Alta was chromoly and it was great, too. Full rigid, early STX group. They had a "Hilltopper" model too which was really nice. Reminds me of that last gasp of nice Schwinn bikes in the 90s; they get lumped in with the whole big-box stigma but they were very well-made, well-spec'd for the time bikes. Glad you saved one.
I had this same mtb back in the middle 90s that I bought from my local bike shop! I think I paid between $600/$700. At that time, it was a very good mtb. I used to ride it almost every day back in my early 20s. Then I got out of mtbing, but a couple of years ago, I got back into it. Now I'm running the Specialized Stumpjumper full suspension mtb, which cost a couple thousand dollars. I'm back in love with mtbing again! I sold my old Mongoose, but seeing yours, I wish I wouldn't have and held onto it. It's a nice-looking bike!
Man, that looks fresh off the showroom floor.. Pristine. Im a fan of the Schwinn Moab line they from back then. Very capable and quality bikes were coming out of Mongoose back then.
Nice. A couple of years ago i also found and recovered a 90's specialized hardtail, made it into a full rigid, stock. Those were simpler times and bikes lasted a lot longer with much less maintenance.
Awesome job and much less work than most of your builds. It's amazing what a difference a seemingly small detail like a new saddle makes to the overall appearance of the bike. Looks like all business now.
I'm obviously a bit biased as my username gives away, but Mongoose kept building good bikes up to this very day. They went through multiple periods, from Brunswick up to Pacific, but the upper end has always remained (I have a Valiant, 2 Canaans, a couple of Tyax's, a SX6.7, and even have an Alta frame). The bigger thing that seems to catch everyone's attention is that the Mongoose name got slapped onto a whole earth shattering amount of lower end models as well, but they kept on making good bikes each year. Not on the level of the old Tange framesets per say, but good bikes nonetheless.
Interesting the way they went with the mid range bikes back in the day. Unfortunately by 98/99 2000 at the latest was the end of the well built mongooses. I ended up picking up an Amplifier recently and its been kicking my backside coming from working on bmx bikes 🤣. But seeing content like this has kept me going seeing that these bikes aren't as big of a challenge as I once thought they were.
jai une fourche rockshox judy sl de 1996 vous la connaissez ? je crois qu'il ya une cartouche a huile qui sers a régler le rebond . je crois que les cartouche sont sceller ? si c'est le cas je peux utiliser la fourche rien que en changeant les élastomères ? je pourrai pas régler le rebond juste c'est sa ? la fourche devrai fonctionner comme une fourche a élastomère simple non ? merci
hello jai un scott de 1996 avec une fourche judy sl . je voudrai changer les élastomères . les élastomère suspension fork parks sont ils de bonne qualitée ? merci
Such a weird little era. The previous generation Alta was chromoly and it was great, too. Full rigid, early STX group. They had a "Hilltopper" model too which was really nice. Reminds me of that last gasp of nice Schwinn bikes in the 90s; they get lumped in with the whole big-box stigma but they were very well-made, well-spec'd for the time bikes. Glad you saved one.
I had this same mtb back in the middle 90s that I bought from my local bike shop! I think I paid between $600/$700. At that time, it was a very good mtb. I used to ride it almost every day back in my early 20s. Then I got out of mtbing, but a couple of years ago, I got back into it. Now I'm running the Specialized Stumpjumper full suspension mtb, which cost a couple thousand dollars. I'm back in love with mtbing again! I sold my old Mongoose, but seeing yours, I wish I wouldn't have and held onto it. It's a nice-looking bike!
I had the Mongoose Hilltopper SX model! Great watching you ride it after all that TLC you did! I love it!
Keep your eye out for one! The right amount of bikes someone should have is x+1.
I had this bike , but mine had a threadless stem , was a great bike 👊👊
Man, that looks fresh off the showroom floor.. Pristine. Im a fan of the Schwinn Moab line they from back then. Very capable and quality bikes were coming out of Mongoose back then.
Nice.
A couple of years ago i also found and recovered a 90's specialized hardtail, made it into a full rigid, stock. Those were simpler times and bikes lasted a lot longer with much less maintenance.
Fantastic job she looks amazing. Keep up the great work and stay safe out there.
Awesome job and much less work than most of your builds. It's amazing what a difference a seemingly small detail like a new saddle makes to the overall appearance of the bike. Looks like all business now.
Oh that clean cockpit! Nice bike.
I'm obviously a bit biased as my username gives away, but Mongoose kept building good bikes up to this very day. They went through multiple periods, from Brunswick up to Pacific, but the upper end has always remained (I have a Valiant, 2 Canaans, a couple of Tyax's, a SX6.7, and even have an Alta frame).
The bigger thing that seems to catch everyone's attention is that the Mongoose name got slapped onto a whole earth shattering amount of lower end models as well, but they kept on making good bikes each year. Not on the level of the old Tange framesets per say, but good bikes nonetheless.
Interesting the way they went with the mid range bikes back in the day. Unfortunately by 98/99 2000 at the latest was the end of the well built mongooses. I ended up picking up an Amplifier recently and its been kicking my backside coming from working on bmx bikes 🤣. But seeing content like this has kept me going seeing that these bikes aren't as big of a challenge as I once thought they were.
Sweet find....amazing condition for its age 👌
What a great find!
Very clean bike
Sweet ride!!
I have the IBOC SX, it is Tange custom tubing and it feels great. It is kinda trashy, but I still like it and use it as a rigid steel grocery shopper.
Looked like it was mainly an indoor trainer. Everything really clean. Wonder why the shocks were trashed?
I think over time, they just fail. It's very common ..
jai une fourche rockshox judy sl de 1996 vous la connaissez ? je crois qu'il ya une cartouche a huile qui sers a régler le rebond . je crois que les cartouche sont sceller ? si c'est le cas je peux utiliser la fourche rien que en changeant les élastomères ? je pourrai pas régler le rebond juste c'est sa ? la fourche devrai fonctionner comme une fourche a élastomère simple non ? merci
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hello jai un scott de 1996 avec une fourche judy sl . je voudrai changer les élastomères . les élastomère suspension fork parks sont ils de bonne qualitée ? merci
Yes, I have bought elastomers from them many times and they alway work well.
What is a trainer wheel?
That tire that was on the back was used for an indoor bike resistance trainer. The trainer turns your bike into a stationary bike.
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It looks like that bike is having more fun than you
Халтурник !