Are Specialized having a laugh or are we really this gullible?

[matticus]

Aha - one of those weirdos in padded shorts. we know your type!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I really wanted something like that years ago back when you couldn't get an MTB without suspension forks.

Takes me back to the early 90's when my Marin Muirwoods had rigid forks.

 

[FrankCrank]

The only dedicated cycling attire I have is SPD shoes, for my trike, for safety reasons. Many of the locals here ride head to toe in lycra - really amazing given the temperature, but they somehow manage it 🥵

 

[Gravity Aided]

Still have a Panasonic Mountain Cat 2500, great light bike from the age of rigid frames. Needs a bit of work after the pandemic, then ready for all roads and trails.

 

[Grant Fondo]

My first 'proper' bike back in the late 1980s was one of these:

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So obviously I was ahead of my time. Great bike that, took me everywhere. Hooning round the woods with my mates on BMXes, touring up Snowdonia and round the Netherlands. Good times. Still got the scar from a nasty crash in Snowdonia but the bike was fine.

Of course we all lusted after a Raleigh Mustang SIS...

Was that the triple butted one? I used to hoon around on something similar

 

[Drago]

Call me suspicious, but are these bikes in flat barred form nothing more than sleek looking hybrids? It's a Raleigh Pioneer for a new decade.

 

[Venod]

I am someone who enjoys bikes and cycling

i think that's what a cyclist is.

 

[Gunk]

i think that's what a cyclist is.

there is a difference, I've never embraced the whole full Lycra and Strava lifestyle. Not knocking it, but it's not for me.

 

[Cycleops]

I don't understand all the criticism and negativity about this bike its just got flat bars instead of drops, which has always been an option with some brands and if you build your own, its a bit expensive, but if its your thing why not.

I don’t think anyone is being negative just that it’s being presented as something new which is clearly not the case.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Flatbar time-trial bikes must be imminent?

 

[Mr Celine]

Call me suspicious, but are these bikes in flat barred form nothing more than sleek looking hybrids? It's a Raleigh Pioneer for a new decade.

Except it's not steel, so might just last a decade rather than rust to bits like my Pioneer did.

 

[DRM]

I don’t think anyone is being negative just that it’s being presented as something new which is clearly not the case.

That’s exactly it, not that long ago it was a hybrid , now it’s a new gravel bike.....er sorry Specialized it’s a flat bar new, old style hybrid/MTB or should that be a Hybmtb.

 

[keithmac]

Passing resemblance to my Gtech..

 

[Venod]

I think its the term Gravel Bike thats a problem.

 

[winjim]

Was that the triple butted one? I used to hoon around on something similar

I've been looking for a scan of the catalogue online but I can't find anything. I don't imagine the tubeset was anything fancy, Carbolite I expect.