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5 years ago, Alex Morgan showed us his 2nd generation, handmade carbon 29er downhill bike at the Angel Fire National. Alex has always been ahead of his time and this experiment was no different. Created in his shop, the carbon was laid up by hand. 6-inches of travel, front and rear and 38lbs.
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BCD's Carbon 29er Downhill Bike from 2007
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warthog
7 years ago
I love the Chris King headset top caps main pivot hardware!
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BetterRide.net
7 years ago
Sweet! I just posted earlier today about the V-10 29er and mentioned Alex being the first with a 29er DH bike in 2006 (he raced it at Angel Fire that year and at the World Masters at Sun Peaks that year) and the first to build carbon fiber downhill bikes in the 1990's! HE was was also quite fast. Miss that privateer spirit!
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gunslingger
7 years ago
there was a guy that rode south mountain in phx all the time on one of those in the early 2000s. i remember looking at it going "wow" as he was also using egg beater pedals for dh and we all rode flats! funny as that was a long time ago, he was a fast dude.
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epic
7 years ago
I remember seeing Alex at Mt Snow a few years before this riding a homemade bike then too. What was scary was his kit a rubberized skin suit and one of those teardrop triathlon helmets.He's a nutcase! In a good way!
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jeff.brines
7 years ago
...and those looks would be deceiving. I've never put a beat down on a bike like I did that one (err, the 26" version of that bike). I was 18 and full of dreams but short on skill. Spomer actually has a photo somewhere of me riding that thing.

Anyway, I never broke it. And as far as I know, the bike continues to work to this day!
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ThePriceSeliger
7 years ago
You'll still see a few of them today. I think the only one that ever broke was Alex's after it tomahawked through a rock garden. He fixed it in the parking lot and raced it the next day. I STILL want one!