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1986 Doug Bradbury Manitou

Doug Bradbury started building innovative aluminum mountain bike frames in Colorado Springs, Colorado around 1985.  His earliest bikes were heavily influenced by his background in motorcycle trails, with short chainstays and toptubes, tall headtubes, and upright riding positions.  The wheelbase is an ultra short 40 inches.  This particular example is from his first run of bikes, and closely matches both the bike depicted on his early business card and his entry into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.  This bike predates the appearance of characteristic Manitou innovations such as the asymmetric rear end, wide front hub, triple clamp fork, and billet aluminum stem.  This bike has a 21.5 inch toptube, 16.5 inch chainstays, and an ultra short 50 millimeter stem.  The bike is particularly adept at handling tight switchbacks at slow speeds.  The graphics on this frame were hand-painted by a good friend of Doug's that he knew from riding trials motorcycles.

More information can be found on the Manitou Photo Archive page.

The Build

Year: 1986
S/N: None
Frame: Manitou
Fork: Koski DuraTrac
Stem: Win High-Rise
Headset: Stronglight B10 Bernard Hinault
Bottom Bracket: Cook Brothers Racing
Handlebar: Salsa Moto
Shifters: Suntour XC Power Shifters
Front Derailleur: Suntour XC
Rear Derailleur: Suntour XC
Brake Levers: Tommaselli
Front Brake: Shimano M700
Rear Brake: Suntour XC Rollercam
Crankset: Specialized Touring
Chainrings: Shimano Biopace 28-38-48
Pedals: Suntour XC II
Hubs: Specialized Sealed Bearing
Rims: Saturae HX28
Tires: Specialized Tri-Cross 26 x 2.125
Wheel QR: Specialized
Seatpost: Suntour XC
Saddle: Selle Italia Turbo
Seatpost QR: Suntour
Grips: Tommaselli
Chain: Shimano UG
Cogs: Shimano 600 Freewheel
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