Taylor's bikes

My colleague Taylor runs his bikes until they break. He's still rolling his 1998 Specialized Epic. He had to put the long travel kit and a new fork. But it still runs tough.


Direct Max Drive. That's 1998 marketing talk. The front triangle was 2 pieces of extruded aluminum, welded together.


This was a v-brake bike, Taylor had to retro-fit a disc mount, drilling a hole above the dropout.


Also in his garage, something I'd never seen...


A Bontrager cruiser BMX