Thursday, 1 December 2016

This 1999 Scott Endorphin is everything that was wrong with MTB tech in the '90s

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This article originally appeared on Bike Radar

What do you have stored in your garage? A handful of beloved bikes? A collection of superfluous, cycling crap? While everyone’s hoarding habits are different, I can assure you that whatever you’re keeping a hold of, it isn’t nearly as impressive as what former XC world champion, José Hermida has stowed away in his garage.


Quite a collection

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Clearly quite the sentimentalist, José has made a point of keeping at least one bike from every season of his 25 year career. Plus, if you throw in to the mix the odd occasion when he’s raced on bendy-barred bikes, his collection is unsurprisingly extensive.

This 1999 Scott Endorphin World Cup is a showcase of some of the most... memorable mountain bike tech from the late nineties
This 1999 Scott Endorphin World Cup is a showcase of some of the most... memorable mountain bike tech from the late '90s

Stepping into the tightly packed space, my eye was immediately caught by this colourful, thermoplastic-throwback, which was hiding among the plethora of bikes.

Thermoplastic-fantastic

A retro collector's dream

Green with envy

Infallible suspension

Reflection = progress

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