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 ===== Mountain Cross Racing =====
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-{{skinner.jpg?460|Dan Hanebrink (L) and Brian Skinner (R)}}
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-Dan Hanebrink (L) and Brian Skinner (R)
+Dan Hanebrink and Brian Skinner
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 [[https://mbaction.com/the-loss-of-a-mountain-bike-legend/|mbaction]]
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 When BMX magazine published its Fire Road Racer [[http://mombatbicycles.com/MOMBAT/BikeHistoryPages/Descender.html|article]] on the MCR Descender, interest and demand grew and Brian partnered with Dan Hanebrink to create an improved version with nearly 20 pounds shaved off the bike.  Skinner raced the Descender at the final 1984 Repack race, where chain problems prevented him from making the podium.  Weight: 31 pounds.
+{{1984b.jpg?300|1984 Descender}}
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+of 24 made?
+[[https://www.socaltrailriders.org/threads/sky.50985/|socaltrailriders]]
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 [[https://www.bicyclebluebook.com/value-guide/product/30124/|bicylebluebook]]
+Fully suspended BMX with drum brakes.  It was achingly close to being a decent downhill bike, but not really.
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+{{moto.jpg?300|1975 Yamaha Moto-Bike}}
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+Yamaha Moto-Bike
+[[https://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/yamaha/40484|bmxmuseum]]
 Huffy Thunder Trail: BMX bikes have had rear shocks for some time.  I personally jumped a Thunder Trail many times off a friend's backyard ramp in the 70's.  It worked.  But not for long...
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 [[https://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/huffy/30194|bmxmuseum]]
+[[3rensho:start|Rensho]] prototype with perhaps the first front suspension mountain bike with disc brakes.  What was this the earliest fully suspended mtb?
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+{{3rensho.jpg?300|1984 3Rensho}}
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+[[3rensho:start|3Rensho]], with [[https://mmbhof.org/denise-caramagno/|Denise Caramagno]], during a scouting trip in Japan for suppliers with [[ritchey:start|Tom Ritchey]] and Charlie Kelly.
+[[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/1984-3rensho.287398/|mtbr entry by Charlie Kelly]]
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 Shocker
 [[https://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/se_racing/15335|bmxmuseum]]
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+==== Production Notes ====
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+[1]. 1
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+[2]. 10?
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+[3]. 30?  ((See: [[http://mombatbicycles.com/MOMBAT/BikeHistoryPages/Descender.html]]))
+In total, from 1983 -> 1987, 100 Descenders were made, according to Skinner: [[https://www.mtbr.com/threads/brian-skinner-descender-completed.305464/|mtbr]]