June 7, 2016, 11:40 p.m. -  boomforeal

#!markdown didn't the mb-zip require a proprietary, even unique bb? and the jones plus i reviewed has a proprietary (even unique )142mm x 15mm front hub finally, petersen didn't murder bridgestone bikes because of his abhorence of new technologies. he made them what they were because he was willing to try, embrace and push new technologies. his mb's were the first modern, purpose built mountain bikes. everyone designing for offroad at the time was following the schwinn cruiser model, which was nice and stable while ripping fireroads but good for little else. petersen steepened up head and seat tube angles so the bikes pedalled and climbed well - he basically invented the modern xc bike, presaging "norba" geometry that would come to dominate mtb design (for better and worse) for more than a decade. true, he later refused to follow the herd and bridgestone suffered and died as a result - he'd found what for him was ~ the apotheosis of bicycle design, and decided to sit under his own vine and fig tree, and chill; and he's still there… proving you can find serenity w/o an industry-sized dick in your mouth