DMR’s first mountain bike, launched in 1996. In an era before full-suspension trail bikes, when most hardtails were designed around short-travel forks and XC-derived geometry, and the bike industry was obsessed with light weight and pedalling stiffness, it was the machine many UK riders had been crying out for. With its compact steel frame, compatible with the new breed of burly single-crown fork (Marzocchi Bomber Z1, RockShox Judy),
