I found this randomly searching eBay, where I’m selling my brown Surly Cross-check frame and fork.
Funny how Joe Breeze developed this way back in the early 80’s and now there are some serious new versions of basically the same thing – but overkill in my opinion. I had one on my first mountain bike – a Schwinn High Sierra before some mope stole it from my middle school bike rack! We’d drop into the S-trail into Larkspur after bombing down the “Coasters” at full speed. The “S-Trail” was where I learned how to ride technical stuff – it’s rooty, steep, off-camber, and you’re off the back of the seat most of the way down. The Hite-Rite was made for this trail, I think literally, it was made for this actual trail but I don’t know for sure. If I meet Joe I’ll ask him some day. Also why he’s not making it anymore. With all the new-fangled versions that cost an arm and a leg and weight almost the same…seems like an updated Hite-Rite would be a smart thing to release…! Hmm…
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