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Bicycle Times

In the summer of 2005, Maurice Tierney (founder of Dirt Rag magazine) attended the Crossroads Cycling Festival at First Flight Bicycles.  He photographed several of the MOMBAT bikes and later wrote articles to go with the bikes, starting with the "Specialty Files" in issue #106.  Maurice was calling and looking for information on the bikes before finally asking us to write the articles.  Our first half page Specialty Files debuted in issue #143 and graduated to a full page four issues later.  Thirty+ issues later, still going strong!

While Dirt Rag was focusing on mountain bikes, a growing segment of the population was interested in using bicycles for more utilitarian uses.  Dirt Rag saw an opportunity to speak to these people and started publishing the Bicycle Times magazine.  The MOMBAT collection is centered around mountain bikes but also contains bikes of all areas.  Starting in issue #5, the MOMBAT submitted articles for the Vintage Velos feature and has continued to contribute for 20+ issues and counting. 
 

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Bicycle Times #41: 1967 Schwinn Ram's Horn Fastback

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Bicycle Times #40: 1988 Ibis prototype

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Bicycle Times #39: 1941 Roadmaster

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Bicycle Times #38: 1991 Ibis Uptube Tandem

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Bicycle Times #37: 1994 Hanebrink ET

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Bicycle Times #36: 1957 Columbia 5 Star American

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Bicycle Times #35: 1892 Elliot Hickory

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Bicycle Times #34: Whizzer vs. Townie GO!

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Bicycle Times #33: Fisher owned by Bob Weir

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Bicycle Times #32: Schwinn Krates

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Bicycle Times #31: Racycle Pacemaker

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Bicycle Times #29: Muscle Bikes (yes, the caption on the Screamer is incorrect):

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Bicycle Times #28: 1985 Alenax TRB2500:

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Bicycle Times #27: Huffy Aerowind:

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Bicycle Times #26: 1984 Raleigh Olympic Bike:

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Bicycle Times #25: 1937 Ingo Scooter:

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Bicycle Times #24: Columbia Shaft Drive:

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Bicycle Times #23:  Road bikes by mountain bikers:
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Bicycle Times #22:  Vista Aero:
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Bicycle Times #21:  Schwinn Cycletruck:
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Bicycle Times #20:  Aluminum frames:
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Bicycle Times #19:  Kirk Magnesium:
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Bicycle Times #18:  1990 Trimble Aero:
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Bicycle Times #17:  1977 Exxon Graftek G1:
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Bicycle Times #16: Teledyne Titan:
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Bicycle Times #15: 1972 Schwinn Paramount Bike:
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Bicycle Times #14: vintage Polo Bike:
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Bicycle Times #13:  Schwinn Stingray Deluxe:
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 Bicycle Times #12: 1976 Raleigh Tourist DL-1:
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Bicycle Times #11:  Schwinn Paramount Custom:
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Bicycle Times Issue #10, Schwinn Varsity

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 Bicycle Times #9 : Raleigh Pro track bike

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   Bicycle Times #8 : 1885 Columbia Model Expert 52" ordinary

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 Bicycle Times #7 : Ultra M.A.C. Alien

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Bicycle Times #6 Vintage Velos:  Salsa Town Bike.

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Bicycle Times # 5 Vintage Velos:  Ibis Scorcher

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