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Mountain Goat
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Original William Jeff
Lindsay road catalog form 1975:
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1981 |
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Below is the catalog from
1981 (Dated October, 1981).
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1982 |
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Below is the price and
spec sheet for the Escape Goat frame and bike (August 1982)
1982 magazine article
June 1982 ad:
July 1982 Escape Goat announcement:
December 1982 Escape Goat:
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1983 |
Below are the Wholesale and retail price
lists for the 1983 bikes.
Two frames are listed, the
Mountain Goat and Escape Goat. The Mountain Goat frame uses the
ovalized tubing and features a high level of finish for the fillet
brazing. The Escape Goat frame uses traditional round tubing and
lesser amount of finish work at the joints. The Mountain Goat
frame is available with two parts packages: the "Deluxe" and the
"Inflation Fighter" (see above scans for details). The Escape Goat
can be outfitted with the "Inflation Fighter" parts group to make a
complete bike.
February 1983 ad:
Multi-maker bike review, including a
Mountain Goat, from March 1983:
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1984 |
| Prototype aluminum frame which would later
become the Mudslinger model. Note the "engine turned" finish and
neat seat binder arrangement. You can just picture Mr. T driving
the Mountain Goat van, cant you? I am guessing the year by looking
at the parts that are being used: Duopar Ti derailleur, starfish
headset, Roller Cam rear brake and M700 cantilever brake. It could
also easily be a 1985 as well.
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1985 |
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Listed as having built 95 frames.
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1986 |
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1986 Cyclist magazine: Whiskeytown Racer
review
Don McElfresh at 1986 Nevada City Classic, Team Mountain Goat
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1987 |
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Models listed as the Escape Goat, Whiskeytown Racer and Deluxe
1987 Long Beach trade show booth
November 1987 Bicycle magazine article with several
different mountain bikes including Escape Goat:
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1988 |
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Models listed as the Trench Goat (70/73, 17.5" stays, Shimano Deore),
Escape Goat (70/73, 17.5" stays, Shimano Deore XT), Whiskeytown Racer
(71/73, 17" stays, Shimano Deore XT) and Deluxe (fillet brazed, 70/73,
17.5" stays)
Shop pictures from 1988:(L-R) unfinished frames, paint sample stems, baking
paint, raw frame w/ Magura mounts
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1989 |
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Models listed as the Trench Goat (now Japanese made with Shimano Deore
XT), Escape Goat (Deore XT), Whiskeytown Racer (Deore XT) and Deluxe (fillet
brazed, Deore XT)
1989 Whiskeytown Racer review from Mountain Biking
for the Adventure:
March 1989 Uni Stay from Bicycle Guide magazine:
Paul Price (founder Paul
Comp) with the Mountain Goat Cycles gang (Jeff Lindsay,
Mountain Goat founder, center), circa 1989:
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1990 |
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Models listed as the Golden Goat (copper vein color powder coat, 3
sizes only, 71/73, 17" stays),
Escape Goat (70/73, 17.5" stays), Whiskeytown Racer (71/73, 17" stays), Deluxe
(fillet, 70/73, 17.5" stays) and tandem
Couple of small Goat mentions of interesting frame details
1990 Review of a Mountain
Goat Deluxe from Mountain & City Biking magazine.
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1991 |
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1991 Catalog: Models listed as the Escape
Goat, Whiskeytown Lite, Deluxe and Lombada Goat (tandem)
1991 Goat Gazette:
1991 Mountain Goat Ad:
1991 Whiskeytown Racer S
review:
1991 Mountain Goat Route 66 review:
1991 prototype full
suspension:
October 1991 Route 66 bike
review from Bicycle Guide magazine:
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1992 |
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1992 info sheets:
1992 Goat News:
Notice of "Fake" Goats, January 1992:
September 1992 FS Ad:
October 1992 Mountain Bike Action magazine
FS review:
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1993 |
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 Models listed as Mudslinger (aluminum), Whiskeytown Racer, Deluxe,
Route 66 (hybrid, city, touring type bike with 700 wheels), and the Whiskeytown
Racer FS (full suspension)
April 1993 ad for Granola Bar Bar ends:
September 1993 Mudslinger review:
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1994 |
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Altitude Cycling is opened in
April by Jeff Lindsay. The idea behind Altitude was to open a domestic
frame maker to compete with the growing import market. Being based in the
USA, gave them several advantages including not having to fly 12 hours to
inspect the product and no language barriers.
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1995 |
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1996 |
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 Altitude Cycling is listed as
having 14 employees and hopes to produce 1,000 pieces per month for companies
such as Kona, Voodoo and Alpinestars.
This is the only prototype
frame for what would have been the second generation of full suspension
Mountain Goats. The frame was welded in-house using Easton tubing,
A Pro frame parts and carbon bell cranks made by former Indy Car racer
Ludwig Heimrath, Jr.
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1997 |
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 Altitude/Mountain Goat Cycles
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2006 |
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Mountain Goat Cycles is reborn
and available exclusively through First Flight Bicycles. We were given
permission from Jeff Lindsay to continue the Mountain Goat legacy. For
current info, check out
www.mountaingoatcycles.com
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From the
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame |
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Induction Year: 1989
Jeffs Mountain Goat bicycles were one of the first hot names in custom
mountain bikes. As a rider, racer, race promoter, designer, and manufacturer,
Lindsay has continued to provide expertise for the technical development of
mountain bikes.
Jeff began road racing in his early teens in 1962 as a junior racer. He and Gary
Fisher were in this together, and their association found them years later
developing bikes neck and neck. Starting with road frames in 1972, he progressed
to mountain bikes in 1981.
Center clamp type stems, braze-ons, and socket type investment fork crowns with
the Mountain Goat Logo were Jeffs ideas for furthering the technological aspect
of bike building.
One of Lindsays favorite bikes, a premier Mountain Goat is on display in the
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Museum.
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Mountain
Goat Serial
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