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The Explorer Returns

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Dodsun Explorer circa 1993. Purchased from the Tamworth Bicycle Company for approx $700. I did own a mountain bike before this, a heavy steel monster in technicolor paint job that got stolen. From memory this bike came fully equipped with Shimano Alivio gear. This was a definite improvemnt over the previous bike and way easier to climb. In this pic the only original gear is the seat, seatpost, rear wheel and rear brake. The rear brake lever was a combo unit so I had to cut off the shifter mount to leave only the brake lever. The front wheel is still good but when I went to a suspension fork (about 5 years ago) I went disk and that meant a different wheel. I finally removed the original gears and shifters earlier this year although they were stuck in one combo for about 3 years.