I raced the Mt. Snow Vt. World Cup DH on a homegrown. So… it was a downhill bike. Fun to watch. Great vid!

First I’m a little irritated cause when I was at your shop, I was like “ that’s awesome!” Seeing the Schwinn on the wall. I had one. I loved it. Immediately after saying it was awesome, someone working there commented that “it rode like crap and was a piece of junk” it pissed me off. I got a tshirt to say I had been there and took the rest of my business to sycamore cycle. Glad to see someone at the shop appreciates the old school bikes that paved the way for modern bikes. Upgrades, the fork definitely needs refresh or changed to a white brothers or marzocchi. And a shorter stem and wider handle bars might help. But outside of that it’s perfect. Depending on the model, you could run disc brakes but it only worked with specific calipers or adapters in the back.

Great video! Way to take one for the team Pat!

Can’t wait I love the retro bike

redo the sid fork . it's supposed to be air charged. i had a duke xc fork and it was lite and quiet. best advice ; go with a 100mm coil/oil fork .

Just throw some modern upgrades on it That bike was amazing back in the day.

I love the 90s intro to this episode 😂

Replacing the handlebar with a 740mm or wider will do wonders for that 90s mtb. I did and I have so much more control.

Everybody looking at 90s downhill racing going _"aahw, cute!"_ with a smurk on their faces - but make'em go ride one of these things (pinning it!) and they'll start popping cus words they never knew existed!

I'd love to see a retro bike vs modern Walmart bike comparison video!

DIRT JUMPS!!!!!

Just subbed to your channel this is so awesome,I met pay years back when he worked at Racepace in Ellicott city,so rad indeed,my dream bike bwck when I was young I'm 44 now was a klein adroit as well klein attitude

Love it! Pat your a braver man than I.

im loving the content

This is good stuff and is actually a fantastic video! How does it only have 2.2k views in 10 months? The “KZfaq gods” should be much kinder to you guys imo

Let's see Avery's Creek on that bad boy!!

Rocky Daniels?! Fletcher or bracken could possibly be the next step up? Idk that thing is nuts!

I have 01 hard tail immaculate original owner and modern camber pro expert 29 full carbon, the schwinn still surprise me how great performs, excellent after 20 years old, still is my baby!!!

Bennett!! 🤘

Lol yeah it looks small on him. But I really like the look of this bike. Like a 90s Cherokee with cool suspension. But until 2010 almost 26 inch tires were still the norm it’s not that crazy but this old fork and the small frame. Good vid.

My personal experience with homegrown hardtail is indescriptible amazing, still love them even when my other camber expert pro 29 performs alrite!!!

Looks like you had already made up your mind on the bike before the first pedal stroke. Yes it isn't a modern bike and isn't going to ride like on. You should service the fork and it will function a lot better. you set yourself up for failure by doing very little to the bike before taking it out the trails. It will never perform like a new bike, but with basic service that you should do to any 30 year old bike before riding it it would have performed better. If you gave it a fair shake I think you would have been impressed at how well a 30 year old design actually holds up.

Just for the fun of it, I recently picked up a 1988 Rockhopper Comp. It's like takin' a trip with a time machine.

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I am fully engaged in this video and conversation. I just picked up a 99 homegrown full suspension. I got a tuneup on it and new tires. The bike was never ridden and is like new. I’m interested in seeing what more you can do to your particular model because mine is similar.

I had a s 10 ,in 97

You need to find a homegrown straight six. That's the one you want not the kmart/ DSG special ...

I had Mr T front fork.

Get Pat some hazard pay and send him to Kanuga with that thing 😁🤪🤘. HE CAN DO IT!!!

You can add air to the fork.. Not the point of the video, but still...

It would be cool to try different liquids like water in hydraulic breaks besides oil to see what would happen

Great video

You are laughing that the suspension only works when the rider is seated and otherwise it's like a hardtail. So ancient and inefficient. Yet... Specialized has just re-discovered that crap and calls this the best ever invention on their new Diverge STR (Suspend The Rider) for an astronomical price tag!