1992 Coyote Pro Four - just bought one locally (Deore DX, SE Pedersen Cantis, Zoom, Girvin)

[Jam_SWorks]

Hi all, I just picked up this 1992ish Coyote Pro Four mountain bike this morning locally. Appears in almost original condition... Running Shimano Deore DX groupset (rapid fire shifters, hubs, cranks & mechs), Scott SE pedersen cantis (quirky or unusual), Girvin flex stem, Zoom bull horn bars and Araya RM-17 rims. Tube set is tange prestige. Tyres & saddle dont look original. Nice bike for the time, needs a good clean & service. Anyone know the history on these bikes/brand at the time?

 

[sam_white]

I wonder if it's any relation to the mid/late 1990s Coyote, which were UK based? Or could this be an American brand?
Possibly related to this 'Research Dynamics' Coyote on eBay? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265589353039

 

[sam_white]

Actually looking at your headtube logo, pretty certain that your bike is manufactured by Research Dynamics too.

 

[RetroDavy]

+1 for Research Dynamics. I remember being impressed with these in a local bike shop (Upton, Wirral) in the early 90s.

Are those SE brakes original? I think Suntour only made them for the rears - too grabby for the front (for their lawyers, maybe). But am sure I've read somewhere that Scott did them for the front as well.

Anyway, great looking bike!!

 

[Magpiegifts]

Great looking bike. Nice rims and a decent groupset with some decent bits. That's a good score

 

[sam_white]

You'll find plenty of history online if you search for Research Dynamics. They were a ski manufacturer that branched out later on into MTBs.

 

[retrobikeguy]

Nice looking bike, sure mbuk did a test with one of these bikes, it too had the SE brakes as std

 

[Jam_SWorks]

So gave it a good strip down, to review condition, rebuilt and subtle tyre/seat modifications... cleaned up well. Nice bit of kit. However, not going to keep it... to be honest its a little bit too small for me. Im usually better with a 19-20". Quirky bike.. and i will stick to my Peugeot/Specialized/Trek collection.

Here's the ad:

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/research-dynamics-coyote-pro-four-shimano-dx-girvin.445483/