bordercollie1":2twkhanz said:Julie Furtado was a legend alright, but she didn't win both titles;
Furtado crashed out (problem with the front cantis on her GT Xizang) on the first lap of the '92 Bromont worlds XC (which I think Ruthie Matthes won?) so she rode the Downhill on a 14 inch RTS. And she won it!
Does that make the RTS the first DH bike?
furtado AFAIK is the only women to win both titles in worlds XC & DH, but on different years.
the RTS was certainly never marketed as a DH bike.. but then neither was the yeti ultimate & I remeber when that was viewed as a DH rig