Nimrod
Dirt Disciple
Thank you!Wow, what a nice bike
Please help me to sort out a few things,
I was told that there was also a Czech Biker František "Franta" Mrázek, the key technical mind behind the Kangaroo suspension forks and DH bikes mid to end of the 90ties. Just the business side of the company was done by Rudolf Novotný.
1998 brochure linked https://www.mtb-kataloge.de/html/kangaroo.html
Is that the same person that later, maybe after the end of Kangaroo starting own business and producing Hnida?
There is another Mrázek, he relocated to US and has done a bit iconic bike designs in the 90ties and for instance early and nice V-Brakes
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This is a different person, just having the name in common, right?
Yes, it is as you write. After leaving Kangaroo, František started working as a locksmith, but he mainly made frames and suspension service. He moved more than ten years ago and started working as a dam keeper. Since then, he only welds frames during the winter.
František has a brother, Jan, who rides motocross, but they both started with mototrials. In 1993, Jan took fourth place in Sittendorf at the MX World Championship in the 500cc class.
Bohumil Mrázek is a different person, as your picture proves. Mrázek is a common surname here.
