Ingmar
Retro Guru
Hi folks,
lets start a collection of pictures, infos and anecdotes about Interloc Racing Design (IRD) who manufactured some of the first custom MTB parts. All started in the early '80ies in Winters California USA, later they moved to Selma Oregon. Rodney D. Moses and later Raymond L. Baldwin are the brains behind this great company. I will try to update this first post from time to time to get relevant links collected here. I propose to limit this thread to the 'good old times' ending somewhen in 1992/93 with the IRD full suspension frameset and Ray's retirement ('93).
History:
Catalogues:
Manuals:
Magazine articles:
Ads:
Patents:
Internet links:
Frames and builds:
Full Stroker:
Semi Stroker:
Circuit Racer:
Full Suspension:
lets start a collection of pictures, infos and anecdotes about Interloc Racing Design (IRD) who manufactured some of the first custom MTB parts. All started in the early '80ies in Winters California USA, later they moved to Selma Oregon. Rodney D. Moses and later Raymond L. Baldwin are the brains behind this great company. I will try to update this first post from time to time to get relevant links collected here. I propose to limit this thread to the 'good old times' ending somewhen in 1992/93 with the IRD full suspension frameset and Ray's retirement ('93).
History:
- History on MOMBAT with some thoughtful personal comments from Rod Moses.
- History on MOMBAT page via web-archive with little more images
- History on old company page via web-archive
Catalogues:
- 1990 Catalogue [1], [2]
- 1992(?) Catalogue
- 1993 Catalogue (includes fork ordering instructions)
- 1996/1997 Catalogue [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
- 1998 Catalogue
Manuals:
- Remote quick release manual [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
- RTD shock fork manual (includes maintenance and tuning tips)
- Expedition fork manual [1], [2], [3] (detailed tech sheet), [4] (tuning tips), [5] (Pressure reliefe valve info), [6] (updated order instructuons)
- Progressive U-brake manual [1], [2], [3]
- Rotary brake manual
- Switchback brake manual [1], [2], [3], [4]
- Widget brake manual [1], [2], [3]
- Macaroni stem info [1]
- Bullseye Keeper Kit manual [1], [2]
- Seatpost manual [1], [2]
- Brake stiffener/booster manual
- Five-10 Cantilever brake manual [1], [2], [3], [4]
- TL5 Anti-Dive Suspension Fork manual [1]
Magazine articles:
- Mountain Bike, ?? (Remote quick release)
- Mountain Bike Action 05/1989 (Expedition fork)
- Mountain Bike Action 06/1989 (Stroker)
- Mountain Bike Magazine 12/1989 (Seatpost, IRD history)
- Mountain Bike 12/1989 [1], [2], [3] (Semi Stroker)
- Mountain Bike Action 05/1990 (Expedition and Titanium fork)
- Oregon Cycling 03/1993 [1], [2] (IRD history & anecdotes)
- Unknown 04/1993 (Widget, Switchback/Microlite)
- Mountain Biking Magazine 9/96 [1], [2] (TL5 Anti-Dive Suspension Fork)
Ads:
- Seatpost [1], [2]
- Switchback brakes
- Stem and bar [1] [2]
- Widget cantilever brake
Patents:
- Seatpost (US000004783119A)
- Bicycle rear swing arm (US000000340433S)
- Suspension bike (there must be a patent out there but i could not find it; source)
Internet links:
- IRD Gallery on mtb-news.de
- Related threads on mtbr.com
Frames and builds:
Full Stroker:
Semi Stroker:
- shiggy on mtbr
- MOMBAT
- Haaland on retrobike
- Absolute bikes on Facebook
- Steelfightsback on Facebook& Instagram
- Horstlink auf mtb-news
Circuit Racer:
- tisingle on mtbr (picture shows MOMBAT build, pre restoration [1], [2], on mtbr)
- DasletzteRaven on mtb-news
- Unknown source
Full Suspension:
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