MT racing, brand (?)

[joglo]

MT Racing was at least here Germany and Switzerland quite popular a few years (roughly 89-93)

I had the same bike for a while as the theme starter. Nice and solid but a bit heavy.

The models Classic-Pro or Ultra-Pro used better tube sets.

Let me provide some documents:

It looks like they have started in 1987


had at least one pro racer, Maria Canins from South Tyrol


and had nice Ultimate-like ECS models mit loop stays


Still today, I think there aren't a lot of fans, or MT racing bikes do get dismantled for parts like DX or even depending on model XT parts. Earlier bikes had also a nice straight rigid fork.

 

[27motorhead]

MT Racing was here Germany quite popular a few years (roughly 89-93)

I had the same one for a while as the theme starter. Nice and solid but a bit heavy.

Let me provide some documents

It looks like they have started in 1987
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had at least one pro racer, Maria Canins in the South Tyrol
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and had nice Ultimate-like ECS models mit loop stays
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Still today, I think there aren't a lot of fans, or MT racing bikes do get dismantled for parts like DX or even depending on model XT parts. Earlier bikes had also a nice straight rigid fork.

Thanks for sharing, sounds like Carrera in the UK.

At one stage they were selling a complete bike for less than you could buy a XT groupset for!!!

 

[henrysthreeironbands]

My friend found smt similar the other day, a shop inhouse brand top model which bitd was priced lower than the components alone. Basically a 92 ritchey p23, just differently branded of course, but imo prettier blue/turqoise livery, with complete mint xc pro and mag20. I told him to shut up and buy/save it. It was saved, looking forward to having a look irl.