No its my mate that does. I knew Peter the top dog manager for a time. Probably wouldn't recognise me now. And Jim who was running the bike show left for a job at McLaren
in Woking last I heard. We are talking about 15 years ago.
DPS who built the bikes started out making, and still do, carbon fibre parts for the motorsport industry. Formula 1, Indy Car, Touring cars, Rally Cars etc. They knew a few of the Formula 1 drivers mountain biked so decided to build up some bikes for them. Great way to launch a product in the pits of a Formula 1 race. This then transpired into a full on deal selling to the public and a race team. They then released a FS model which was pretty ahead of its time. You can see a small picture with a funky paint scheme on their website
www.dpscomposites.com. The elevated chainstay design was was a carbon fibre monocoque with a Reynolds steel rear end. I forgot what it came with but hopefully the magazine article I'm getting can bring me up to speed.
I lived and worked around the corner and often wandered in to bother Jim about getting a good deal on ti bolts. Then worked there part time as a kid helping out.
Also got to go to LeMans and wander around the pits drawling over the carbon fibre slayed McLaren F1's. They were sponsored by Harrods at the time and I think they came in second or third that year after leading the race for a while.
I'll dig out the pictures.
Anyway, thats what I call a super hijack of a thread!