WTF are these drop-bar bikes?!?

Forks look pottsy
For the man, seems to be a Steve Potts type II fork. Wheels are not so big. So, only mountain bikes with 26” but with drop bars

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Indeed the dropouts look like they could be the scalloped ones Potts uses.

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I was wondering what the head badge/sticker on the other bike is. Because of the lugged crown I was thinking early Moots or Mountain Goat, but neither of the logos seem to match.

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Never heard of Jill Barr either, but I´m living under a stone. Apparently she makes an appearance in this rather excellent documentary:


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So the name may not be just the product of imagination of an art director.
 
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I was wondering what the head badge/sticker on the other bike is. Because of the lugged crown I was thinking early Moots or Mountain Goat, but neither of the logos seem to match.

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My first thought looking at that head badge is Univega:
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My first MTB was a '93ish Univega, with this head badge logo in white. And the forks look similar to me to the ones on these old drop bar Univegas (the one below is a Viva Sport)

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"Guy" is Wes Williams of Willits and previously Ibis Cycles.
He rode a Ritchey with Potts fork early on and then his own custom Ibis from 85 onwards
 
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The guy's bike defo looks like Marin Rockstar forks. As for the marketing niche on these machines the "Rubble Racer" [Copyright Bobu, all future uses should be referred through my Samoan Attorney] to supercede any need for a gravel bike in the next marketing race....
 
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