Museum of Mountain Bike Art & Technology

1991 Grove "Woods" bike

This bike was designed to push bike handling to the edge of the envelope.  The chain stays are a short 15.25"which would normally be difficult to do with 26" wheels.  To make this happen, the bottom bracket shell was widened to 80mm, rear hub spacing was widened to 160mm and a track style rear drop out was used.  The bottom bracket height was placed at 16" for maximum clearance.  Three of these prototype "Woods Bikes" were made and there was a short review in the November 1991 Dirt Rag magazine, written by Jay DeJesus.   A NC-based doctor saw the review and purchased this bike from Grove.  A second bike was destroyed in testing and Bill Grove still has the third bike.  He brought it to the 2007 Cackalacky Cup which saw the reunion of the only two remaining bikes!

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Frame		Cro-Moly
Fork		Grove Box Crown
Rear Shock		NA
Rims		Specialized BX 26
Hubs		Grove Custom 160mm wide rear
Spokes		Stainless steel
Tires		Tioga Wonder Dog
Pedals		Shimano Deore XT
Crank		Grove Hot Rods, double with solid outer ring
Chain		Wipperman
Rear Cogs		Sachs 7 speed freewheel
Bottom Bracket		Grove, 80mm
Front Derailleur		Shimano Deore XT, custom mount
Rear Derailleur		Shimano Deore XT
Shifters		Shimano Deore XT thumb shift
Handlebars		Answer Hyperlite
Stem		Fillet brazed
Headset		1" threaded
Brake set		Suntour roller cam front, Shimano U brake rear
Brake levers		Shimano Deore XT SLR
Saddle		Selle Italia Turbo
Seat Post		Sakae
Colors		Black with purple/blue splatter
Size		?"
Serial #		None