John Tomac, at the time. Photo at Sea Otter Classic 2008 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

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urbanspecialist (April 18, 2008 at 6:15) (Below Threshold) show comment

Sweet cyclecross...or is it more MTB with drops? Either way looks like it'd be fun.

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shonkemon (April 18, 2008 at 10:28) (Below Threshold) show comment

Bizarre contraption really. I had my mtb set up with drops years ago in a Tomac-wannabee style. Fun novelty value for a while but terrifying on anything other than gently rolling hills!

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manikboi (April 18, 2008 at 14:10) (Below Threshold) show comment

can someone explain to me the reason for building such a bike, i am kinda lost

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sngltrkmnd (April 18, 2008 at 18:20) (Below Threshold) show comment

manikbol: did you read the story that goes with the picture? pretty straightforward there, man.
my question is: 10-speed D/A shifters? looks like an XTR cassette, though. (9sp). hmph.

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brianhunt (April 18, 2008 at 19:30) (Below Threshold) show comment

In 1990 John Tomac was racing road professionally and racing MTB at the same time.
He was focusing more on road and actually won the US Time trail nationals.
So he wanted to have his MTB to have the same riding position as his road bike so the only way to do that really was to put drop bars on his MTB.
He placed 5th at the first world champs in Darango in 1990 with this set up.