Absolutely amazing crew. I ordered parts for my Rocky Mountain and the shipping company was a nightmare to deal with due to my long work hours so I asked them if there was any other alternative. I live in Vancouver and one of their staff actually brought the part home to meet me at night when I'm off work so I can get my bike up and running again. Love it when companies think outside of the box and willing to be flexible to support their customers
Strange to be reading this today just after doings some minor work on my RM Spice. I cannot remember when I bought it but it was the first and only full suspension bike I ever rode. With it's stand out yellow paint job it sure got a lot of attention. My only regret is that at my age, 83, I no longer seem to be able to get on it or my three other bikes. I've ended up buying an electric trike so enjoy your youth while you can, it doesn't last forever.
Link plates! In my mind Rocky Mountain has always represented quality and innovation for our rowdy toys. Scrimping and saving for my Pipeline in 1999 gave me many years of joy, and my Slayer in 2012 was on another level. I would give my middle nut for that Pipe-Dream. Thanks for this video!
What a treat. Nice exposé. @ 8:24, that Thomas Vanderham frame 🔥🔥🔥Loved my Rocky Mountain RMX so much I bought two back in the day, a black and red one. The moto style linkage was so ahead of it's time.
I remember seeing the first Rocky Mountain hammer on the shore as well as the first full suspension that came into the bike shop I worked at. Another amazing Vancouver story
Love me a Rocky, they were the dream bikes back in the late 80s when I started riding. Still make great bikes and a great Canadian story. Thanks for the tour!
I have an Element SE, red & white like the one they were handling... "Team Canada" colours as my riding friend called it. I love it, it's my little piece of Canadiana from the bike world. That early riding must have been truly memorable. You guys broke trail in more ways than one!
Thanks for this video............... It's crazy how the culture of the company reflects in their product, the crew seemed to be down to earth, friendly, calm and passionate and the facility was neat, orderly and efficient with no bells and whistles with the right test bike fabrication equipment. It reflects in their bikes, I have an altitude and it's the best full sus I've had, now I know why.
Sort of born on the shore, they were originally in Richmond, I friend worked there, and moved Annacis Island. We would do big rides from Richmond to North Van and back. Used to know a bunch of guys from Race Face as well when it was in New Westminster. My first full suspension bike was a Rocky Team DH and also had a Pipeline, it was one of my favourite bikes to ride on drops etc. Had quite a few Rocky’s. Such an iconic brand
My first RM was the filet brazed Thunderbolt welded by Derek Bailey. My favorite bike of all time. Over the years it saw so many different groupsets and wheelsets and It won me several races even though it was full rigid. Just ride road and gravel now.
Thats probably shipping? Or at least half of that is. They are only up $200 ish here in Canada if spec is the same. That’s about inflation here though.
@@kyleslater5245 its not, the same bike last year was $1500 cheaper, its price gouging. Inflation isn't 25% anywhere in the world. No excuse, local distributor is taking the piss.
Best bike tour I've ever seen. Best history I've seen. I didn't even know that Rampage went back far as 2001. I do know of Mr. Simmons and yes, a true living legend. Great work guys makes me want to pony up for a new RM right now as I have never even ridden one yet.
I had one of those ETSX-70s and they certainly were not from the 80’s! lol. Try released in 2003. I had the special edition ETSX-70 from 2003. It’s only 21 years old not 40
Rocky Mountain Transpo. Bio-pace. Travelled Europe with that bike. Solid chrome-moly steel frame. Heavy, beefy. Many miles on it. Until someone stole it in Victoria BC, with all my stickers of every country on it. 😂😂
From North Vancouver. My brother and I played hockey with the Kariya brothers. One summer I got some extra training in at 4 rinks Paul...he so much better it was not funny...My Junior Hockey became getting on a Rocky Mountain bike at the first World Mountain Bike Championships in Durango 1990 in Pro at 18...Way more North Vancouver Mtb history you guy's don't know about.
I have a 2022 Altitude C50 in salmon pink/grey. I love the bike like a child, but I can take or leave the color. Still, when I'm descending at speed, the shades of pink are far from my mind.
I'm from Canada and it's always great to see local companies BUT the value just isn't there... $3200 for a CUES MTB with the most basic suspension I mean come on... you can get a Jeffsy core 2 with SRAM GX for almost the same price. Also the name Rocky Mountain sounds like a cheap brand you'd buy at Walmart like Ozark Trail. They need to pivot and pivot hard if they want to survive the next decade in this industry.
RM has never been a budget brand, at the opposite end they're priced competitively vs the likes of Ibis, Yeti, and Santa Cruz. They're not going to ever be competitive against DTC brands on the low end, because they're still a traditional LBS brand and they don't use dirt cheap Chinese frames. At the end of the day I would trust the RM frame to not break more than a YT frame.
@mrvwbug4423 slayer failure/ pink bike. Lol. And all the frames are made in the same places for the most part. Rocky mountain holds the supplier rights at my local mountain and alot of people rent and demo them. And they are just... not on par with many other brands. And that's fine. But they always ask for premium price. And for that money... that opens the door to alot of superior bikes and suspensions.
@@moandhannahtravel I disagree with that statement. As a consumer they're both MTB manufacturers that sell mountain bikes to mountain bikers. No other distinction can be made unless there is undeniable proof of a better frame quality which isn't the case as far as I'm aware.
I've had it with direct to consumer brands, I won't mention which brand but I've had to return the bike twice in 10 months for replacement motors. Boxing up a full fat ebike is no fun. I'll do what I've always 'usually' done, and buy from one of the bike shops local to where I live. With previous bikes I may have paid more, like with my RM Altitude, which I put 12,500 miles on the frame since 2015. Also RM have always had the bushings kit in stock for when they need swapping and they post to the UK. Never had a warranty issue with my RM hence I still have it.
LoL.. I know some things about RMC. Is this an ad or some other BS. I worked at Rocky " In The Eighties Man " I didn't see you there ... What a fucking joke.
Absolutely amazing crew. I ordered parts for my Rocky Mountain and the shipping company was a nightmare to deal with due to my long work hours so I asked them if there was any other alternative. I live in Vancouver and one of their staff actually brought the part home to meet me at night when I'm off work so I can get my bike up and running again. Love it when companies think outside of the box and willing to be flexible to support their customers
Wade Simmons was so amazing and humble GOAT. Nice walk through, letting the legends talk
He is awesome!!!
Strange to be reading this today just after doings some minor work on my RM Spice. I cannot remember when I bought it but it was the first and only full suspension bike I ever rode. With it's stand out yellow paint job it sure got a lot of attention. My only regret is that
at my age, 83, I no longer seem to be able to get on it or my three other bikes. I've ended up buying an electric trike so enjoy your youth while you can, it doesn't last forever.
I love my instinct bc. its up for the downs and down with the ups. I often forget the bike is under me.. its that good.
Link plates! In my mind Rocky Mountain has always represented quality and innovation for our rowdy toys. Scrimping and saving for my Pipeline in 1999 gave me many years of joy, and my Slayer in 2012 was on another level. I would give my middle nut for that Pipe-Dream. Thanks for this video!
What a treat. Nice exposé. @ 8:24, that Thomas Vanderham frame 🔥🔥🔥Loved my Rocky Mountain RMX so much I bought two back in the day, a black and red one. The moto style linkage was so ahead of it's time.
Such an awesome company!!!
I remember seeing the first Rocky Mountain hammer on the shore as well as the first full suspension that came into the bike shop I worked at. Another amazing Vancouver story
Excellent video! I live on the Shore but never really knew the full Rocky story! Well done!
Love me a Rocky, they were the dream bikes back in the late 80s when I started riding. Still make great bikes and a great Canadian story. Thanks for the tour!
Yup.Keep going
Thank you!!!
Fro-riders, Bike magazine, and Kranked changed the game.
Wade Simmons...bad-ass
My daily commute/touring bike is a Whistler 10 hybrid 10k miles on it. And I overload it regularly grocery shopping.
So rad!!!
Always good seeing wade. I actually own a rocky Mountian pp altitude these days. So customer not just wade fan.
Awesome video! I just picked up a Instinct PowerPlay C70 last week and I love it!
Nice!!
I have an Element SE, red & white like the one they were handling... "Team Canada" colours as my riding friend called it. I love it, it's my little piece of Canadiana from the bike world. That early riding must have been truly memorable. You guys broke trail in more ways than one!
Have a 2016 altitude carbon. Got it as my first real bike about a year ago. Absolutely love it and I'm ready to upgrade to the new one
Just retired my 2004 Slayer 30. Awesome machine. Never let me down. If I could get 29’s under her, I’d still ride it.
Amazing.Keep it up.
So rad!!!
I owned a purple Rocky Mountain Thin Air back in the nineties, great bike wish I still had it.
Thanks for this video............... It's crazy how the culture of the company reflects in their product, the crew seemed to be down to earth, friendly, calm and passionate and the facility was neat, orderly and efficient with no bells and whistles with the right test bike fabrication equipment. It reflects in their bikes, I have an altitude and it's the best full sus I've had, now I know why.
Favorite bike I'd ever rode was the Switch 3.0. I had so much fun on that thing!
Sort of born on the shore, they were originally in Richmond, I friend worked there, and moved Annacis Island. We would do big rides from Richmond to North Van and back. Used to know a bunch of guys from Race Face as well when it was in New Westminster. My first full suspension bike was a Rocky Team DH and also had a Pipeline, it was one of my favourite bikes to ride on drops etc. Had quite a few Rocky’s. Such an iconic brand
I believe they actually started in the basement of WPC bike shop in West Point Grey.
back in the day i rode with wade and digger on the north shore they are both legends.
Ha ha, I am so old that I remember touring Rocky Mountain's shop where I met Paul Brodie and Derek Bailey who were building frames at the time.
My first RM was the filet brazed Thunderbolt welded by Derek Bailey. My favorite bike of all time. Over the years it saw so many different groupsets and wheelsets and It won me several races even though it was full rigid. Just ride road and gravel now.
I had a RM6. My favourite bike by far.
Awesome Bikes and Frame.
Yes they are!
decline magazine was sick. i had that issue with vanderham with me on a trip to costa rica
so rad!
I love my 2023 Growler50 what a beast!!
Awesome video! 💯😎💯😎
RMs are absolute weapons when pointed downhill. I have a 2023 Altitude, still the best bike I've ridden.
Such great bikes!!!
Dear Mr Harris, can you please sort out the Jumbtron and its issues with water ingress
I had an altitude as a kid was to big for me but I could climb any hill. First Rocky Mountain memories
In Australia, RM are slowly pricing themselves out of the market - Element C50 is up $1500.00 this year for absolutely no reason at all.
Australia isn't real bro
Thats probably shipping? Or at least half of that is. They are only up $200 ish here in Canada if spec is the same. That’s about inflation here though.
@@kyleslater5245 its not, the same bike last year was $1500 cheaper, its price gouging. Inflation isn't 25% anywhere in the world. No excuse, local distributor is taking the piss.
Love my '22 Altitude PP!
The PipeDream is one of the best looking bikes ever.
yup, and I'm shopping USED on Facebook marketplace
I still use a rocky mountain from 87 passed down from my dad, im still happy tho
RM are absolute legends
When are they going to offer a SL ebike?
They went so far the opposite direction with the current powerplay setups that seems unlikely short term
I love my Growler, thanks Rocky Mountain
Cool bikes wouldn't mind owning one, they need to work on their colors though.
Absolutely, they had beautiful paint years ago.
I find their modern color ways to be great, I get compliments on my Altitude frequently. Also, love the throwback special colors.
colors have nothing to do with performance
Not bad, however we’d love to see a tour of the Dyname motor manufacturing and more about where RM is going in the future.
Love my Slayer!
That etsx is from 2003, but I agree with Wade, feels like it was the 80s.
Best bike tour I've ever seen. Best history I've seen. I didn't even know that Rampage went back far as 2001. I do know of Mr. Simmons and yes, a true living legend. Great work guys makes me want to pony up for a new RM right now as I have never even ridden one yet.
I had one of those ETSX-70s and they certainly were not from the 80’s! lol. Try released in 2003. I had the special edition ETSX-70 from 2003. It’s only 21 years old not 40
Nothing like “truth” vids 😂
But beautiful bikes!
😂😂
still have a 1992 RM Blizzard with Manitou 1 in my possession.
so awesome!!!
I love my 2020 Rocky Mountain Fusion, I RIDE THE SHIT OUTTA MINE !
Rocky Mountain Transpo. Bio-pace. Travelled Europe with that bike. Solid chrome-moly steel frame. Heavy, beefy. Many miles on it. Until someone stole it in Victoria BC, with all my stickers of every country on it. 😂😂
Just saw mo in Aliso woods
From North Vancouver. My brother and I played hockey with the Kariya brothers. One summer I got some extra training in at 4 rinks Paul...he so much better it was not funny...My Junior Hockey became getting on a Rocky Mountain bike at the first World Mountain Bike Championships in Durango 1990 in Pro at 18...Way more North Vancouver Mtb history you guy's don't know about.
1:17 Jimmy Fallon works at Rocky Mountain.
Bitching tour of rocky Mountain bikes I remember those bike when I started Mountain biking in the early nineties
Thank you!!
Nice
Thanks!!
Bought a Rocky Mountain bike, seems good, maybe a bit over priced, paint chips super easily.
The gumball machine-in the office-is getting low...
I have a 2022 Altitude C50 in salmon pink/grey. I love the bike like a child, but I can take or leave the color. Still, when I'm descending at speed, the shades of pink are far from my mind.
Because I'm 5'11" and ride 27.5 wheels there is no bike I would buy from Rocky Mountain. My money went to Marin.
I'm from Canada and it's always great to see local companies BUT the value just isn't there... $3200 for a CUES MTB with the most basic suspension I mean come on... you can get a Jeffsy core 2 with SRAM GX for almost the same price. Also the name Rocky Mountain sounds like a cheap brand you'd buy at Walmart like Ozark Trail. They need to pivot and pivot hard if they want to survive the next decade in this industry.
RM has never been a budget brand, at the opposite end they're priced competitively vs the likes of Ibis, Yeti, and Santa Cruz. They're not going to ever be competitive against DTC brands on the low end, because they're still a traditional LBS brand and they don't use dirt cheap Chinese frames. At the end of the day I would trust the RM frame to not break more than a YT frame.
@mrvwbug4423 slayer failure/ pink bike. Lol. And all the frames are made in the same places for the most part. Rocky mountain holds the supplier rights at my local mountain and alot of people rent and demo them. And they are just... not on par with many other brands. And that's fine. But they always ask for premium price. And for that money... that opens the door to alot of superior bikes and suspensions.
Comparing Yt’s to Rocky’s is not a fair comparison at all. 2 completely different bikes for different customer bases and riders
@@moandhannahtravel I disagree with that statement. As a consumer they're both MTB manufacturers that sell mountain bikes to mountain bikers. No other distinction can be made unless there is undeniable proof of a better frame quality which isn't the case as far as I'm aware.
I've had it with direct to consumer brands, I won't mention which brand but I've had to return the bike twice in 10 months for replacement motors. Boxing up a full fat ebike is no fun. I'll do what I've always 'usually' done, and buy from one of the bike shops local to where I live. With previous bikes I may have paid more, like with my RM Altitude, which I put 12,500 miles on the frame since 2015. Also RM have always had the bushings kit in stock for when they need swapping and they post to the UK. Never had a warranty issue with my RM hence I still have it.
Chan kid tung koon❤
LoL..
I know some things about RMC.
Is this an ad or some other BS.
I worked at Rocky " In The Eighties Man "
I didn't see you there ...
What a fucking joke.
They aren’t Canadian anymore, they’re made in Asia.
Boycott them until production returns to Canada
Rocket Mountain bikes are no longer relevant
Soooo was some lying about them or something?? Ooooo you got paid to say that shit!!