Mid-school Mysteries

[Mikku]

When I say mysteries, I mean I have little or no knowledge of mid-school as, like many others I suspect, I was more into cars in the Nineties. However, the more I now look at mid-school bikes the more I like what i see, and there was certainly some interesting ideas and designs flying about then. Here are a few I've recently found in some mid-90s BMX PLUS mags. First up is a "Hi Rola" and then a rear-suspension Mongoose from 1995:-

[Mikku]

& then there were these R.A.D. machines from '96:-

[Pooch]

I think they look the nuts.. cool thread😎

[CustardLips]

Check out Auburn's Mick with bolt on rear ends... very cool. 

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[MartyC]

Funky designs for sure, elavated chainstays and multi pivot suspension designs were all the rage but went as quickly as they came due to the inherrent design flaws in both designs.

[midschooljon]

I would love to find a Brew racing frame with AMP research fork and disk brakes. So gross it's awesome. 

[MartyC]

I would love to find a Brew racing frame with AMP research fork and disk brakes. So gross it's awesome. 

Now that is seriously quirky!

[CustardLips]

I would love to find a Brew racing frame with AMP research fork and disk brakes. So gross it's awesome. 

Them forks. 
Can't imagine they'll be many of them left out there... spaghetti brake stays. 

[monkian]

Some crazy stuff right there. I hate to think of the weight of these things lol :/ Always had a soft spot for that Auburn x2 piece design though. Were there any Aluminium 90's race frames?

[Drawn]

There was certainly some 90s Alu frames.

Hawk is a good example.

Have you seen the Herrington Crusader with drive at both wheels?

[boofy44]

Mongoose and Robinson had aluminium frames.

[carltheking39]

Very cool looks ... Love the Hi-Rolla

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[OrgasmDonor]

The hi rola was made by fabweld I think, checkout fabeeld cranks, iirc they were pretty cool too

[Mikku]

Fabweld was also responsible for the aptly-named for this thread Secret Cycles NC-17, which I've just stumbled on in another mag. Am also loving the Iron Horse for the boldness of both the design and the name!