As the MTB research continues, I came across this. A Moots Smoothie full-suspension model. It was introduced in 2002 but obviously stands the test of time. This one hails from the Bavaria region of Germany. The photostream of speedvagen illustrates a wonderful eye for many flavors of bike: Pereira, Vanilla, Soulcraft, DeSalvo, Merlin, Serotta, Seven, and even a Phil Wood rig with an attitude. Check out the PW’s nickname. A little bit of something for everyone. Moots, as usual, captured my attention. And Smoothie is the Monday Crave. For extra measure, there’s a Vamoots included. All photos courtesy of speedvagen on flickr.
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