What was it about the Barracuda bicycle that “hooked” you guys? Was it purely aesthetic, performance, a combination of the two? Or could it have been something else all together?
For me it was an ad in a cycling magazine that lured me in to dreams of one day owning a Cuda. Growing up in the hills of WV I spent many hours mountain biking on old and abandoned logging and coal roads. I rode a GT Karakoram, my friends (I only had 2, kind of like today… 😆 ) Specialized Rock Hopper, and a Cannondale M500. We all drooled over front suspension, full suspension, and especially those bad ass Spin Carbon wheels!
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When I saw the pic of Lisa Muhich’s rig with those sweet ass Aerospoke wheels (not quite as cool as Spin but close enough!) I was all like ,DANG! I gots to have me one of dem Berry-cuda bikes!
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Plus none of my friends had one, plus I thought Travis Brown’s sideburns were kick ass and since he lived in Durango Colorado, where these lustful bikes were made, they too must also be kick ass!
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But aside from all the above, there was one other major influence for why I chose Barracuda. I, like most individuals (as opposed to lemmings), want even more what I am told I can’t have or can’t listen to. My parents were quite the music censors growing up, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers were definitely out of the question. I mean seriously, they wore tube socks over their weiners, how on earth could that be good for a young developing mind?!? 🙄
So of course all I wanted to do was get cool tribal tattoos, get ripped as a native american, run down the beach jiggling my pecs, and own a Barracuda bike, just like the one Anthony Kiedis was holding at a trade show in some old Mountain Bike magazine ad. Once I saw that ad, if I wasn’t hooked already (too many fishing Cuda puns I know…) I was now!
Anyone remember that ad?
