That’s the wrong one to drool over IMO.
My obsession with MTB’s was started by an early RM Blizz in Freewheel Nottingham. White and black but had Syncros rigid forks, Syncros stem, bars and seat post, bullseye cranks and XT group set. Not sure exactly what year it was (91?) but can still remember it now, I’d have bought it in a heartbeat if I wasn’t a skint apprentice at the time!
That’s the wrong one to drool over IMO.
The one I always lusted after was the one with the gorgeous red & white colour scheme.
That was a nice bike. I had that same 2005 frame with black Z2 ETA forks. Built with XT inc original XT 4 pot brakes, l have them in a box stiil, and the RaceFace stem and post. I locked out (or locked down, that was a cool feature) the forks, put a bar bag and rack pack on it and rode through cols of the Alps for a week on it in 2006. The frame was sold to a fast and well-known XC rider who was intending to convert it to SS.
Doesn't the geometry look odd now.
"To stretch our ‘porn’ metaphor to breaking point, this bike is less about tits and ass and more personality and the upbringing."
Times have changed....
I still have a Blizzard frame, from around ‘93. The only other surviving part is the Race Face seat post.
The fact that an aluminium post hasn’t siezed in a steel frame after over 30 years is testament to the quality.
From new it was a mix of Race Face components, XT and a Marzocchi fork.
My mate still has a scandium framed Vertex of roughly the same vintage.
I still have my 1998 RM Blizzard which I rode for many years. They were awesome bikes and helped me discover the joys of riding twisty singletrack.
"With the Blizzard you get just the one colour scheme — black and white. Always has been and always will be."
Looks like Rocky Mountain currently use the Blizzard name for a couple of fat-tyred carbon ebikes, with blue-black and copper-black fades rather than black and white maple leaf finishes.