super v with a bomber

the first full-squishy mountain bike i ever considered buying was also one of the most popular and one of the best, at least on my planet, a cannondale super-v with a 100mm marzocchi z-1 bomber up front.  this was a long time ago, but back in 1997, 1998 & 1999, this was the high-function, high-value suspension bike.  the local shop sent so many of these out, and a surprising number of them had the bombers installed before the bikes were ever ridden because most of the riders were experienced and understood the utility of the amazing marzocchi fork.  (many of the riders who resisted came back quickly to replace the dinky headshock with a real fork, even the folks who bought a raven.)  the cannondale was not a sophisticated design and had lots of limitations on paper, but out on the trail the simple and rigid suspension design worked pretty fucking good, and when you paired it with that a great fork for way less than 1/2 the price of an uzzi sl, well it was awesome.