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@christianSpaceman
Having not riden a mid nineties mountain bike since, ooh, the mid nineties I could be talking rubbish here.
Is the ride really that bad compared to todays? Componentry being rubbish I can believe (even a lot of reviews at the time used to struggle to justify some of that kit above full shimano but, hey, it came in purple and obviously if Shimano hasn't evolved their kit in the last 20 years then that's going to be a bit odd).
In terms of the frame itself, presumably at least part of the thing that's leading people to believe that they don't ride so well is to do with different riding habits. Most of those bikes were built with pure xc racing and a little swoopy singletrack in mind - mountain biking is done on, and mountain bikers are used to, such 'bigger' terrain these days that it's not surprising that they don't cope as well - it's like comparing a road bike against a CX for riding through the mud.
In a test on their home ground I bet they wouldn't do too badly.