1991 Serotta T-Max

[gis_guru]

Just finished my Serotta T-Max, it was sold to me as a 1991 but I dont have any idea of the actual manufacture date. I had some Mavic parts from a Cannondale that had been sitting for a decade in bike shop purgatory and decided to try to make a relatively full Mavic MTB build.
Frame and fork came from eBay with the seatpost and stem fused to the frame. I spent a full week using caustic soda to burn out the post and stem. I finally had it painted by Allan Wanta a year or so ago. I changed the color from the factory yellow to a fluorescent Orange to Pink fade that I think was more of a Serotta road bike color scheme. I also had him braze on a front derailleur hanger, my buddy's T-Max has an issue with the band clamp sliding and I had a brazeon Mavic front that I could use. I found a set of Mavic Paris Gao Dakar wheels and some butterfly thumb shifters on eBay and I was off to the races.
The build:
Frame: 1991 T-Max

Fork: 1991 T-Max 1" threaded

Headset: Mavic 315
Stem: Specialized
Handlebar: Nitto 2520aa
Grips: ESI Chunky
Barends: none

Brakes: SunTour XC Pro Champagne
Brake Pads: KoolStop
Brake Cables: Yokozuna
Cantilever cable hangers: Odyssey straddle rods
Brake Levers: Ritchey Logic

Shifters: Mavic 825 (Butterfly)
Front Derailleur: Mavic 862
Rear Derailleur: Mavic 845
Derailleur Cables: Yokozuna
Cassette: Thread on freewheel
Chain: KMC X8.99
Cranks: Mavic 637 with original dust caps
Crank Bolts: Mavic
Chainrings: MAvic 48/36
Chainring bolts: Mavic
Bottom Bracket: Mavic
Pedals: Crank Brothers Eggbeater SL
Bottle Cage: Nito cage is pictured since has been replaced by Aurndel

Hub Skewers: Ritchey
Rims: Velocity Aeroheat
Hubs: Mavic Paris Gao Dakar
Nipples: Wheelsmith brass
Spokes: WHeelsmith double butted
Tyres: WTB VelociRaptor skinwall wirebead
Tubes: ?

Saddle: Selle Italia Flite Yellow Kevlar saddle
Seatpost: Suntour Pro XC
Seatpost Binder: integrated

Weight: 25.5 lbs

 

[gis_guru]

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[Lhatch4]

The egg beater pedals are a nice touch. Is that a seat cover or is that the actual seat?

 

[gis_guru]

Thanks, I have eggbeaters on all of my bikes. I was lucky enough to used this pair of original SL's that my buddy bought for another project. That is the actual seat, they did kevlar Flites in a number of colors including yellow, red and blue and I think ther were a few more. This was also for another project but looked better on this bike so that is where it ended up.

 

[Retro_Roy]

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Very nice looking build.

 

[Tc]

Love it

 

[Antstark]

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Love the Mavic shifters..very cool !

 

[k-rod]

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why not enter it into the BOTM comp.?

 

[tintin40]

tasty build. Love the Mavic

 

[jimi911]

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Great looking bike. I love my T-Max. Get it out and enjoy!