Carrera Hellcat. Any info?

[Mod-Master]

The design looks crazy.

Oooh. Grimeca disk brakes…


I would say use it

 

[sam_white]

I may have a Halfords/Carrera catalogue with your bike - I'll take a look later or over the weekend.

 

[legrandefromage]

It is not a cat

 

[JayLC]

I may have a Halfords/Carrera catalogue with your bike - I'll take a look later or over the weekend.

That would be great thanks

 

[JayLC]

It is not a cat

As in “not a furry feline” or not a Carrera Hellcat”?

 

[sam_white]

Has taken me a while and I've not found the answer.

I'll attach a couple of pics of what I do have. The picture that @JayLC links at the start of the thread is shown in the 1999 catalogue. I've also got an older undated catalog which I presume is 1998 as everything has V-Brakes. Another Hellcat is shown, different frame and colour scheme.

So I'm going to make the assumption that the one you've got your hands on is either 2000 or 2001. HTH ...

 

[sam_white]

Was there a photo and link in the first post of the thread? I guess this is the one:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Carerra-Hellcat-full-suspension-Mountain-Bike-/225339129795

 

[sam_white]

Strangely the 1999 frame was a single pivot design, whilst the 1998 & 2000 were URTs.

 

[JayLC]

Was there a photo and link in the first post of the thread? I guess this is the one:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Carerra-Hellcat-full-suspension-Mountain-Bike-/225339129795

Yeas, that’s the one. I did have a picture but must have deleted it somehow.

 

[velomaniac]

Sorry for the post resurrection but the 1999 model in the original post was exactly the same as I bought new in early 2000, well almost.
The frame was not Urt like the one in the last set of pics. The pivot point was slightly above and behind the bottom bracket. The frame was made by Merida and featured 27 speed transmission, Suntour MG80 forks and Magura Louise hydraulic disc brakes on Magura hubs with Magura rotors.
Price was £750 which was not low end in 1999 though not high end either. Lots of bang for your buck and a pretty decent xc rig at the time.
I thought I was the beez whatsits at the time and it's the only bike I ever definitely hit 45mph on while screaming down a steep tarmac descent out of the Pentland hills near Edinburgh.
Unfortunately it had slightly too insubstantial pivot clamps for the swing arm that eventually cracked out of warranty. Fun while it lasted though