Hi,
Been lurking on here a while looking at my options for getting back in to mountain biking, I was originally looking for an Alpinestars e-stay bike as I owned an Almega DX back in 91 and subsequently a Pace RC200F2 (RC0519 - if anyone knows it?).
Anyway after being messed about repeatedly with potential cromega purchases that never arrived after winning them on eBay, I had a bit more of a dig around the readers rides sections and revived my lust for the amazing looks of the Mountain Cycle San Andreas, a bike that looked and worked totally different to any other back in the day!!
Especially seeing Baulz immaculate original version here: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... %26andreas
Next thing I knew I was searching eBay to see if there was anything in my price range.....
I was amazed to see how much people were asking for these bikes, £800-£1000 for a bike that looked well used, after doing a bit more investigation I realised that these were massively over-priced and that they could be bought within my price range
So I took a bit of a gamble based on the single picture and brief description provided by the seller and next thing I knew I was driving to Yeovil from South Wales to pic this up:
(it was the mudguard that swung it for me
Only really had time to look at it this morning & have to say I'm very pleased with what I got! Its got a proper mish-mash of components on it like 9 speed cassette and 8 speed XT shifters but its all in pretty good nick and easily swapped/sold, however the frame and fork look like they've hardly ever been used
Shock is worn and probably knackered as the rebound knob/mechanism has disappeared, makes me think that someones just lobbed some bits onto a frame that hadn't seen much use to get rid of it??
Anyway heres more pics and then some questions if anyone manages to get that far :facepalm:
So I have a few questions for those in the know....
Is it a 2001 10th Anniversary edition? and does that make it unusual? I think from the rear caliper mount that the year is probably correct as I gather they changed then?
Why is there a tapped hole, bottom front of the headtube? seen it on a couple of others too so don't think its a previous owner mod!
How do i tell what size seat subframe I have?
Thanks for looking and any answers gratefully received!
Been lurking on here a while looking at my options for getting back in to mountain biking, I was originally looking for an Alpinestars e-stay bike as I owned an Almega DX back in 91 and subsequently a Pace RC200F2 (RC0519 - if anyone knows it?).
Anyway after being messed about repeatedly with potential cromega purchases that never arrived after winning them on eBay, I had a bit more of a dig around the readers rides sections and revived my lust for the amazing looks of the Mountain Cycle San Andreas, a bike that looked and worked totally different to any other back in the day!!
Especially seeing Baulz immaculate original version here: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... %26andreas
Next thing I knew I was searching eBay to see if there was anything in my price range.....
I was amazed to see how much people were asking for these bikes, £800-£1000 for a bike that looked well used, after doing a bit more investigation I realised that these were massively over-priced and that they could be bought within my price range
So I took a bit of a gamble based on the single picture and brief description provided by the seller and next thing I knew I was driving to Yeovil from South Wales to pic this up:
(it was the mudguard that swung it for me
Only really had time to look at it this morning & have to say I'm very pleased with what I got! Its got a proper mish-mash of components on it like 9 speed cassette and 8 speed XT shifters but its all in pretty good nick and easily swapped/sold, however the frame and fork look like they've hardly ever been used
Shock is worn and probably knackered as the rebound knob/mechanism has disappeared, makes me think that someones just lobbed some bits onto a frame that hadn't seen much use to get rid of it??
Anyway heres more pics and then some questions if anyone manages to get that far :facepalm:
So I have a few questions for those in the know....
Is it a 2001 10th Anniversary edition? and does that make it unusual? I think from the rear caliper mount that the year is probably correct as I gather they changed then?
Why is there a tapped hole, bottom front of the headtube? seen it on a couple of others too so don't think its a previous owner mod!
How do i tell what size seat subframe I have?
Thanks for looking and any answers gratefully received!
