Saracen X-Tort Team (Hack) - Up and Running!

The Northern Monkey

*new pics further down*


Well... here are the pics you've been waiting for!!

Its up and rolling but the BB is shot.... Have to say though, its a bloody good ride for £80.
The brake is.... interesting...

The fork is bloody BRILLIANT though. miles better than I expected. A tad flexy but nice and plush considering its 8 years old and probably never had a service

Oh, and its liiiiiiiiggghhhhttt! Very very very light!

Anyways... (FYI, there is a step on the right side of the photo, so the bike angles may look a tad off).

jay12

pretty good
it's coming along nicely

The Northern Monkey

cheers mate!

Its got loads of standover clearance.... gonna ahve to get used to that!

LewysHobbs

Didnt the saracen corrs-lite team used to ride these back in the mid 90's?

nice bike though!! cant go wrong for £80, does anyone know how much these used to retail for?

dot1

i used to love these back in the day! ever since i saw the M.A.D trials team at my local DJ spot ive always wanted one!

The Northern Monkey

aye they were used as trials frames by the pro's in the late/mid 90's.
No idea how old the frame is.... the forks are 2002, but are aftermarket IIRC.

The frame is from when Saracen used to make good stuff

The Northern Monkey

just got my rear brake through


Not bad at all!

Also fitted a new BB, seat and chain tensioner. Its a rite good laugh to ride

missmarple

Looks rather retro, does it feel like you're lugging a Taiwanese steel factory around with you?

The Northern Monkey

missmarple wrote:

Looks rather retro, does it feel like you're lugging a Taiwanese steel factory around with you?

nope... its light! very very light!

Different set of wheels and a rigid for and it'd be awesome! its super fast too!

LoUiS1985

man that's ugly.....

The Northern Monkey

How dare you :P

It rides a whole lot better than it looks! i wanna get some new pics up though.. have to admit it looks quite shocking in those pics!

LoUiS1985

not really it's not too bad........if it gets you out and riding then who cares!!

blakef111

pretty cool little tank that!

Paul 8v

That looks nuts! Are you using it for trials? Quite a funky looking bike

The Northern Monkey

Paul 8v wrote:

That looks nuts! Are you using it for trials? Quite a funky looking bike

Commuting

but use the term commuting very lightly... I'm gonna play about on the way to work

The Northern Monkey

here we go...

new stroker trail brake, new seat and some tyres = a bike





I think it looks pretty smart now its all together.

New wheels needed eventually and a front brake and that'll do!
Need to get it weighed though, I can't believe how light the thing is!

blister pus

bigbenj_08 wrote:

Paul 8v wrote:

That looks nuts! Are you using it for trials? Quite a funky looking bike

Commuting

but use the term commuting very lightly... I'm gonna play about on the way to work

...whilst smoking from my crack pipe and bong.

blister pus

bigbenj_08 wrote:

I like it. ...dunno why yet, it'll come to me. 8)

The Northern Monkey

blister pus wrote:

bigbenj_08 wrote:

Paul 8v wrote:

That looks nuts! Are you using it for trials? Quite a funky looking bike

Commuting

but use the term commuting very lightly... I'm gonna play about on the way to work

...whilst smoking from my crack pipe and bong.

well.. it'd keep me warm I guess!

Just thought... what the hells going on with the brake cable have to get that re routed methinks!

blister pus

Nothing wrong with it. It's in keeping with the rest of it. 8)

Paul 8v

Yeah, that rear cable is... interesting! Get some bar end plugs in it if you're going to have a play by the way, low speed trials style cookie cutter incidents are never good!