mountain cycle san andreas x 2

saltyman

picking this up tomorrow.........another one for the collection.



not sure what build to go for..........retro/original look is hard to do as parts are a nightmare:



so it will probaly be somewhere in between:



more than likey go for long travel, 9'' discs etc etc.........watch this space.

jay12

wonder how much it weighs :shock:
and tbh i don't really like it, but defenintly long travel etc.

The Northern Monkey

It looks like the seat post A frame bit was an afterthought
Is it bolted on?

saltyman

standard ones were around 27lb if i remember, not bad at all.

saltyman

heres the ad from 1991..........

EarlofBarnet

I saw that advertised and thought it looked a bit of a bargain. Definitely a classic frame.

saltyman

getting serviced, new gear cables, new tubes this week.

also have magura hydraulics to go on, may stick discs on and twin piston calipers instead though, as i have them lying around.

then once its rolling, sort out suspension.

ilovedirt

looks nice! get some old hope M4's on there, they'll look the part, leave the forks, they look good lovely classic frame

The Big Cheese

I really like that, it's in great condition as well isn't it!?!? Good work!

Splottboy

I've had 2 , the DH and the XC version, both nice,
Climbed well for a single-pivot, but not too great descending technical stuff as the rear locked up, making the brakes useless.
Suppose the new floating rear brake would solve that now.
Nice bikes overall.

Stoo61

No...no thats not for me.

saltyman

brakes, stem, gears to sort out still.............

ilovedirt

shivers? Sweeeet! That stem is definitely a bit.... out there! :P
you going for a DH/FR build then?

GHill

That bike was 10 years (at least) ahead of its time. Glad to see some are still going almost 20 years later.

saltyman

ilovedirt wrote:

shivers? Sweeeet! That stem is definitely a bit.... out there! :P
you going for a DH/FR build then?

yeah a stubby stem is going on

dh and basically fun bike to mess about on.

saltyman

few more changes:

new brakes and wheels are on, new stem and seat.

waiting for rear shock and a few more bits.....

26 to Life

SanAn was a brilliant bike. Everyone I know who had one back in the day regrets letting it go. Nice work fella.

chrisga

Wow, awesome, awesome bike! This was my (and many others I'm sure) ultimate bike when I was growing up. Someone in MBUK had one I think, was it Rob Warner perhaps? Good find, and the build looks excellent. Let us know how it goes. As others have said, it was so far ahead of its time it looked like it came from another world. A world where uphills didnt exist....

Does anyone remember the hard tail version? I seem to remember it in a deep blue that i thought looked amazing at the time too.

Off to look over in ebay to see if there are anymore about now, damn you for reminding me of this.....

26 to Life

chrisga wrote:

Wow, awesome, awesome bike! This was my (and many others I'm sure) ultimate bike when I was growing up. Someone in MBUK had one I think, was it Rob Warner perhaps? Good find, and the build looks excellent. Let us know how it goes. As others have said, it was so far ahead of its time it looked like it came from another world. A world where uphills didnt exist....

Does anyone remember the hard tail version? I seem to remember it in a deep blue that i thought looked amazing at the time too.

Off to look over in ebay to see if there are anymore about now, damn you for reminding me of this.....

Paul Smith. He still has it with prostop brakes, upside down single crowned forks with Risse internals, smoke/dart tyres...and his Troy Lee open face lid. Proper retro job.

saltyman

yeah the upside down forks were called suspenders!

and prostop brakes are like gold dust now :shock:



that ones pretty original...........but some are truly mad:

chrisga

what travel are you getting out of the rear? They are some pretty beefy forks you have on there.

SLO MCr

First of all...that is SICK. Well done. I'm currently trying to upgrade my SA - pain in the ass. I'd like to increase the height in the front end a bit, cause I'm more comfortable with that kind of tilted geometry. It looks like You've added a spacer above the head tube to raise up the stem. Where did you find such a simple, yet exquisite, piece of hardware?

Thanks,
Kenny

SLO MCr

SLO MCr wrote:

First of all...that is SICK. Well done. I'm currently trying to upgrade my SA - pain in the ass. I'd like to increase the height in the front end a bit, cause I'm more comfortable with that kind of tilted geometry. It looks like You've added a spacer above the head tube to raise up the stem. Where did you find such a simple, yet exquisite, piece of hardware?

Thanks,
Kenny

I'm an idiot.....they're everywhere

ilovedirt

chrisga wrote:

what travel are you getting out of the rear? They are some pretty beefy forks you have on there.

I'm sure those frames are only 4"/5".... i can't help thinking the fork is a little overkill

saltyman

rear shock will be around 5-6'' travel.........i have a fox one waiting to go on.

i know it seems like overkill, same as the brakes, it probaly is as i wont be going crazy witth the bike.

i have a second san andreas waiting to be built up. this one will be 4'' travel front and rear, and will be used for red/black routes aswell as normal single track.......check it out.

ilovedirt

I saw that on retrobike last night, looks very nice in that brushed metal/grey. What rear shock is that?

On your yellow one, after riding it, you might find it to be very unstable due to it having an abnormally high BB, especially after putting an extra long shock on it. Though i suppose it will quicken the steering up a little...

joshtp

that second SA is properly drool worthy!

saltyman

ilovedirt wrote:

you might find it to be very unstable due to it having an abnormally high BB, especially after putting an extra long shock on it.

yeah its like sitting on a horse, the BB is 16'' off the floor :shock:

saltyman

26 to Life wrote:

Paul Smith. He still has it with prostop brakes, upside down single crowned forks with Risse internals, smoke/dart tyres...and his Troy Lee open face lid. Proper retro job.

anyone got more pics of smiffys?

chrisga

The forks on the San Andreas on the cover of that MBUK above look interesting. Any more info on those?

ride_whenever

There was a big feature on these very recently, as a kinda nostalgia thing.