Saracen Mantra 1 -- UPGRADES! --

declan1

Went for a nice ride today. Weighed the tyres and wheels the other day - each tyre weighs 1.1KG!!! I think that'll be my next upgrade. By spending £100 I could save a total of 2KG from the wheels/tyres.

Anyway here's the latest pic!









Saracen Mantra 1 (2007)

Frame: Hardcore and profiled 7005 T6 - suspension adjusted for 120mm plus of travel. Also Gusseted and reinforced Frame
Forks: RST Gila Plus T7 oversized suspension - 120mm of travel - disc mounts - adjustable fork and Aheadset with seals
Gears: 21 Gears with a Shimano Front Mech and a Shimano Altus Rear Mech. Shimano 14-28 7 speed cassette and a KMC Z51- Chain
Shifters: Shimano Altus
Chainset: Alloy 42/34/24 tooth with guard Crank set and a Sealed cartridge Bottom Bracket
Brakes: Tektro IO disc brakes with 160mm rotors with Avid Speeddial Levers.
Wheels: 26 inch wheels - EX-S alloy Rims built on to Formula Alloy Disc Hubs with Quick Release front and rear Hubs Tyres: MTB 26x2.35 inch Tyres
Handlebars: Matt black riser Handle Bar with NEW lock-on grips.
Stem: Saracen Blade stubby 3 bolt extreme Stem currently flipped.
Saddle: Multi stitch Saracen Durocover with pressure release zone Saddle
Seatpost: Saracen Blade alloy micro adjust black finish Seatpost
Pedals: Shimano M520

merouria

i had the mantra 1 and 2 loved them both. Then i got my first cube in 2010 the acid, year later 2011 model xms, january of this year ams 130 pro 2012 and a few weeks ago i got a cube fritzz. I need to stop spending money! haha

lordmerchant

I used to have one of those! infact I still have the frame in my dads shed...might have to go over and liberate it again

declan1

lordmerchant wrote:

I used to have one of those! infact I still have the frame in my dads shed...might have to go over and liberate it again

I love it. The frame is excellent, but the fork lets it down a lot. Good bike for the money though!

declan1

At the top of Fyrish (839ft - Cat 3 climb according to Strava):


Sorry about quality - took it with my phone!

Was great fun descending though!!!

declan1

See original post for upgrades!

white91

Sorry to hijack the thread but any idea where I could get a rear mech hanger for one of these?

The Rookie

Any LBS who stock Madison, or get the hanger off and identify it and find it cheapest, as it's a Merida frame check out the Carrera Hangers at Halfords for £7.99.

Nice looking bike, although the flipped stem doesn't reall suite the frame style!

Feeblington

not comparing....but 2 opposite ends of how this bike could go eh?

i bet yours is light as!

declan1

Feeblington wrote:

i bet yours is light as!

Light?!?

Well, it weighs 18KG. Yeah

spuddle

18kg?? my old Mantra 3 only weighed 15.4 with a heavy Maz fork

declan1

spuddle wrote:

18kg?? my old Mantra 3 only weighed 15.4 with a heavy Maz fork

Yup. Weighed it on the bike scale the other day. No wonder I can't get up hills on it! :P

The Rookie

Combined with a largest rear sprocket of 28t!

declan1

The Beginner wrote:

Combined with a largest rear sprocket of 28t!

28t is huge!!!

leaflite

declan1 wrote:

The Beginner wrote:

Combined with a largest rear sprocket of 28t!

28t is huge!!!

Are you sure about that? Generally people have between a 32 and a 36t cassette on a MTB

declan1

leaflite wrote:

declan1 wrote:

The Beginner wrote:

Combined with a largest rear sprocket of 28t!

28t is huge!!!

Are you sure about that? Generally people have between a 32 and a 36t cassette on a MTB

Really? I'm a roadie by nature so I sometimes have 23t

leaflite

declan1 wrote:

leaflite wrote:

declan1 wrote:

The Beginner wrote:

Combined with a largest rear sprocket of 28t!

28t is huge!!!

Are you sure about that? Generally people have between a 32 and a 36t cassette on a MTB

Really? I'm a roadie by nature so I sometimes have 23t

Yeah, road bikes do have much more compact cassettes than mtbs generally

The Rookie

leaflite wrote:

declan1 wrote:

The Beginner wrote:

Combined with a largest rear sprocket of 28t!

28t is huge!!!

Are you sure about that? Generally people have between a 32 and a 36t cassette on a MTB

Look like 7 speed shifters so that would usually have a largest sprocket of 28T....8-32T, 9-34T and 10-36T

All of those are MTB but the word generally doesn't really work!

declan1

Went for a ride today - was really good until the heavens opened. They've still not closed!

The Rookie

Gloriously sunny here yesterday evening - took the MTB out for a shakedown after some rebuild work...

Mtaylor2012

The Beginner wrote:

Gloriously sunny here yesterday evening - took the MTB out for a shakedown after some rebuild work...

Where are you riding at the moment just out of interest? Im looking for some local routes!