'95 Saracen Rufftrax... creamy green meany!

info to follow!

I'm in. Looks alright if quite big!

coomber":1zuv017q said:

I'm in. Looks alright if quite big!

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21" of Tange's lowest!

are they the lightest brakes in the world

cables - cream or black? thinking the latter but what do you reck?

Nice! How did you do the graphics - very subtle.

I have a similar looking Saracen frame coming (top tube routing, non pierced seat tube). Mine is yellow.

Are you sure its a 1995 - do you have a link to a 1995 brochure so I can identify it?

was8v":2lotg6gq said:

Nice! How did you do the graphics - very subtle.

I have a similar looking Saracen frame coming (top tube routing, non pierced seat tube). Mine is yellow.

Are you sure its a 1995 - do you have a link to a 1995 brochure so I can identify it?

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I guess it could be a 96 model, it had 95 stamped on the stem and post which now live on other bikes as I broke it down the first time I owned it. Now I have it back I bought 97 stamped but otherwise identical replacements from eBay. Think stem is from a smaller frame as its shorter. Re graphics, I just took the decals off so paint is shinier where they used to be sorry no link, you tried the Rb archives?

Dead Rats":2ox1gg1c said:

was8v":2ox1gg1c said:

Nice! How did you do the graphics - very subtle.

I have a similar looking Saracen frame coming (top tube routing, non pierced seat tube). Mine is yellow.

Are you sure its a 1995 - do you have a link to a 1995 brochure so I can identify it?

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I guess it could be a 96 model, it had 95 stamped on the stem and post which now live on other bikes as I broke it down the first time I owned it. Now I have it back I bought 97 stamped but otherwise identical replacements from eBay. Think stem is from a smaller frame as its shorter. Re graphics, I just took the decals off so paint is shinier where they used to be sorry no link, you tried the Rb archives?

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Yeah there is only a 1992 catalogue in there

Would love to see more brochures uploaded!

Thanks fort he info, seems these frames appeared when they dropped the pierced seat tube.

bit of an update - the single Biopace ring was predictably good... at throwing the chain off on upshifts! I didn't want to use a bashguard on this particular build (and higher gearing was most likely needed) so have fitted an old 200GS triple heart Biopace chainset from the spares boxes instead. IDB1 karma'd me a nice 28.6mm TP front mech and I replaced the single STX shifter with a pair of slightly lower end Rapidfire pods.

Brakes are now fitted (Altus cantis from a '95 Backtrax which I upgraded to v-brakes a while back) as are grips (chocolate Ourys to replace the dull looking Be-Ones in the original photo above) and I'll be posting pics up as soon as I've refitted everything!

A brown saddle would be nice but I can't really afford anything else on this project right now..

Carry on!

all finished now: