Just bought a Mountain Cycle San An,need some help/advice!!!

andyz":1fee1yaz said:

That looks exactly like the one which was for sale very close to me in Sevenoaks!
How did you get it to the Isle of Man? My in-laws live there!

Nice bike, I was tempted.

Cheers,
Andrew

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13":3llfvur9 said:

Nice!
Looks to be built up with parts from 1993 - 2002 most of which are good quality

You most likely have a 1996 model San Andreas.

They introduced the mono style seat tower in 96 but the frame still ran standard shock mounts, pivot & Pro Stop specific brake mount as the earlier models.
check the decal on the front derailleur post (luckily it's still there!) If it's "built in San Luis Obispo" it will be a 96 - 97

Good to see it still has all the original decals

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13":232900w2 said:

Yea that's it. The 94 had second generation decals that had San Andreas written on the front triangle which only ran for that year and was also available in a white powder coat option too.
In 95 they changed the decals to the ones on your frame but still ran the tubular seat tower. The front dearailuer post also went from dog leged to straight in 95.
96 they introduced the mono seat tower which stayed to the end although the frame & decals changed slightly over the years.
The frame you have could be built up with parts from 95 to 99 and still look period.

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