89/90 Saracen Trekker Comp

Picked this up the other week and have done not that much to it but clean it up and replace a few of the more worn parts [drivetrain & cables mainly]. Reverted it back to thumbies and stuck some nice period tyres on him Whipped it around Richmond Park last night before a coupla pints by the river; I used to own one of these BITD and it was great to be re-united.. And them brakes.. :twisted:

Big thanks to retrobikeguy

Frame: 89/90 Saracen Trekker Comp Tange MTB
Fork: Cro-Mo

Headset: Deore II
Stem: Saracen
Handlebar: Answer Hyperlite
Grips: Ritchey WCS Foam
Barends: N/A

Brakes: Deore XT II U-Brake in.c U-II Booster
Brake Pads: Aztec
Brake Cables: Shimano
Cantilever cable hangers: Shimano
Brake Levers: Deore XT II 2 Finger SLR

Shifters: Deore II 7sp Thumbshifters
Front Derailleur: Deore II
Rear Derailleur: Deore II
Derailleur Cables: Shimano
Cassette: HG90
Chain: HG91
Cranks: Deore II
Chainrings: Deore II Biopace
Bottom Bracket: Deore II

Rims: Wolber AT18
Hubs: Deore DX
Tyres: Tioga Farmer John's Cousin

Saddle: Selle Italia Flite
Seatpost: Saracen

Loving all the Saracen steel emerging on here recently.......

Love the twin U brakes, proper vintage kit!

Yet another bit of classic British steel.

yummy! i have a 91 crosstrax which is fairly similar but with normal brakes. tyre clearence is so small. cant wait for the winter!!

Nice, like it alot

More Saracens around of late. Out of interest, what is the rear dropout spacing? Isn't that the bike the Crains (?) did a lot of their expeditions on?

Absolutely loving this bike.Nick Crane and his cousin,did use Saracens to climb kilimanjaro and to cross the Atlas mountains.remember watching a tv programe about the Atlas trip in 89 i think,and there are some pics. of the kilimanjaro trip in Richards Ultimate Bicycle Book from 1992,which i have had from new and is full of retro stuff,more saracens on here pleasse.

Thanks for the comments guys

It really was great to bring back good memories [ones that didn't involved U-Brake clogging mud ], although the handling was a little sharper than I'm used to! 71/74, 22"ish TT, 135mm stem with 1.85" fork rake made it quite twitchy at speed

Rear spacing is 135mm Iwasgoodonce

Old Saracens rule

I would have snapped this one up if it wasnt for my Trekker project at the time, I love the fact that it has the unusual dual U brakes and also remember wanting of these back in the day.

Do the brakes work well ? and are they any better than std canti's ? I always liked U brakes in the dry.

I took the trekker for a proper blast at the weekend and it rides like a dream.