Ok, I've been basically living under a rock the last 9 months. My girlfriend got tired of the constant ups deliveries, the eBay notifications on my phone going off at 2am, and the plethora of "mystery" boxes in our trash every week. I was given an ultimatum: stop buying bikes and parts or get out
Unfortunately the only way I've been able to has been to stay off the computer pretty much entirely. The other day my friend told me about this months B.O.T.M. contest and I figured I would throw in one of my "daily driver" barracudas. I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with the brand but if not they had a brief but interesting run in the mid 90's. My first real mtb was a 94 barracuda a2ms that began a passion that has stuck with me my whole life. A few years ago I began hoarding these frames and have like 17 now.
The bike I present is my 96-97ish A2E. It began as a NOS frame I won on ebay. It's range ultimate superlight cromo , and was made post Ross buyout
The build is in a constant state of fluctuation but is essentially as follows:
M950 XTR DERAILLEURS
96 XT shift pods w no ogd (can't remember model)
RACE FACE TURBINE LP CRANKS, RACE FACE TI BB
ACTION TEC TI CASSETTE
M750 XT brakes and levers
Control tech stem and bars
Rock shox sid team
Pulstar hubs/sun cr18 (both blue ano)
SDG s7000 saddle
I apologize for the poor quality of pics, they were taken with my phone. I know that, the fact that its bordering on the later end of retro, and the fact it isn't a know brand sort of stacks the odds against me but in the end i just thought it would be cool to see a barracuda in botm, and even if I come in dead last I still have something that I'm proud of that's a blast to ride
