Elevated chainstay - Any ideas?

[Konarat]

Hi all,

Picked up this frame today and gave it a little tidy up. It's a carrera but has either lost or not got any obvious other decals... looks like a carrera quattro from a bit of research but someone on here might be able to weigh in a bit more on that...

Would love to know what model/year it is.

Cheers,
Rat

 

[Markybeau]

Carrera Quattro Comp. 92 (ish). Some really rate the frame. That looks to be in great nick.

 

[Siish]

2nd what @Markybeau says, I have the exact same frame, originally would of come with loads of xt and flexitime (nooooo it's flexistem) stupid predictive text

 

[Siish]

Carrera quattro professional

I know this is not going to get retro bike of the year but ive been lucky or unlucky enough to acquire a carrera quattro professional that to my untrained eye seems to be 90-95% original, the xt crankset has been repmaced with a rx100 one and its now sporting trek grips, but shifters derailleurs...

www.retrobike.co.uk

 

[Konarat]

Wicked stuff. Cheers guys.

@Siish how does it ride? Looks like a good bit of fun built up.

 

[Siish]

It rides OK, nice and rigid, definitely needs a working flexistem though to take some of the vibration out of the bars, I believe they are rebadged saracen frames but don't quote me on that

 

[Markybeau]

I've read the dropouts are stamped Saracen. I don't know if that is true.

 

[Konarat]

It rides OK, nice and rigid, definitely needs a working flexistem though to take some of the vibration out of the bars, I believe they are rebadged saracen frames but don't quote me on that

Haven't tried the stem yet but any signs it's not working/no good other than the obvious

 

[mk one]

Another stripped of its parts.

 

[Konarat]

Another stripped of its parts.

Yeah, guy I bought it off said he bought it as it is but its been sat in his attic for 20 or so years. Sad its not got the parts!

He was intending to build it up sometime but never got round to it