Skynet
Senior Retro Guru
Trying to decide if I'm building my Manitou DH how to do it. Can either do it my way so silver, red and black to match the EFC's and decals. Or I can do a version of Jurgen Beneke's Manitou DH he used at the 1994 Mammoth Kamikaze which is a bit of a mishmash of colours and unknown parts, also seemed to change from race to race.
Not found much info or photos of his Kamukaze bike but there's the easy ones to find/recognise:
Brakes: Magura HS22 Racelines
Rear Mech: XTR M900 (I think)
Cranks: Blue AC
Seat Binder: 3DV Ringle
Pedals: M737's
Shifter(s): Gripshift SRT500
Rear tyre: Velociraptor (I can read!)
Here are the only info and pics I can find (there's also a vid but can't see any details)
http://www.wtb.com/blogs/wtb/8730201-th ... h-mountain
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PE15E_p8WFs/U ... beneke.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2GL6YubAU1M/U ... beneke.jpg
Things I've no idea about:
Handlebars: Thought they'd be Answer Alumilite's but the '95 catalog only shows them in silver (and not seen any coloured ones), these are blue risers. Never looked at risers back then so no idea.
Saddle: Don't recognise the shape. Some sort of Vetta?
Seatpost: Thought it would be a Ringle but lettering's in the wrong place for a start.
Stem: Could be anything but does it look right for an Answer A-tac?
Front Tyre: Ritchey WCS?
Not found much info or photos of his Kamukaze bike but there's the easy ones to find/recognise:
Brakes: Magura HS22 Racelines
Rear Mech: XTR M900 (I think)
Cranks: Blue AC
Seat Binder: 3DV Ringle
Pedals: M737's
Shifter(s): Gripshift SRT500
Rear tyre: Velociraptor (I can read!)
Here are the only info and pics I can find (there's also a vid but can't see any details)
http://www.wtb.com/blogs/wtb/8730201-th ... h-mountain
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PE15E_p8WFs/U ... beneke.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2GL6YubAU1M/U ... beneke.jpg
Things I've no idea about:
Handlebars: Thought they'd be Answer Alumilite's but the '95 catalog only shows them in silver (and not seen any coloured ones), these are blue risers. Never looked at risers back then so no idea.
Saddle: Don't recognise the shape. Some sort of Vetta?
Seatpost: Thought it would be a Ringle but lettering's in the wrong place for a start.
Stem: Could be anything but does it look right for an Answer A-tac?
Front Tyre: Ritchey WCS?