Santercruz
Retro Guru
Well I've decided to regrettably sell the bike I spent bloody years trying to find..
Why.. Well call me weird but I can't bring myself to ride it, I'd be gutted if the frame got scratched!! and I feel it should be out there being seen and rode at some of the meets that go on...
It's a Muddy Fox Interactive... These were big big news back in the day and were splashed over about every mag that covered any type of bike.
Initially just a concept bike no one thought would make it to the bike stores it did eventually go into limited production, and cost megabucks!! It was the bike of my dreams back then, but unfortunately I was WAY out of my reach.
The frame is stunning.. it was given to a Muddy Fox worker (back when they made bikes that kicked ass) as part of a retirement gift, he then had it on the wall in his front room for a long time, then decided to sell..
A collector in London bought it, then sold it to me when he was down scaling his collection, He bolted some missfit bits to it to sell it as a 'working bike'.. I then went about replacing all the standard bolts with titanium ones as they were tarnished, then generally adding some top kit to it, like:
SRAM X.0 rear mech (Nearly New) on new P991 cassette and new hollowpin chain
XT front mech, (New)
Sram X.9 shifters with (Front used rear new) new Cables
Raceface Turbine Cranks (Not new but as new!!)
USE Alien seatpost, (New)
Specialised saddle (Used)
XTR wheels with Ti carrier and spindle on rear, (Used)
XTR front brake (New)
Avid Ti Rear brake (New)
Avid SL (Ti hardwear) levers (New)
Thompson Elite stem (New)
Raceface bars (New)
Cannondale grips (New)
etc, some modern some retro, but all 1st class stuff.. all in all I think it all gels quite well.
Replaced 80% of steel bolts for race spec Titanium jobbies...
The frame is one size fits all, you can adjust the reach from saddle to bars by adjusting the angle of the seat post. The front suspension is linked to the rear suspension. This basically means the bike will always stay level, on hard braking the whole bike lowers rather that the nose dipping and arse in the air.. very stable.
I'm not going to list all the kit as it's shown in the pictures and you all know your stuff..
Some parts acquired through some of the Retrobike family.. may new from various shops.
These don't come up for sale very often at all let alone in this primo condition.. this bike is a real head turner and topic of conversation.. A real piece of mountain bike history!
I've had a lot of interest in the bike and some offers already but I thought I'd list it here for £1000 which seems to be the ballpark figure given the spec etc
(NOW REDUCED TO £850 WITHOUT REAR MECH AND SHIFTERS!!)
SEE DETAILS FURTHER ON!!
Will consider posting at extra cost, but wouldn't like to risk the frame getting damaged in the post so collection would be preferable!!
Collection from Birmingham, Cannock, Tewkesbury, Tamworth can be arranged.
Paypal ok, would rather cash on collection though..
Grab yourself something a bit special!!
Take it easy guys!
Why.. Well call me weird but I can't bring myself to ride it, I'd be gutted if the frame got scratched!! and I feel it should be out there being seen and rode at some of the meets that go on...
It's a Muddy Fox Interactive... These were big big news back in the day and were splashed over about every mag that covered any type of bike.
Initially just a concept bike no one thought would make it to the bike stores it did eventually go into limited production, and cost megabucks!! It was the bike of my dreams back then, but unfortunately I was WAY out of my reach.
The frame is stunning.. it was given to a Muddy Fox worker (back when they made bikes that kicked ass) as part of a retirement gift, he then had it on the wall in his front room for a long time, then decided to sell..
A collector in London bought it, then sold it to me when he was down scaling his collection, He bolted some missfit bits to it to sell it as a 'working bike'.. I then went about replacing all the standard bolts with titanium ones as they were tarnished, then generally adding some top kit to it, like:
SRAM X.0 rear mech (Nearly New) on new P991 cassette and new hollowpin chain
XT front mech, (New)
Sram X.9 shifters with (Front used rear new) new Cables
Raceface Turbine Cranks (Not new but as new!!)
USE Alien seatpost, (New)
Specialised saddle (Used)
XTR wheels with Ti carrier and spindle on rear, (Used)
XTR front brake (New)
Avid Ti Rear brake (New)
Avid SL (Ti hardwear) levers (New)
Thompson Elite stem (New)
Raceface bars (New)
Cannondale grips (New)
etc, some modern some retro, but all 1st class stuff.. all in all I think it all gels quite well.
Replaced 80% of steel bolts for race spec Titanium jobbies...
The frame is one size fits all, you can adjust the reach from saddle to bars by adjusting the angle of the seat post. The front suspension is linked to the rear suspension. This basically means the bike will always stay level, on hard braking the whole bike lowers rather that the nose dipping and arse in the air.. very stable.
I'm not going to list all the kit as it's shown in the pictures and you all know your stuff..
Some parts acquired through some of the Retrobike family.. may new from various shops.
These don't come up for sale very often at all let alone in this primo condition.. this bike is a real head turner and topic of conversation.. A real piece of mountain bike history!
I've had a lot of interest in the bike and some offers already but I thought I'd list it here for £1000 which seems to be the ballpark figure given the spec etc
(NOW REDUCED TO £850 WITHOUT REAR MECH AND SHIFTERS!!)
SEE DETAILS FURTHER ON!!
Will consider posting at extra cost, but wouldn't like to risk the frame getting damaged in the post so collection would be preferable!!
Collection from Birmingham, Cannock, Tewkesbury, Tamworth can be arranged.
Paypal ok, would rather cash on collection though..
Grab yourself something a bit special!!
Take it easy guys!
