Mongoose Teocali Custom

[ollyb83]

Had one of these a few years ago and loved riding it.



Thrashed it round Clumber Park, Sherwood Pines, local bridleways and canal towpaths, even a couple weeks in Scotland.

But after one day at the Nevis Range the bushes in the lower link gave up and it was cheaper to get a new frame as it happened at the beginning of 2 weeks in Scotland.

So built this up in the garden of the cottage i was staying at.



Once i got back from Scotland i sold the mongoose frame.




Recently i was after a frame that was lighter than the Kona Stinky i'd been riding for everything. while scouring the net and a few sites i found another Teocali frame that had recently had new bearings fitted and a Goldtec hanger for a good price, and it was even in the same colour as my old one, so i had to have it.

 

[Wasmachineman NL]

How does Freedrive ride? Seems a bit like a iDrive clone to me

 

[ollyb83]

Its similar to the i-drive, as i have an i-drive 3.0 with this.

riding them back to back they seem similar in the way they work, the difference i notice is theres a slight backwards movement on the freedrive setup.

 

[superstu]

Nearly picked one of these up the other day, look smart but didn't know enough about them or how they rode to take a punt. Yours looks lovely!

 

[longun]

had a teocali and canaan and i loved them, best f/s bikes there is imho. shame the pivots kept creaking on the canaan team or id of kept it

mongoose is owned by gt's parent company and has the same theory behind it but different mechanics. not once did i feel any pedal bob, really want another now...........

 

[ollyb83]

bit of an update for this, got hold of some new bit for her.

Sunline V-one os 745mm wide
Kore flame stem
SDG bel-air rt seat

cost me a brake bleed and £30 for the lot. not too bad considering the bars are immaculate.

 

[ollyb83]

Well its been one bargain after another this last week.

Dropped on a pair of Manitou Travis 150Single forks in decent condition, just need some tlc and a couple bits (axle end bolt, rebound adjust lever).

 

[ollyb83]

been a while and the mongoose has gone through a few more changes, 2x10 xt, magura thor, hope m4 to name a few.

but 2 weeks ago i pulled the bike apart as i dropped on a new frame.



ill start a new build thread for the ibis soon. The mongoose will be rebuilt as a play/hack bike aswell, just need to sort through my spares and see what i have.