mystery steel f+f

[W W Biffta]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Steel-lightweight ... 4cecf709b1

anyone want to guess? he says its steel, but the seat stay/dropout welding looks like the sort of thing you normally see on ti frames. could be worth a gamble

 

[greencat]

Hmm. I don't think I've ever seen a titanium mountain bike frame with mud guard braze-ons the rear dropouts. Has anyone else?

 

[letmetalktomark]

Saracen?

 

[legrandefromage]

Saracen?

A very nice Saracen frame, I think its a protrax or similar:

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... ht=saracen

 

[greencat]

The earlier steel Saracens are lovely frames with nice and tidy welding. Even my Saracen Sahara (pretty much bottom of the range) had great welding.

 

[chrisv40]

Doubt its an early Saracen with a 27.2 seatpost.

 

[letmetalktomark]

My 1997 Kili had a 27.2mm post. I realize that thats not old though.

 

[Anthony]

If that fork with its ahead steerer is the original, then it's likely to be 96 or later. A 27.2 post in a 28.6 seat tube is a sign of a good-quality frame. Most Tange Prestige seat tubes took a 27.2 post - it isn't brand name-specific, it's tubeset-specific.

The picture that thebigfrenchcheese remembered is certainly very similar to this frame.

 

[legrandefromage]

funnily enough, my frame that pretty much matches this was 26.8mm

 

[chrisv40]

Maybe im just thinking of the low end Saracens then, i know the entire 93 range used 26.2 and my mid nineties Terratrax was a 26.4.