saracen - xray

rigby said on 28 March 2010

Sup, looks like ya bikes taking a slaggin! Well i had one of these about 8yrs ago, n let me tell you, the gears will go in no time! when they do, swap em out for single speed, the forks need to be chucked too, they weigh a tonne! get a cheap set of zocki's or summit on scum bay, they wheels are pretty chocolate too, but ride em till they go, when i finished with mine all that was left from original was the frame, which again was bloody heavy, but for me this bike was a good starting point as it should be to you, you'rs still looks to be pretty stock, which leaves you loads of room for improvements, so just take ya time and fish through the many sites untill ya find some bits you like, another option for the forks is what i did, slap a set of rigid's in there, and speaking of which theres a company called 'winstanleys' and they happen to have some sweet AtomLab forks for a fair price at the mo, so worth having a look. Mine also got sprayed, which breathes a whole new life into, its a chunky frame so be bold stick some bright colours on it. These bikes have some good potential, but as standard they just cant really cut it. So best of luck with it all, and sorry to see ya got a slating on here. 3/10 for a pretty standard bike.

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mtb141 said on 25 February 2010

lol is this a joke

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calumuir13 said on 4 July 2009

solid lookin bike apart from the forks, rate my bike

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NorfolkAndChance said on 25 May 2009

death on a stick

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Flea-Bag said on 25 May 2009

not good, at all,

a santa cruz is a 10,
a giant dh 8

this is nowhere near any of those

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tailwhip said on 25 May 2009

the truth is,

Its an awful and dangerous production bike

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brebaz said on 24 May 2009

not very nice m8 sorry

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G-Man said on 19 May 2009

Hell i can't really slag this off, my first bike was a salvage job from a skip! Just couldnt let it be thrown away! lol do what I did keep an eye open for bargains. Now we've got ebay it's so much easier to, i found a decent frame and some(admitedly ropey) forks for £20 a while back!!

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Woodmeisterfunk said on 18 May 2009

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Not the best bike we've ever seen but still, it can be improved upon. Fair play for actually taking an interest.

mattyzm: You need to shut the fuck up. No-one really cares about your opinion. Not everyone can afford an expensive bike like your Santa Cruz. At least he's made a start.

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munk said on 18 May 2009

In all honesty that's really not such a bad little ride. I'm assuming that you are a beginner to the sport- so props to you for getting in to it!

The most important thing to upgrade will be the front forks, go for some cheapy rockshox or marzocchi's- the frame is pretty much okay until you start getting really serious about it. Personally I'd stick with V-brakes as in all honesty they work as well if not better than cheap disc brakes. It's a cheap bike so ride it into the ground dude!

Anyways- it looks far too clean, get riding man!

Have an 8 out of 10! If you fancy rating mine then please feel free!

Anyways-

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kira said on 17 May 2009

i'd feel safer riding D/H on a unicycle than that............bike? if we can call it that

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emorider17 said on 27 April 2009

soory but got to admit its not a nice ride the forks look shite teh frame [dont get me started] but i ride a saracen raw 2 07 as stock atm

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sk1792 said on 27 April 2009

halfords finest ha ha

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wadoryu said on 27 April 2009

crap crap and more crap

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SwAmP-GaS said on 26 April 2009

i would rater slam my pns in door and sleep with simon cowell than ride that death trap. I feel embarrassed just looking at it. Tell me its a joke!

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oOEZZAOo said on 25 April 2009

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frame looks like a jekyll imo.
cud do with some forks ive got some 120mm bombers for sale if u can outbid £70 :L
new stem wouldnt go a miss too

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king of big air said on 25 April 2009

u did it 2 earpw i do it 2 u.

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dh-master said on 24 April 2009

scrap the bike

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Skintlad said on 24 April 2009

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Needs a lot of work doing to it to make it into a good bike. and I think it would be a waste of money, My advise ride it enjoy it till it breaks and just save all the money that you would spend on parts and put it towards a decent mid range bike. then upgrade from there. sorry but anybody rating this a 10 is stupid and just looking for a return 10.

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Josh1994 said on 23 April 2009

alot could be done.

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konastinky888 said on 23 April 2009

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what are you on earpw? its not worth a 1/10. its not great and the forks dont look brilliant but its probably a solid little frame which can be built upon.

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earpw said on 23 April 2009

Dont like the saddle looks like one you get with springs underneath them. It just doesn't look right.

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rider_rocky_orion said on 23 April 2009

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the forks look shit on that sorri but still ok like

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jzippyshaw said on 23 April 2009

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Like it.its a 9 from me.needs discs though.

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Samcentral said on 22 April 2009

Dont like it at all, i think the other sacacens on this website are better

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Lc24seven said on 22 April 2009

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nice bike i would get some discs and new forks
rate my 24seven

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D3LFY said on 22 April 2009

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take the saracen stickers off for more points:P

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24seven212 said on 21 April 2009

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nice bike m8

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jameshev said on 21 April 2009

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sick ride mate,gets some disc brakes,it'll make it look better.Actually do u wanna buy mine,125 quid??

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tallzie said on 21 April 2009

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gotta be a 10 cos its mine and its a sick ride !! :P

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