MOUNTIAN CYCLE '97 MOUNTAIN CYCLE SAN ANDREAS - (Can you say Tazmon Killer?) This has an aluminum monocoque chasis with a seat post/saddle tower and a cantilevered aluminum rear swingarm. The swingarm has a high pivot point leaving the crank and chain line un-fettered by chainstays. The main chassis and swingarm are made from formed aluminum sheets TIG welded together with machined drop-outs and pivot points. The aluminum seat tower has 4 postion bolting to the frame, with a machined collar at the top and bottle cage bolts at the rear. The frame has 4 1/2" of rear travel using a Fox Vanilla coil-over/hydraulic shock. It uses a 73mm wide B/B shell, a 1 1/8" headset, a 31.6mm seatpost and a 1 3/8' diameter clamp-on front derailleur. The San Andreas come in 1 frame size with a 28" stand over height, seatpost adjustments allow almost anyone to fit the frame. The standard finish is Brushed Aluminum Silver, but the frame also comes in Blue, Black, Red, White, Yellow or High Polished Silver. $ 1599.99 '97 MOUNTAIN CYCLE SAN ANDREAS DHS - This is the SA above with a slightly different though functionally the same seat tower. The rear shock is the Risse Terminator allowing the swingarm 6" of rear travel. The frame has the stand over height and avialable in the same colors. $2199.99 '97 MOUNTAIN CYCLE MOHO - The MOHO has monocoque at the front half of the front triangle with oversized 6061-T6 aluminum tubing joining the "Box" front to the seat tube. The chain and wishbone seat stays are made of square aluminum tubing. The sloping top tube and rising box design make a single frame size that has a 26" stand over height relying on seat post adjustment to fit all riders. The MOHO suspension ready has a 71 1/2 degree head tube angle, and can be ordered with no cable hanger for V-brake use. It uses a 73mm wide B/B shell, a 1 1/8" headset, a 31.6mm seatpost and a 1 3/8' diameter clamp-on front derailleur. The frame comes in Polished Aluminum Silver, or painted in Blue, Red, Black, White or Yellow. '97 MOUNTAIN CYCLE MOHO CXS - The CXS is a variation of the MOHO with the rear tri-angle made into a swingarm by adding a pivot at the B/B shell and separating the seat stays from the seat tube. A CNC machined rocker arm is bolted to a fitting on the seat tube. Using a Fox coil-over shock the CXS has 3" of rear travel. The other aspects of the frame are the same as the MOHO including Polished and Paint finishes. $1599.99 '97 MOUNTAIN CYCLE MOHO ROAD - Another variation of the CXS is the 700c wheel Road version. This has the headtube welded into the monocoque front end at a steeper 73 degree angle, shortening the wheelbase from 42" down to 40". It is intended to use caliper brakes. The Polished and Paint finishes are available. $ 1199.99 '97 MOUNTAIN CYCLE MOHO TRI - This is a 650c wheel diameter version of the MOHO Road. All other aspects of the frame including Polished and Paint finsh are the same as the MOHO Road model above. $ 1199.99 MOOTS MOOTS TITANIUM RWB - The Rigid WishBone uses a traditional diamond with a monostay/wishbone seat stay design.. The frame is made of Ti 3Al/2.5V tubing. The suspension ready frame has external cable routing, double bottle braze-ons and machined from Ti6Al/4V Breezer style vertical drop-outs. The frame comes with a Black machined aluminum collar, uses a 1 1/8" diameter headset, 68mm wide B/B shell and a 27.2mm seatpost. The frame has a Satin finish and comes in 8 sizes, 12.5" - 14.5" - 16.5" - 17.5" - 18.5" - 19.5" - 20.5" - 22" $1599.99 MOOTS YBB TITANIUM REAR SUSPENSION - The Why Be Beat? is the lightest full suspension frame made with an average weight of just 4 pounds. The frame uses a monostay/wishbone design that has a steel spring shock housed in the Titanium slider sleeve of the monstay above the wishbone. The chainstays are welded to the B/B shell and don't pivot with the design allowing 1 1/8' springy rear travel. The frame comes with a Black machined aluminum collar, uses a 1 1/8" diameter headset, 68mm wide B/B shell and a 27.2mm seatpost.The Titanium frame has a Satin finish and is made in 7 sizes, 14.5" - 16.5" - 17.5" - 18.5" - 19.5" - 20.5" - 22" $ 1799.99 MRAZEK STEELMAN STEELMAN "ST"- SINGLE TRACK MTB - The ST is front suspension ready Cro-moly, hardtail frame. It is made of Dedaccai 18MCDV6 tubing and has ovalized single bend chain stays with plenty of mud clearance and less flex under heavy pedal loads. It uses a 1 1/8" headset, a 1 1/8" clamp top pull front derailleur. It is made in four sizes - 14Ó (26.7" Stand Over Height) - 16" (28.1" SOH) - 18" (29.7" (SOH) - 20" (31.4" SOH) The frames are generally electrostatic powder coat painted in Black, White, Orange, Yellow, Lime Green Cobalt Blue, Sky Blue, misty Purple, Candy Apple Red, or Raspberry. Additionally, wet Imron paint can be used for a an added $80 $1149.99 STEELMAN "CC" - CYCLO CROSS - This is also made of Dedaccai 18MCDV6 Cro-moly steel tubing and the sucessor to the Steelman Psycho-Cross. It comes with a straight blade uni-crown Steelman fork. The frame has an average weight of 4.2 pounds and comes in 6 sizes 45cm (74.6 SOH) - 48cm (76.4 (SOH) - 51cm (79.5 SOH) - 53cm (81.5 SOH) - 55cm 83 SOH) - 57cm (85 SOH). The Cyclo uses a 1 1/8" clamp on front derailleur with a choice of top or bottom pull routing, has 130mm rear axle spacing, and comes in the same paint choices as the ST frame. $ 1538.99 STEELMAN "SR" - STAGE RACE - The SR is Road version of the Brent Steelman frame art. Made of the same Italian tubing, they come with a Steelman front fork. The SR is made in 15 sizes, 45cm (72.3 SOH) - 47cm (73.4 SOH) - 49cm (75 SOH) - 51cm (76.9) - 52cm (78 SOH) - 53cm (78.8 SOH) - 54cm (79.8 SOH) - 55cm (80.6 SOH) - 56cm (81.6 SOH) - 57cm (82.4 SOH) - 58cm (83.4 SOH) - 59cm (84.3 SOH) - 60cm (85.1 SOH) - 61cm (86 SOH) - 63cm (88 SOH). There is a choice of braze-on or clamp type front derailleur and paint choices are the same as the ST model. Internal brake cable routing is available for an added $50 $1248.99 SYCIP A couple of cousins who are frame builders live not too far from here. They are Jay and Jeremy Sycip. They have growing reputation in the Bay Area and make Road MTB and Tandem frames. They haven't established a group of specific models but choose to make each frame to order allowing the frames to be rider specific. Each frame is made using the best choice of steel tubes for the specific frame needed. The frame tubes can be fillet brazed or TIG welded to order. Jay and Jeremy haven't completely established relationships with stores to represent them but we want people to know about them. Again, except for a "prodcution" MTB frame they keep in stock, each frame is designed and custom made to order. Here are typical charges for frame types. The "Production" Off-Road Frame is TIG welded with an externally butted seat tube. MAde in 5 sizes, 13.5" - 15" - 16.5" - 18" - 19.5" measured center to center is $694.99 A Custom Off-Road frame that is TIG welded is $894.99 ....Fillet brazed it's $1094.99 A Custom Off-Road Tandem that is TIG welded is $1399.99 ....Fillet brazed it's $1799.99 A Custom Road made for Track, Touring, Tri-athlon, Cyclo-cross, use designed and sized with fork that is TIG welded is $894.99....Fillet brazed it's $1094.99 A Custom Road tandem that is TIG welded is $1399.99....Fillet brazed it's $1799.99 TURNER TURNER BURNER DH - The DH (called the AfterBurner) is made with oversized 1.75" diameter straight gauge aluminum tubing in Southern California. The head and have large gusset platesmaking the front end rigid and secondary lower gussets that tie the head and down tube together even further. The fully active full suspension rear end had 5 1/4" of travel using a remote reservoir Fox coil over shock with adjustable spring pre-load and compression/rebound damping. The frame has a short top tube and long wheel base. Available in ball burnished Silver or painted Black, Red or Yellow, these are made in 4 sizes, Small (29.8" SOH) - Medium (31" SOH) - Large (32" SOH) - X-lrg ( 33" SOH) $1749.99 TURNER BURNER XC - Made of custom drawn Alcoa 6013 aluminum tubing, this Cross Country frame is strengthened with gussets at the head tube and down tube. The swingarm pivot/BB shell links are CNC machined for strength. The rear cable hanger is removable for V-brake use or hydraulic lines. The fully active rear end has 2 3/4" of travel from a Fox Alps5R air shock that has adjustable rebound damping. Available in ball burnished Silver or painted Black, Red or Yellow, the frame is made in 6 sizes, 14" (27.8" Stand Over Height) - 15.5" ( 28.8" SOH) - 17" (29.5" SOH) - 18" (30.5" SOH) - 19.5" (31.4" SOH) - 21" (32.5" SOH) - $1739.99 TURNER BURNER XCE - This is the XC frame with the Fox Vanilla R shock which has a longer travel. The Vanilla R is a coil-over design with adjustable spring pre-load and rebound damping. It has 3.6" of travel which pushes the upper rocker up a little farther. This adds 1/2 to the stand over height of each size frame. All other aspects of this frame are the same as the XC including sizes and colors.$ 1739.99 VENTANA VENTANA MARBLE PEAK FS - The Marble Peak is Cross-Country full suspension frame TIG welded of precisely ovalized 6061-T6 aluminum tubing. The down tube is vertically ovalized and gussetted at the head tube making a broad, rigid point of contact. The hard anodized aluminum swingarm, which has ovalized stays, pivots on a rocker arm fastened at the seat tube which compresses the shock mounted to the bottom of the top tube. The Fox Vanilla-R with adjustable rebound is used to allow 3.5" of rear travel. The MArble Peak has 71/72 degree head/seat tube angle and has stay wide enough for 2.5" tires. The frame is made is in 5 sizes, 14" (28.1" Stand Over Height) - 16" (29" SOH) - 18" (30.4" SOH) - 20" (31.7" SOH) - 22" (33.2" SOH) Colors available for the front tri-angle are Ice Blue, Black, White or Judy Yellow. The swingarm is high polished Silver. There is a long travel up-grade (using a set of different rocker arms) to 4.5" rear travel for $115 and there is also an option to up-grade the shock to a Fox Alps 5R for an $50...........$1699.99 VENTANA EL HABANERO FS - This has the same front tri-angle as the Marble Peak. The swingarm uses square aluminum tubing for the seat stays and round tubing for the chainstays. The Habanero also has a 3.5" rear travel but comes with the less expensive Fox Vanilla Coil/Over shock. The frame come in the same sizes with the same stand over heights. The front tri-angle comes painted a Dark Royal Blue, the swingarm is Ball Burnished Silver. $1349.99 '97 VENTANA EL MATADOR DOWNHILL - This is a downhill specific frame set that can be ordered with 5" or 5.8" or 6.7" of travel through the use of optional rocker arm/swing arm sets. A 4 position seat tower adjusts the seat angle (from 68 to 73 degrees) and shifting the riders weight fore and aft. The stock comes with a Alps 5R Rebound adjustable shock (and pump) delivering 5" of rear travel. The 5.8" travel up-grade comes with the Fox Vanilla Rx PGBK which is a coil/over shock and adjustable rebound for $115. The 6.7" travel up-grade comes with the same Fox shock and sells $230 The Matador uses Titanium pivots and comes 3 sizes Small (22.6" Effective Top Tube Length) - Medium (23.35" ETTL) - Large (24.25" ETTL) The frame comes generally in a powder coated White with Red decals. Other standard Ventana colors listed for the Martillo are available for an added $230 $2399.99 VENTANA EL CHIQUILLO HT - This is a hardtail frame that uses the Marble Peak front tri-angle with the rear tri-angle made of square aluminum tubing. It uses a 1/8" headset and top pull cable routing. It is made in the same 5 sizes as the Marble Peak but the standover heights are shorter because there is no pre-loaded shock pushing against the rear wheel. Sizes are 14" (26.8" SOH) - 16" (27.75" SOH) - 18" (29.1" SOH) - 20" (30.42" SOH) - 22" (31.92 SOH). The frame comes in Ball Burnished Silver only. $749.99 VENTANA EL MARTILLO ROAD - The Martillo is TIG welded of 6061-T6 aluminum tubes in the traditional diamond design with a 72/73 degree head/seat tube angle. It uses an oversized seat tube for a 1 1/4" clamp front derailleur and external cable routing. It has vertical drop-outs to keep the wheel base short and monostay seat stays on the rear tri-angle to increase frame rigidity. It uses a 1" headset, has 130mm axle spacing and is imtemded for caliper brake use. Made in 6 sizes, 48cm (73.41cm Stand Over Height) - 50cm (74.93cm SOH) - 53cm (76.53cm SOH) - 56cm (78.64cm SOH) - 58cm (80.75cm SOH) - 61cm (82.88cm SOH) Colors available are Orange, Lime Green, Metallic Green, Judy Yellos, Ice Blue, Dark Blue, Ball Burnished Silver, Candy Red or White. A custom geometry version of this frame can be made for an added $250.........$1149.99 VENTANA CONQUISTADOR De MONTANAS - Tandem Full Suspension Moutain Frame - Ventana is on of the few that makes a Full Suspenion, 26" wheel Mountain Tandem. There are many possibilities in the swingarm travel, shock used, frame size for the captain and stoker and colors. If this is of is of interest to you we will will work through the custom order. These are made of Oversized Aluminum tubing based roughly on the Marble Peak. Prices range from $2300 up to about $4000 for a 5" Long Travel model. YETI YETI For Racing Only ALLOY - The FRO Alloy is TIG welded of butted 7005 aluminum alloy tubing. It has a 71/73 degree head/seat tube angle. Oversized tubing is used for the 3 main tubes with a tapered wall one-piece looped seat/chainstay that has a 3/8" thick plate rear dropout. Yeti has wisely change to a 1 1/8" stem/headset diameter this year. The FRO has a 73mm wide B/B shell and uses a 1 1/4 clamp top pull front derailleur. It comes with a machined alloy seat post clamp to hold the 27.2mm diameter post. The FRO Alloy has twin bottle braze-ons withall cables extenally routed. The frame is made in 5 sizes, 14" (27.75" Stand Over Height) - 16" (29.25" SOH) - 17.5" (29.75" SOH) - 19" (30.5" SOH) - 20" (31.75" SOH). Colors are Anthracite Grey with Yellow, Black or White darts or Red with Silver, Black, or White darts. $ 799.99 YETI For Racing Only CHROMO - Yeti has a Tange Butted Cro-moly steel version of the FRO. It's made with the geometry and single tube stays, but uses a 1 1/8" clamp front derailleur. Again it has twin bottle braze-ons and uses a 27.2mm seat post. Made in the same sizes it comes painted in the same colors. $799.99 YETI Alloy Racing Composites/ARC - Considered to be the single frame responsible for the most wins on the pro circuit, this is made of custom drawn and tapered Easton 7005 alumium tubing. It has an ovalized downtube making a broader contact point at the headtube. The ARC has same 71/73 degree geometry of the FRO and uses a single loop tapered wall alloy tube to make each seat/chainstay with the same 3/8" plate dropout. It has external cable routing with twin bottle braze-ons. It comes in the same sizes and each size has exactly the same dimensions and stand over height. The differences between the frames a the ovalized downtube and the Eastom Pro-Gram tubing. The ARC comes in the Yeti Team Turquoise with Yellow, Black or White darts/graphics or Purple with Silver, Black or White dart/graphics. $1279.99 YETI Alloy Racing Composites ARC / AS - 3 FULL SUSPENSION - The 3 is a TIG weld aluminum that has active full suspension. Its made of 6061-T6 custom butted aluminum tubes. It uses a Rock Shox Coupe Deluxe coil-Over Shock that has adjustable damping to delevop 3" (75mm) of rear travel. The frame uses 71/73 degree head/seat tube geometry. It uses a 1/18" diameter headset & stem, has a 73mm wide B/B sheel and needs a 1 1/8" clamp bottom pull front derailleur. It's made in 4 sizes, 16" (28.5" Stand Over Height) - 17.5" (29" SOH) - 19" (29.75" SOH) - 20" (31" SOH). The ARC/AS-3 comes in the Yeti factory Yellow with the dart & graphics in Turquoise, Silver or Black. $ 1279.99 YETI LAWWILL - 4 DOWN HILL FULL SUSPENSION - The Lawwill 4 has a 69/73 geometry and is TIG welded of Easton 7005 ProGram tubing with tapered walls for the front triangle. The Lawwill designed rear end is made of 6061-T6 aluminum with CNC machined rocker arms, dropouts and linkages. The seat stays are formed from plate with TIG welded seams and the chains stays are made from aluminum tubing. The Lawwill link pivots at the B/B and the dropout so the axle travels straight upward. The shock was developed with Rock Shox, it allows 4" (101mm) of travel from a coil-over PULL (instead of pushing to compress the cylinder) design that has adjustable damping. The frame comes with a Hope disk brake and a Ringle SuperDuperEight hub. The frame uses a 1 1/8" headset/stem, has a 73mm wide B/B shell and uses a 1 1/4" clamp-on front derailleur. It is made in 3 sizes - 14" (29" Stand Over Height) - 16" (30" SOH) - 18.5" (31.25" SOH). The frame comes painted with the front triangle and chainstays painted in the Turquiose (sometimes called Mint) color. The seat stays are painted Yellow. The darts (arrows near head tube) can be Yellow, Black or White. $ 2589.99 YETI LAWWILL - 6 DOWN HILL FULL SUSPENSION - This is a variation of the Lawwill 4 and use the same front triangle. The rear swingarm is largely the same with a longer axle pivot link and modified rocker lonk arms. It uses the same style of Rock Shox rear shock but allows a longer travel. The combined changes allow 6" (153mm) of rear travel on the swingarm. The Lawwill 6 also come with the disk brake and hub. The frame has 69/73 geometry, uses a 1 1/8" headset/stem, has a 73mm wide B/B shell and uses a 1 1/4" clamp-on front derailleur. It is made in the 2 Larger sizes - 16" (30.5" SOH) - 18.5" (31.75" SOH). It comes painted the same as the Lawwill-4 $ 2639.99 YETI ROAD ULTIMATE PROJECT FRAME - Yeti makes a TIG welded road frame from Easton 7005 ProGram tubing. The 700c wheel dimeter frame has 73/74 degree geometry which holds with slight variance through the run of frame sizes. It has external cable routing and twin bottle braze-ons. The seat pillar bolt is built into the seat tube top. Built for caliper brakes, the rear drop outs are spaced at 130mm, uses a 1" headset/stem, 1 1/4" clamp-on front derailleur, a 27.2mm seatpost, and uses a 68mm wide B/B shell with English threads. The frame weighs under 2 1/2 pounds and is made in 7 sizes, 49cm (74cm Stand Over Height) - 52cm (76cm SOH) - 53cm (78cm SOH) - 55cm (80cm SOH) - 57cm (81.5cm SOH) - 59cm (83.5cm SOH) - 61cm (85.5cm SOH). Itcomes with a carbon fiber fork and is painted White with Turquoise darts and Black graphics. $1189.99 WTB PHOENIX & PHOENIX SE - The Phoenix is Is A TIG welded frame made of thin walled over-sized Cro-moly tubing. It is hand crafted by Steve Potts one of the originators of Mountain Bikes and part of team responsible for many of the early Specialized designs. The suspension ready hardtail frame has an option for the rear brake studs, they can be for standard cantilever brakes (Phoenix) or can be U-Brake style studs (Phoenix SE) to accomodate using the WTB Roller Cam brake. The Rear drop-outs spacing is 140mm allowing easy migration to 9/10 speed in the future or permit reduced wheel dish adding to wheel strength in the present. It has external cable routing, uses a 31.8mm seatpost, a 1 1/8" headset/stem, uses a 1 1/8" bottom pull clamp-on front derailleur and has a 68mm wide B/B shell. They are made in 3 sizes - 12" (27.5" Stand Over Height) - 15" (29.5" SOH) or 18" (32" SOH) in two colors Forest Green or Real Red with an average wieght of 4.4 pounds. $ 999.99