1993 Barracuda A2X

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    • September 10, 2010 at 1:16 pm
    ctk
    Member
    This NOS Barracuda frame was flagged up on Retrobike.co.uk’s Auction Watch page.
    I swooped in and within 2 weeks it was over here in the UK.

    Its a 16″ and the frame number is B1389.

    I plan to build it up period correct ish… M900 Judys and any other nice bits I can find cheap!

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    • September 10, 2010 at 1:28 pm
    ctk
    Member
    I got in touch with Chris Herting to see if it was one of the frames he made for Barracuda. How cool would it be to have a Chris Herting built frame?!

    Sadly he thought probably didn’t build it as he only built prototypes and team frames and didn’t remember the frames being green and white only gold and white.

    Also all the team frames he built had the riders name or nickname stamped on the BB.

    Now I’m sure its a US built frame but who built it?

    The Craigslist ad said Yeti Built & the seller picked up 2 frames from the infamous Barracuda sell off. He was pointed in the direction of the sale by a Yeti employee (a friends dad) who said it was a chance to pick up a Yeti built frame cheap…

    • September 10, 2010 at 4:44 pm
    Mark
    Keymaster
    CA
    Could be Yeti or Control Tech, if Chris said it wasn’t one of his..

    It’s definitely a 93 A2X tho.

    • September 10, 2010 at 5:53 pm
    Mark
    Keymaster
    CA
    By the way, for what it’s worth, your seller was the same as mine, when I picked up my own 93 A2X. ;)
    • September 10, 2010 at 10:50 pm
    sithlord3
    Member
    Very cool….be sure to ride that thing….dont see many ’93 Cudas around…..
    • September 12, 2010 at 8:55 am
    ctk
    Member
    @Mark wrote:

    By the way, for what it’s worth, your seller was the same as mine, when I picked up my own 93 A2X. ;)

    What a coincidence- he did say he bought 2 from the closeout sale. A really good guy.

    On Bikepedia it lists this frame (& nearly every other 93 bike) as being made of Aerolite Cromo. Anyone know anything about Aerolite? Or where Bikepedia are getting their info from??

    • September 12, 2010 at 11:34 pm
    Mark
    Keymaster
    CA
    @ctk wrote:

    @Mark wrote:

    By the way, for what it’s worth, your seller was the same as mine, when I picked up my own 93 A2X. ;)

    What a coincidence- he did say he bought 2 from the closeout sale. A really good guy.

    On Bikepedia it lists this frame (& nearly every other 93 bike) as being made of Aerolite Cromo. Anyone know anything about Aerolite? Or where Bikepedia are getting their info from??

    Bikepedia is bullshit. Don’t trust that. These bikes were Tange Prestige Ultimate, as says Yeti and 3D Racing. Take that to the bank. Now, it’s not the superlight, that the 94 frames were, those were a bit too light, and they scaled back after the racers started breaking them.

    • September 13, 2010 at 4:53 am
    neo_pop_71
    Member
    I’m curious, can anyone clear this up for me…

    Back on 9/10/10, ctk wrote, “I got in touch with Chris Herting to see if it was one of the frames he made for Barracuda. How cool would it be to have a Chris Herting built frame?!

    Sadly he thought probably didn’t build it as he only built prototypes and team frames and didn’t remember the frames being green and white only gold and white.”

    Does that mean that my 1993 A2L (Limited) was made by Chris Herting? It’s white and gold, no other year was the A2L made and only in that color scheme. I would love to know, anyone have any answers?

    Thanks for your time!

    -DON-

    Here is a link to Velospace, the first image is how it looked on Craigslist the mornig I picked it up (I know, nice mismatched crank), the other picture is stripped down with a SPIN wheel but not cleaned or polished yet. I’m rebuilding it right now, pics to follow.

    http://velospace.org/node/23075

    • September 13, 2010 at 12:43 pm
    Mark
    Keymaster
    CA
    It wouldn’t be a Herting frame, 3D didn’t fabricate anything except for some prototypes and race frames, so rule them out.

    Yeti was crafting early frames, but I’m told that there could have been a contract with a company called Framesmith for a limited time. I’ll keep digging.

    • September 13, 2010 at 12:46 pm
    Mark
    Keymaster
    CA
    @neo_pop_71 wrote:

    I’m curious, can anyone clear this up for me…

    Back on 9/10/10, ctk wrote, “I got in touch with Chris Herting to see if it was one of the frames he made for Barracuda. How cool would it be to have a Chris Herting built frame?!

    Sadly he thought probably didn’t build it as he only built prototypes and team frames and didn’t remember the frames being green and white only gold and white.”

    Does that mean that my 1993 A2L (Limited) was made by Chris Herting? It’s white and gold, no other year was the A2L made and only in that color scheme. I would love to know, anyone have any answers?

    Thanks for your time!

    -DON-

    Here is a link to Velospace, the first image is how it looked on Craigslist the mornig I picked it up (I know, nice mismatched crank), the other picture is stripped down with a SPIN wheel but not cleaned or polished yet. I’m rebuilding it right now, pics to follow.

    http://velospace.org/node/23075

    What’s the serial number on that A2L?

    • October 1, 2010 at 3:08 pm
    ctk
    Member
    Small update- I’ve got these Scott Unishock forks to go on it.

    I have a stash of other bits but need to do some more hunting & I’m on a tight budget at the moment…
    I’m going to try and ‘customise’ the decals to match the frame and then get them printed off. I need to find a decent Tree Amigo image and one of the A2X logo too.

    • October 3, 2010 at 9:41 pm
    Mark
    Keymaster
    CA
    You know, I’ve always considered the Scott Unishock one of the first cool suspension forks. So few parts, such a simple design. I’m jealous you have one in original packaging!
    • October 5, 2010 at 3:21 pm
    ctk
    Member
    @Mark wrote:

    You know, I’ve always considered the Scott Unishock one of the first cool suspension forks. So few parts, such a simple design. I’m jealous you have one in original packaging!

    I think they are cool too, got them from ebay in Poland!

    Didn’t get rave reviews back in the day but they’ve won a World Championship, they are superlight and I reckon they’ll be great for this build- here’s a mock up pic… They match the paint too ;)

    • October 5, 2010 at 7:19 pm
    Mark
    Keymaster
    CA
    Yeah, that’s SICK!
    • November 15, 2010 at 4:02 pm
    ctk
    Member
    I’ve been working on the decals a bit. Photoshop pros please don’t laugh!

    My thinking is get it back to black and white and then add colours. & I’m waiting til I get all components before I decide on the colour. I may still yet stick to the original scans from Todd with the red and yellow logo on the down tube.

    As for freehanding the A2X…

    • November 16, 2010 at 12:20 am
    cudarider1
    Member
    Impressive, can’t wait to see this thing built up.
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