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Welcome Dave!
That’s a bummer that your XX frame got some stress cracks… that said, I think it’s really cool you had enough love for your ‘Cuda to get the repairs taken care of and it’s still hitting the trails! You have to check out Mixalive’s repair on his XX Team bike… it’s nothing short of amazing!!! Top notch effort by Mix. I’m almost looking forward to riding my A2L hard enough that it too develops a stress crack, just so I can send it to Mix for a repair job!
Anyway, welcome to the site… we all have Mark, the site builder and chief historian, to thank for all this goodness! Three cheers for The Grand Poobah!!!
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Hey Micah,Just to be sure, since you’re talking about a 19″ frame vs. a 16″ frame, are you around 6′ tall with a 32″+ inseam? That’s about the minimum you’d need to be on that 19″ bike, that was the largest frame Barracuda made in 1994.
Oh yeah, one other thing… these bikes are addictive! You’re going to find Cudas popping up for $80.00… maybe $125.00 and you’ll feel compelled to “save” the poor thing! Take my good brother Mixalive, he came to this site with one Barracuda to his name… now, look at this postings and you’ll see he is up to 4 in the stable. All added to the collection in about a year (and a damn fine collection it is too
). I had 3 but I’m down to 1 presently and I truly regret selling off my other 2, however, I was up to 32 bikes when gave up my workshop (aka “The Shed”) in an industrial complex. There was no way in hell my sweet wife was going to stand for all those bikes at the house! Now, I have 10 and she (I mean we 🙄 ) have an understanding “old” bike out before a “new” bikes comes in. Gotta keep a happy home!!!Good luck whichever one you score but don’t say you weren’t warned about the desire to own more and more!
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@vpc66 wrote:……………Hummmm….No thank you. And even if it was a real Cuda…I do not find it good looking at all
😯 When I first saw the $30.00 header
What I felt 6 seconds after the ad opened😆 Need I say more?
Maybe 😥 since it carries the same name as our beauties ! ! !
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p.s. I bet the front end weighs 12 pounds alone!!!
I just checked out the listing on the Austin Craigslist… That’s a 19″ 1994 A2E, check the specs in the “BIKES” section at the top of the page, everything looks right minus the upgrades. The bike has been “played” with, the XT shifters and the Ringle “Peace Sign” cable hangers are certainly upgrades! Also, it looks like someone got a Dos Equis decal kit and went nuts… (see for yourself)http://austin.craigslist.org/bik/2620893731.html
The A2E is in the correct location, the XX is not…
The Prestige sticker is correct but the “TREES” is correct but poorly placed off center…
I’ve never seen a Barracuda decal set for sale, never, I’ve searched for a few years. Yes, I know people could redo them but the Dos Equis decals look authentic… it just seems like some owner along the way came up on a decal set and went for it.
I’m curious what happened to the SR suspension fork? Personally, I think the rigid fork is an upgrade over the stock SR “boat anchor” (aka pogo stick) that was probably bottomed out. Thinking about it, this looks like a bike that someone who worked at a bike shop (that sold Barracudas) might have pieced together… that might explained a spare rigid fork and a “Team” decal set. I’d like to have those Ringle cable hangers, those might fetch $50.00 for the pair! It looks like a good bike for the price being asked… not sure if Charlie at Brazos Trading Co. is going to be flexible on the price.
Hey Mix… do you have any free time to check it out for Micah? I know it’s too big for you, so you won’t be adding it to your stable.
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