saracen bad bikes...

[downhilldude]

::yikes::my friend who i said about here befor he went to belvor on his raw2 with me and when we came home we realised the the headset had like snaped sort of like split in too and the forks were loose...£80 to get it fixed saracen have a cheap build...

[chucky]

You get what you pay for.

[Lwatson]

Like chucky said, you get what you pay for, everybody has to start somewhere. Not everyone can afford a stinky when they are starting off.

[chucky]

On another note - £80 quid to get it fixed??

What you replace it with, a chris king?

Headset - Around £20-£30

Fitting - £10 - £20

Must have been more wrong than the headset, else you where robbed!

[downhilldude]

yea well i have done my time on a £250 quid bike...so thats why i have a stinky now..

[enthused]

Surely £80 would get you a complete second hand Saracen. Well most of the way there anyway...

[downhilldude]

no..its a brand new raw2 £400 + extra bits..he needed a new headset fork spacers and a think he got new lock on grips and an service thats why its £80

[sxtrailrider95]

i would bring it back to the shop

[trailfox]

Saracen arent all that bad you know, their mantras (2 and 3) are very solid bikes for their price and take heaps of abuse, I myself have the old 05 Havoc and it has served me well since 2006/2007 till now on the dh trails even though its technically a trail bike. Their raw is their 'good' halfords bike IMO, Personally i don't think its just not worth spending the money on that bike so you can have full sus. It weighs more than it works in other words.. Saracen's kili bikes are also very good if you're into your mincing :-)
And apparently Madisson have bought over Saracen and have taken a year out for R&D to produce a new range of bikes so it'll be interesting to see what they can do.

[downhilldude]

thanks mate yea same here i hade a saracen x-ray 3 used it in moneyscalp all summer..needed a wee bit of work but great bike...

[downhilldude]

i took apart my forks today and serviced them and greased the headset put it back togeather great job....

[Speedfreak]

£80 to get it fixed saracen have a cheap build...


thanks mate yea same here i hade a saracen x-ray 3 used it in moneyscalp all summer..needed a wee bit of work but great bike...

Contradiction?

[downhilldude]

it seems just to be this raw2 which breaks a lot..quick question see the rst t7 forks can you change the coils or let some gas out of them as he is light and the forks are rock solid..thanks

[trailfox]

AFAIK you can change the springs to lighter ones, see your LBS
Do the forks have a rebound adjust? Maybe its up quite high..

[downhilldude]

yea he has the pre load as loose as it goes,and it still dosent budge.ps if there are any sets of forks going around his birthday is comeing up soon and he is hopeing to get new forks marzocchi or something.and would tripple clamp forks work on a raw..thanks jonny

[Kona Rab]

AFAIK you can change the springs to lighter ones, see your LBS

I wouldn't waste my time. By the time you buy a new spring and get your LBS to fit it your prob into the price of buying a new set of forks.

Have a look thru the classifieds there is a few guys selling forks in there. Also its best to get a set of forks with similar travel to the ones your gonna take off, or you'll upset the geometry of your bike.

[downhilldude]

thanks again mate will have a look..

[Lwatson]

I have a set of Mazza DJ3's, like new!
£70, just for you DHD, il even bring them to Lisburn for you.

ideal for that saracen of your mates!

[monty]

would tripple clamp forks work on a raw..thanks jonny


You've made my day :)

I agree, they'd be perfect, it'd look P.I.M.P!
A little something like
http://www.bikes2udirect.com/bikes_html/images/items/B1033.jpg

It's certainly no kona though :(

[trailfox]

yes DHD, save up and put a set of 888s on it..
if you want to have a bike left after you drop off those big kerbs then buy Lwatson's DJs, they would do the trick.

[downhilldude]

yes mate thats great..i will get back to you about 3 pm tomorrow and let you no what the score is..thanks a million..jonny

[downhilldude]

yes mate he is going to buy them can you pm me your number and his dad will ring you and arrange to pick up...thanks again...jonny

[cheevers]

thanks mate yea same here i hade a saracen x-ray 3 used it in moneyscalp all summer..needed a wee bit of work but great bike...

right lets get this straight the name of the thread is "saracen bad bikes...
but yet you say you had one and it was a great bike ?
you really confuse me!
some of the stuff you say on here would confuse anyone!

[downhilldude]

what i ment was are saracen bad bikes. because a friend has one and it has give nothing but trouble.but the one i hade was great.

[chucky]

In general, as i've said before - you get what you pay for.

When people say, buy a hardtail over a cheaper full suspension bike - they say it for a reason.

Saracen are decent enough bikes (for the money), assuming you buy with a bit of intelligence.

[Speedfreak]

what i ment was are saracen bad bikes. because a friend has one and it has give nothing but trouble.but the one i hade was great.

Lol, then why the big red thumbs down on the thread title!? lol

I think you just change your mind about things...alot.