anyone good at identifying bikes ?

[big.eck]

i just got this for a wee project .....



the guy i bought it from say's it's a saracen delta box ? i can't find anything on the web about a delta box , any ideas what it is ? also it's got another swingarm with a caliper mount , but i've never seen anything like it ....

i noticed the swingarm bearings look to be good quality too , not the usal catalog rubbish...



sorry i keep posting for help , and thanks in advance.......

[londonbabe]

It's not one of these:
http://www.downhillsheep.co.uk/page29.html

but you'll notice that the delta box part of the frame is identical.
That, and the headbadge style, date it to 2004, when Saracen was a proper builder of decent mountain bikes, all handbuilt in Warwick, rather than a purveyor of imported tat flogged through Halfords.

I have a Saracen Traverse of that vintage, and the frame is a light, tough and rideable bit of kit, but apart from the brakes the components were all crap. Not a problem you'll have. obviously.

[big.eck]

the silver bike is a saracen x-tort , i've got a red one i'm building . i saw the full sus bike and just impulse bought it lol . thanks for that info , now i know it's a 2004-ish so it's a start lol

[pimpin gimp]

Calliper looks like an old hayes 22mm mount, also I'm not sure saracen were making great bikes in '04 - they did the addiction in circa 2000-2002 but that's about it. Their old hand built stuff stopped being built around 97, they had lovely steel "killi" hardtails back then. killi-flyer, killi-ultra etc.

I don't know what the yellow frame is, but it's been ages since URT's have been used for full sus (except Mr Big), likely to just be a cheap no-named frame with a saracen badge unfortunately. Sorry.