Saracen Mad Urban '06

[2sixstreet]

A few people have had problems with Saracen frames over the years failing. Am after some opinions from people who have the Urban or have ridden one. Do they stand up to the normal day to day abuse of trials?

[MrSuave]

if you break the frame, MAD/Saracen will give you a new one well they always did in previous years..... decent geo on em now too, not spot on, but good for the money

[thirsty2]

A few people have had problems with Saracen frames over the years failing. Am after some opinions from people who have the Urban or have ridden one. Do they stand up to the normal day to day abuse of trials?

Hi there, I rode one for 3 months if that, and snapped it twice in the chainstay, i've also snapped a 2.6 in the chainstay. don't get me wrong, they are nice frames, good geometry, ride nice, look fairly nice, but not very strong. and yes if you snap it you get one from warranty for free, that is what i did with the 2.6, snapped that so i got the urban, then snapped the urban, and they sent the super pro frame, but the bike shop that was doing this for me said that they would give me the money for the frame and they would sell it, and the money went toward my Beautiful Adamant A1.

Also i found that with the team urban, the brake lugs were in the wrong position, and kept on screwing my maggie up. and i could never have decent pads because i had to have the calipers pointed and i couldn't move them down any further so part of the pad would be on the top of the rim.

I hope I have helped, so my advise is, if you have got enough money to get a decent frame, get one, or if you haven't got that much money get the urban, and have fun while it lasts.

alex!!!

[2sixstreet]

Hi there, I rode one for 3 months if that, and snapped it twice in the chainstay, i've also snapped a 2.6 in the chainstay. don't get me wrong, they are nice frames, good geometry, ride nice, look fairly nice, but not very strong. and yes if you snap it you get one from warranty for free, that is what i did with the 2.6, snapped that so i got the urban, then snapped the urban, and they sent the super pro frame, but the bike shop that was doing this for me said that they would give me the money for the frame and they would sell it, and the money went toward my Beautiful Adamant A1.

Also i found that with the team urban, the brake lugs were in the wrong position, and kept on screwing my maggie up. and i could never have decent pads because i had to have the calipers pointed and i couldn't move them down any further so part of the pad would be on the top of the rim.

I hope I have helped, so my advise is, if you have got enough money to get a decent frame, get one, or if you haven't got that much money get the urban, and have fun while it lasts.

alex!!!

Alex, champion post mate. I have a snapped 2SixH which I have repaired but its not fit for trials anymore. Considering the number of people who have trashed their 2Six's I thought maybe the Urban would be a bit more resilient.

How do you rate the ride of the A1 compared to the 2Six? Did you do a straight swap of parts?

Cheers.

[thirsty2]

Alex, champion post mate. I have a snapped 2SixH which I have repaired but its not fit for trials anymore. Considering the number of people who have trashed their 2Six's I thought maybe the Urban would be a bit more resilient.

How do you rate the ride of the A1 compared to the 2Six? Did you do a straight swap of parts?

Cheers.

the ride of the A1 compared to the saracen is totally different. the length of the frame, which feels different, high bb so you feel higher. the A1 just stays on the backwheel, as for the saracen doesn't.

i am much more confident on the A1 than i was on my saracen, because it just feels like a real bike. unlike the saracen which just feels like a pile of s**t.

yes i just did a straight swap over, apart from a few parts like, bb and stem, i find it better to have a high bar hight on the adamant so it equals out the bb hight.

i hope all of this helps in your choice mate.