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General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: Thunderchild on March 15, 2006, 05:46:55 am

Title: Mantis Carbon on MTBR
Post by: Thunderchild on March 15, 2006, 05:46:55 am

This is an interesting looking bike for us carbonphiles.  I have copied the email below from First Flight Bikes Vintage ATB email list.


After looking at this bike for a month or so, I am going to put the frame up for grabs and see if anyone is interested.   We have one complete Screaming V that is pretty much all period correct while this one has parts from 1997-2002 and would be something of a pain to put back original.  I have heard production numbers from 25-75 units for
these frames so there aren't too many floating around and rumor has it that many of the ended up in Europe?  This frame has an aluminum upper
strut which is different from others that I have seen.

I had posted a couple of pictures of the entire bike @
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=170873&highlight=mantis but keep
in ind that we are selling it as frame ONLY.  I'd like to get $995 for the frame but would really prefer to trade (up or down) for something cool that we don't have.  If not, I may just start trying to gather some
nice old parts and put it back to circa 1996.

Thunderchild

Title: Re: Mantis Carbon on MTBR
Post by: Colin on March 16, 2006, 09:24:33 am

can't open the pictures, maybe I need to have a Login ID on the site, but can't be @r$ed just to look at some pictures..................stick them on here so we can all see them!
Thanks
Colin (How can you have too much carbon..........?)

Title: Re: Mantis Carbon on MTBR
Post by: orange on March 16, 2006, 09:35:56 pm

Is this it?

http://www.firstflightbikes.com/1996_Mantis_ScreamingV.htm

Title: Re: Mantis Carbon on MTBR
Post by: Thunderchild on March 17, 2006, 10:17:56 am

Yes that is the correct link.  And you did to sign up to login in to the link I posted.  I should have specified that.

Thunderchild