1994 Rafty Funnel proto

By Senri on 10/17/2009. Bike tags: Mountain bike | avid | kooka | Lawwill | Rafty

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Frame / Size / Year:
1994 Rafty Funnel proto

Handlebars / Stem:
Hagen alu stem & Arcos DH bar

Fork / Headset:
Control Tech Lawwill Leader in a Chris King headset

Front Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
Sun 0 degree on a Ringle Super Bubba hub with Shwalbe marathons

Rear Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
Sun 0 degree on a Ringle 439 hub with Shwalbe marathons

Crankset / Bottom Bracket:
Phil Wood BB wth Raceface Turbine cranks & blades

Saddle / Seat Post:
San Marco Rolls on a Shannon post

Pedals / Chain:
Odyssey Black Widows

Shifters / Derailers:
Deore XT (M739)

Brakes / Brake Levers:
Avid Tri Aligns controlled by Kooka levers

Notes:

One of the first (2?) made as prototype with all square alu tubes. Recently fully restored with the help of the original builder! What a great bike to ride!

People who friended this bike greg, suicide_doors, o_O, Alia, das_pyrate

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this bike is sparta

Submitted by E on 10/18/2009.

this bike is sparta

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badass!

Submitted by thomasandrewww on 10/18/2009.

badass!

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This bike has a collectible aspect to it, but I understand why the design never caught on. Water bottle = mud/dirt catcher, tube miters/welding look unfinished, springer front end shows two inherent design weaknesses (on an otherwise good idea); hard tail is truly a HARD tail -- would fuse your vertebrae if aggressively off-roaded.

But aside from that stuff, this is a cool specimen. I'm surprised others haven't messed-around with square tubes. Awesome that you've freshened it up!

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1994 Rafty Funnel proto

this bike is sparta

badass!

Hmmm.