Saracen : Blog

Machined from a solid block of awesomeness!!

wildman — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:33:35 +0000

Not long left now with the comp being run by the fellas down at Drit mag…

Win yerself a shiny new Ariel 3 but act fast as the comp closes soon

http://dirt.mpora.com/news/win-saracen-ariel-3-complete-bike.html

Slopestyle prototype spotted…

kira — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:37:04 +0000

So much stuff going on of late…. and I’ve got to send big thanks out to Ryan Carroll for pulling off another beauty…

So whats this then? Custom Ariel built for Lance to rip at cranxworks….

It started out life as our trail ripping Ariel and after many hours on skype, many late nights, Banana daiquiri’s and much 3D CAD work she is ready. New custom linkage and shorter shock reduces rear travel to 100mm.

With the new linkage the geomtry is revised slightly – the bike sits lower to the ground, front end ready for 120-140mm fork with HA at 70/69 degrees respectively. Lower toptube for extra clearence when pulling the fattest tricks. Proto weight of bang on 7lbs but its been overbuilt to handle the kicking Lance is gonna give it.

Will it ever make production? Dunno just now but one thing to say, slopestlye events asside, this could be a mega ripping fun bike!.

Over to the LMD now. Good Luck next week on your competition comeback – SEND IT

Cheers

Wildman

Lance on Granada

kira — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:08:19 +0000

Check out the ITV footage of LMD.

http://www.itv.com/granada/lance-mcdermott-freeride48272/

sneak peak… 2011 Zen 4

kira — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:01:54 +0000

shooting the 2011 bikes down at Rob Wyatt studios..

Fancy a summer holiday on us?

kira — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:00:32 +0000

Cos we love you folks and know there’ll be plenty of you enjoying the UK summer we’ve got a killer deal…..

Enter the comp below and you could be the lucky owner of a family of Tufftrax bikes or even a family cycling holiday in Rutland.

Singletrack Recommends – Ariel does it again.

kira — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:53:41 +0000

We’re stoaked again.

The Ariel 2 was out in sunny spain with the boys (n girls) of Singletrack in a TaperHeadTube test.

They came away impressed with the bike even though one of the guys over did it on a descent and put themselves in hospital. Doh!

We’re proud to say the Ariel 2 is Singletrack Recomended.

click the pic to read the full review

Heres a teaser vid from there trip. nice.

http://www.singletrackworld.com/2010/06/singletrack-issue-58-out-now-bike-test-teaser/

Not so Secret Myst testing… SDA DH RD3, INNERLEITHEN

kira — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:30:12 +0000

We hooked up with the nice guys at Alpine bikes at Fort Bill. We handed over our 2 prototypes for young ripper Joe Connell to have a spin on – click the pic to see the full blog artice at descent world!

Image courtesy of Ian Linton

Saracen Big Air at Fort bill

kira — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:41:03 +0000

What a weekend at the Bill. We made it up there early Friday evening to be greeted by summer weather conditions. MBUK set up the big Air Ramp and we pulled the bikes out of the van. Ready to rock.

We had a wicked time. Plenty of people enjoyed the airbag with no serious injuries. Lots of good feedback on the new bikes.

And to top the weekend off, fellow Brit Gee Atherton cleared up in the mens DH final.

Cool.

Update from Lance

kira — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:20:29 +0000

It was good to catch up with Lance recently and even better to know he’s back riding again. He sent over some shots of him and the bike.

Looking forward to him sending it again!

Later.

What Mountain Bike – Trail bike of the year test

wildman — Thu, 13 May 2010 09:51:00 +0000

Twenty-Five bikes, one massive, intensive test. In its first outing the Ariel came overall fourth and picked up Play bike of the year 2010.

To get such an award in the company of many established bikes is a great result.

Sweet. Fantastic.

Wildman