Museum of Mountain Bike Art & Technology

1994 WTB Phoenix

The WTB Phoenix frames were welded by Steve Potts and were sold for about 5 years.  This particular bike was built for Caleb, a WTB employee, and is supposed to have been built out of a lighter weight tubing (possibly True Temper).  The Rock Shox fork features a WTB made brace with a Saber Cam brake.  The regular production WTB brakes would not fit the standard cantilever arches so two new brakes were designed to work on suspension forks.  One was a scissor type brake that had problems if not kept in adjustment and the second was the Saber Cam.  Very few of these brakes were produced.  This bike also has WTB rims, tires, grips, seat, hubs (mis-matched colors) and WTB modified head set. There was a Caleb who worked for WTB and Steve Potts vaguely remembers building a couple of frames with different tubing. Take those facts and the WTB parts, rare front brake and mis-matched hubs, and the lightweight employee bike scenario seems believable.  

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Frame		Cro-Moly (possibly True Temper)
Fork		Rock Shox Judy SL, WTB brake arch
Rear Shock		NA
Rims		WTB Speedmaster
Hubs		WTB Grease Guard
Spokes		Wheelsmith double butted Stainless Steel
Tires		WTB Velociraptor
Pedals		Shimano PD-M747 clipless
Crank		Race Face forged
Chain		Sachs
Rear Cogs		Shimano Deore XT 8 speed cassette
Bottom Bracket		WTB press fit cartridge bearing
Front Derailleur		Shimano Deore XT
Rear Derailleur		Shimano Deore XT
Shifters		Shimano Deore XT 8 speed brake/shift levers
Handlebars		Salsa Pro Moto
Stem		Syncros
Headset		WTB modified Chris King w/ Grease Guard
Brake set		WTB Toggle Cam rear and Saber Cam front
Brake levers		Shimano Deore XT 8 speed brake/shift levers
Saddle		WTB SST
Seat Post		Thomson
Colors		Maroon
Size		19" c-t
Serial #		9430