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Oh boy. Probably the best find i had at Ann Arbor this year.

When i was looking at it, the owners practically begged me to buy it. They had $15 on it, i paid $5...
When i got it, it was sort of a mess...No Derauiler, Messed up sprocket(the teeth were almost gone in the front!).

It has a yeti sticker on it, and people were asking me, IS THAT A YETI!? andi told them no, until the "Pro" told me it definatly wasnt a yeti, and it was a junker...Not to me pal!

I think its a specialized frame, but im not totally sure, I dont know if its the original paint, and i assume the decals were removed, it looks like there is a layer of paint missing on some parts of the bike(see pictures)

Basically all i did to get this thing on the road is i added a shifter cable, a Deore XT Derailer, fussed with the sprocket up front, put a newer one where it belonged, added a chain and tuned it, replaced the rear skewer with a lighter GT... greased it...and rode it around. Rides AWESOME!
Its now my school banger, i think its ugly enough...

I call it SASQUATCH, Since it was believed to be a yeti, but for sure wasnt.

Its now the iSas...I added an apple sticker i cut out of carbon fiber stickers i have...
ill take a picture of that soon.

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Cool tire, i want to remove it and hold onto this one, but i dont have any other good tires right now...anyone happen to have one to match the front tire?
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Blue Kool Stops
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beigeish kool stops
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Salsa Bars
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The elusive yeti
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this kind of shows the multiple layers...
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What does that say?
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Parts is parts bike. Ritchey made some Bikes for awhile but mostly a parts manf. now. Maybe post over at the Bikeforums MTB section subsection Retro/classic. Or over at Retrobike.uk
 
the seat post lug kinda looks like a 90s diamondback, but the seat stays dont match up to yours.
 
Heres a bunch of pictures i took of it...more at least
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My apple sticker i made
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I got the GT bottle with it for free...its for my karakoram but matches this better
 
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