Apart from alpine stars.I used to do the locked in the dunny-dream-parts- selection from the ads in US mag Mba that used to have parts price and weight listed. wasn't nishinki? either.

I think Saracen ruined the Kili Flyer with e-stays around 1992 or 1993.

Alpinestars, Saracen, Kirk, lots of others

Are you thinking of the Yeti Ultimate? A few more clues and I could maybe guess it for you.

Might be one of the bikes in here? Retrobike e-Stay Coolwall

Nishiki Alien is the one you're thinking of.

Yep, as well as those above, there were bikes from Scott, Yeti, Nishiki, Titan, Fisher (I think), Brave, Haro, Merlin, Trimble, and Cannondale (sort of, with the EST bouncy bikes).

And of course the classic pink Funk. The Rocky Mountain Cirrus came in an e-stay version too, I think.

enlighten me, whats the benifit of an e-stay?

enlighten me, whats the benifit of an e-stay?

In the words of Father Ted, "That would be an ecumenical matter"

Shorter stays and better mud clearance when 16.5 inch chainstays were the norm, no chainslap, easy chain removal…

It's a long list as most manufacturers dabbled in them for a while. Mantis (Cunningham) made some of the nicest, though I love my FUNK 🙂

Also Scott did an Evoloution in Kawaskai green with white and blue bits.

Big Coke Can Ally tubes.

I had a Square tubes Conquest E-stay with Marzocchi star forks
XT in black and Maguras

i had a Pacific elevated chain stay frame i sprayed rasta, 1.25" ahead with white Mag 21s fitted with a long travel kit (42mm – 60mm)

The Fishers all broke.

I think this might have contributed to Fisher's bankruptcy/buy-out that year.

Right, from what I remember it came in pro,comp and race guise if you bought it fully built up,I wonder if you can get early copies of mba on the web? I am leaning towards nishiki,but I am still not 100% sure.Ended up buying the white splatter Kona Cinder Cone instead,so think it would have been 89-90?

Had an Alpinestars Al Mega DX…sub 16" stays if memory serves, still the best climbing bike I've ridden on really steep stuff…Crell you've forgotten no chainsuck…easily done at your age!…so no gash XT sharkfin required!

More to the point, who (if anyone) is making e-stay bikes today?

Crell, any pictures of that Funk? I really really really wanted one of those.

cookeaa – Member
More to the point, who (if anyone) is making e-stay bikes today?

Trimble still are, I believe –
http://www.trimblemtb.com/26Frame.html

Overbury's was a UK made e-stay bike of some reputation.

nice picture Rickos – even better with the rear stays attached 😀 A mate had one and him frequently tightening the rear bolts is a fond memory.

So why don't people make bikes with them anymore?

So why don't people make bikes with them anymore?

They flexed. Leastaways the Alien I had which was the earlier white one with welded, not bolted, stays did, especially round the bb- never rode the later one. Also, in an era obsessed with weight, they were I think, a bit heavier than conventional stays.
The big advantages were mud clearance, easier to get good tyre clearance, shorter chainstays and nil chance of trapping the chain (steering clear of using the word 'chainsuck').

Mmmmmm Trimble, much rather have one of those than some Ti0-flex semi-URT abortion…

Vinnyeh:

It's got a different build now from the one shown here of original owner – a bit more authentic, though err it's currently in a box

Still would like to find a box section "big fork" for it though 🙁

G.R.F. "Best" is clearly subjective 🙂 Mantis XCR, Merlin Elevator, Funk, Ellison, Brave, Yeti Ultimate, or indeed a fillet brazed Overburys…(the list goes on) or an S-Bike. The S-Bike would be somewhere near the bottom of my list, though they did make some proper non suspension e-stay bikes as well.

I always wanted one of those Funk's. I'd just bought a Klein though which left me flat broke for a while.

I still want a SBike! 8)

Trimble? Coolest bikes of there time. nearly got one back in about 92/93 but my old man wouldn't lend me the fifty quid extra i needed to buy it.

A mate of mine had a Trimble for a short while.
He would have had it for longer but the back end "just fell off"

Anyone know the front derailleur clamp size for the Funk Pro Comp?

you can run belt drive on an e-stay.

this has to be a joke in the current thread resurrection theme.

quite a good one too.

My mate had a Yeti Ultimate – lovely bike.

Also had a Alpinestars DX in our little gang of cyclists (I had a ‘normal’ Killiflyer Comp – fillet-brazed Prestige tubing; was a thing of beauty).

Those S-Bikes look like my Airnimal Joey.

ivantate – Member
you can run belt drive on an e-stay.

The Penance – so called because it is built out of bits I wish I’d never bought (apart from the wheels and the belt that is)

Ridden in SSUK09

looks fine to me.

Ever since my old Alpinestars i have liked e-stay. A belt drive ss may just be the way forward, saw the Sycip shown recently in the same configuration.