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1989 Steve Potts Signature

Few if any frame builders can claim to have made mountain bikes for 40 years straight, but Steve Potts is certainly one of them.  From painstaking fillet-brazed signature frames such as this, to the legendary TIG welded WTB Phoenix, to modern frames of titanium, Steve has just about done it all, in quantity, and at the highest level.  It's no wonder that Charlie Cunningham refers to him as Stevie Wonder.  This bike was owned by a Marin local who discovered mountain biking at an influential time in his youth that kept him out of trouble and on a productive path.  This bike and a similar one before it were raced and ridden hard by the original owner.  For many years a strong connection existed between WTB, co-founded by Potts, and Suntour, that licensed the Grease Guard design.  Fittingly, this bike features a complete Suntour XC Pro group, and brakes, hubs, bottom bracket, and handlebar from WTB.  The ride is well-mannered and rock solid, such that the it stays the course through rough rock gardens that would twist and tend to divert other bikes.

The Build

Year: 1989
S/N: SP989216
Frame: Steve Potts Signature
Fork: Steve Potts Type II
Stem:  Steve Potts
Headset: Suntour XC Pro Grease Guard
Bottom Bracket: Cartridge Bearing Grease Guard
Handlebar: WTB Titanium
Shifters: Suntour XC Pro
Front Derailleur: Suntour XC Pro
Rear Derailleur: Suntour XC Pro GS
Brake Levers: Suntour XC Pro
Front Brake: WTB Speedmaster Rollercam
Rear Brake: WTB Speedmaster Rollercam
Crankset: Suntour XC Pro
Chainrings: Suntour Powerring 24-36-46
Pedals: Suntour XC Pro
Hubs: Wilderness Trail Bikes Grease Guard
Rims: Matrix Singletrack
Tires: Specialized Ground Control 1.95
Wheel QR: Cunningham Slo-Release
Seatpost: Suntour XC Pro
Saddle: San Marco Concor America
Seatpost QR: Suntour XC Pro
Grips: Magura Modified
Chain: Sachs
Cogs: Suntour Maeda Industries
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