That's hot. Ves is a great guy; I'm very glad to see that he's still able to make bikes. I *almost* got one of his frames in the past, but the stars didn't align just right. Some day...

it make s me happy to see this post. ves makes great bikes and i've had a wonderful experience working with him.
peggy

I still have my Yaqui Mariola circa 2001. Rode it in 5 IM's I think. great bike, super fitting, and light.

I use it as a training bike and have only made a few upgrades along the way, still pretty much the original set up.

There's a forum member who had/has a sweet green mandaric road bike that uses a similar scandium/carbon frame.

"There's a forum member who had/has a sweet green mandaric road bike that uses a similar scandium/carbon frame. "

i know a forum member who's got a number of mandaric road bikes, including a carbon-rear/scandium bike with campy record on it. that forum member may have good taste in bikes, but he's an a-hole in real life.

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Dan Empfield
aka Slowman

I had a Yaqui Manzanita and the wife had a Yaqui Aerolite. Bought them both at Supergo in Oceanside. That was a great bike shop! I have not seen a Yaqui in years.

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Mine is 8 years old and still going strong...



I'm neither 8 nor strong.

Very nice. That bike is a keeper.

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Simplify, Train, Live

Just saw this new bike on gravelcyclist.com

First, you do a double take.
Then, it's 'wow'.
It is a jaw dropper:



More at:
http://www.gravelcyclist.com/...l-cross-gravel-bike/

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NICE!

i saw that at interbike. it's just as nice or nicer in person. i think gravel bikes bring the market back around to mandaric's wheelhouse. he can weld any metal.

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Dan Empfield
aka Slowman

thankfully mine has Campy Chorus on it or I would have thought you were talking about me.

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as i recall, i believe i was referring to myself ;-)

however, my description could refer to you as well only in that mandaric + campy chorus makes for a good match, one that i have deployed on several occasions, and my current road bike is a campy chorus equipped bike.

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Dan Empfield
aka Slowman

I'm almost embarrassed to admit that, despite the campy logos on the frame, I pulled the Chorus from my Mandaric and replaced it with Shimano. Have been quite happy with the switch.

I thought you couldn't mix@match sram and shimano hydraulic brakes? Designed for different fluids or some such.

That is NICE!

"I thought you couldn't mix@match sram and shimano hydraulic brakes?"

on my litespeed gravel bike i have sram with shimano centerlock. i had to hack the tabs off the sram calipers. otherwise fine. it's mechanical. i haven't switched to hydraulic yet on that bike. i built it during the sram road hydraulic recall.

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Dan Empfield
aka Slowman

Yeah mechanical doesn't seem like it would be a big deal. I'm interested in hydraulic(so I can run sram hydraulic rim brakes with shimano shifters)