Rock Lobster Team Cross frame w/ Tange fork + Chris King headset

Hey, yes still available.

And sold.

Thanks!

Only just seen this... that is an awesome bike.

I raced for Rock Lobster when I lived in California in the 1990's. Paul sponsored the team I raced for (BlackMarket Racing), although at that time all his CX bikes were Tange steel.

The Paul Sadoff-built Rock Lobsters are not to be confused with the Rock Lobster MTBs sold here in the UK. Paul licensed the brand (to Merlin I think) and the frames were made in Taiwan. They were ok-to-nice frames, but the real Paul Sadoff handbuilt-in-Santa Cruz frames ride awesomely. They are true custom, handbuilt gems.

Here are a couple of pics of me back in the day: mid-late 90's (think this is 1996 or 1997) at a wet Surf City CX Series race near Santa Cruz.

Whoever's bought the frameset should check out Rock Lobster's Facebook page. Paul is still going strong and these days only producing his high-end, handbuilt frames.

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Nice post, love those pics. Everyone has cantis!

Would love to see that bike in front of you in the second pic with a spinergy...

I'm curious about the horizontal seat post setup, I've only seen that on a few bikes, don't think any of them were CX

Completely overlooked that...

Canti's - of course, what else? :-)

Yes, Spinergy's were quite popular in those days, although not so much on CX bikes due to the danger of losing a finger when shouldering the bike! :-(

That was a Softride. Dunno what the frame was, likely an Otis Guy. Otis attended a few of those races BITD, as did Tom Ritchey, Keith Bontrager et al. Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley was quite the hotspot at the time.

We even had Bart Brentjens and Thomas Frischknecht race against us once or twice. Needless to say, they blew past most of us like we were in reverse!