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12-07.-2004, 06:45 PM
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Can you identify a rare bike?
It's a road bike. Probably around the mid to late 80s.
Unfortunately the groupset has been changed in the past, so it's difficult to put a precise age on it. The cranks are Shimano 600 in the old style before they introduced Bio Pace and Ultegra. The read der is also old Shimano 600. 1986? The frame is made of what looks like Ti tubes with Al lugs. The main tubes are the right grey colour for Ti and are not magnetic. They are also very "hard". They don't scratch. Let's assume for the moment that the main tubes are Ti. The lugs are polished Al. The seat stays look a bit like the old Giant Cadex ones. One Ti tube comes down from the top tube to the brake bridge where there's an Al lug. Coming out of the bottom of the lug are two Ti tubes ending at the Al dropouts. The construction looks a bit like a mid to late '80s Vitus carbon frame, except using Ti instead of C. Any ideas? -- Regards. Richard. |
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13-07.-2004, 05:51 AM
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Re: Can you identify a rare bike?
"Richard Sherratt" <richard.sherratt@NOTHINGHEREbrunsley.com.au> wrote
in message news:l4j4f0po2ksq9uov4kamp7nrl0blii78d1@4ax.com > It's a road bike. Probably around the mid to late 80s. > Unfortunately [...] > > Any ideas? Would a JPG be out of the question or are there bonus points for solving the riddle a la Hercule Poirot? -- A: Top-posters. B: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet? |
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13-07.-2004, 07:45 AM
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Re: Can you identify a rare bike?
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 00:12:13 +1000, "DRS"
<drs@remove.this.ihug.com.au> wrote: >"Richard Sherratt" ><richard.sherratt@NOTHINGHEREbrunsley.com.au> wrote in >message news:l4j4f0po2ksq9uov4kamp7nrl0blii78d1@4ax.com >> It's a road bike. Probably around the mid to late 80s. >> Unfortunately > >[...] > >> >> Any ideas? > >Would a JPG be out of the question or are there bonus >points for solving the riddle a la Hercule Poirot? No jpg available, but one could be arranged in the future. Not my bike. It belongs to a new chum. Generous bonus points are available. Not redeemable for cash or prizes :-) -- Regards. Richard. |
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13-07.-2004, 08:12 AM
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Re: Can you identify a rare bike?
Sounds like an ALAN frame, me thinks. they were pioneers of these early bonded-style frames. and that rear seatstay arrangement sounds like their work
not sure if they did Ti otherwise as you say it could well be Vitus the Ti 'assumption' may be a dangerous one. Al wasnt necessarily soft or light back then and colour is a bit of a misleader too pix please i think a prize should be offered 
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13-07.-2004, 08:29 AM
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Re: Can you identify a rare bike?
"Richard Sherratt" wrote
> The frame is made of what looks like Ti tubes with Al lugs. > The main tubes are the right grey colour for Ti and are not > magnetic. They are also very "hard". They don't scratch. Let's > assume for the moment that the main tubes are Ti. You sure it's not clear-coated, grey-painted carbon like a Giant Cadex(?) CFR-1 or 2? How willing are you to scratch it?  I was also going to suggest Vitus, but I see you mention that already as well. How closely can you inspect it? You might be able to find some small writing on it somewhere to give some hints, like on the seatstay bridge of my track bike, looking from the seat backwards, you can "just" see "Reynolds 531" stamped there. Check under the BB and on the dropouts as well. Do any of the lugs have any sort of 'interesting' designs? You could perhaps google for early ti frames if you are sure it's ti..? hippy |
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