Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - can anyone ID the make of this frame by its lugs?

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lauro13
03-09-06, 07:07 PM
I bought this on craigslist and had it powder coated (it had gone thru more than a few rattle can jobs). There are no markings on it whatsoever, no engravings of any kind numbers or otherwise. Can anyone tell by looking at the lugs. I didn't include pics but it is a track frame.

schloe mo
03-09-06, 07:18 PM
dunno, but i dig it. nice color scheme.
MLPROJECT
03-09-06, 07:42 PM
it is a **** you stop saying rattle can b ike

mattface
03-09-06, 08:15 PM
Dunno, but I love the color, and I love the hood ornament.

Oh, I love to say rattlecan just to piss off MLPROJECT.
chicagoamdream
03-09-06, 09:42 PM
Is there anything engraved on the bottom of the bottom bracket shell? If so, take a picture.
humancongereel
03-09-06, 09:44 PM
hey, what bars are those? i've seen a few lately and i could dig on that shape for days.
Landgolier
03-09-06, 09:56 PM
I'm not sure if those are syntace stratos but they make some shaped like that
yam
03-09-06, 09:59 PM
my first thought was "hey, those lugs look like my old motobecane that got jacked" so i checked fgg and i think i might be right (not that it's my bike, just that it's a motobecane.)
i don't know much about motobecane track bikes though... here, look. http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/f/troyer.htm
curlybro
03-09-06, 10:46 PM
my first thought was "hey, those lugs look like my old motobecane that got jacked" so i checked fgg and i think i might be right (not that it's my bike, just that it's a motobecane.)
i don't know much about motobecane track bikes though... here, look. http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/f/troyer.htm

That's a conversion. Lugs can be bought from manufacturers like nervex, and if they were then they aren't going to do much for figuring out the make of the frame.
morbot
03-09-06, 10:53 PM
they look pretty indistinguishable

aka they are going to look like the same lugs on millions of bikes.
asinus
03-09-06, 10:59 PM
looks like the lugs on my '84 bianchi limited

check it. http://www.asinus.net/images/bike/
vobopl
03-09-06, 11:36 PM
I bought this on craigslist and had it powder coated (it had gone thru more than a few rattle can jobs). There are no markings on it whatsoever, no engravings of any kind numbers or otherwise. Can anyone tell by looking at the lugs. I didn't include pics but it is a track frame.

Looks like a brother of mine (maybe the tips of the lugs (http://www.pbase.com/wojtek_burkot/image/49244563) are carved differently). Sorry, I can not identify this either, looks like Long Shen lugs.

How heavy is your frame? Mine, at <1650g is extremely light for old lugged steel.
moz138
03-10-06, 12:41 AM
id say those are pretty common lugs. my basso lugs look just like that as well.
SirrusPackage
03-10-06, 08:16 AM
Same as the lugs on my 84/85 Raleigh Gran Prix.
DonPenguino
03-10-06, 08:20 AM
The bars are Nitto 021's I believe, near the bottom: 'ere (http://www.businesscycles.com/tbars-nitto.htm)