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lobstermike
01-09-12, 12:31 PM
Hi everyone, picked this bike up at a garage sale and it seems to me that it may be a fair quality bike, but needs a major overhaul. It has:
BFR rims, with bomb primo hubs
Primo crank, with Volume chainring
Redneck LT stem

Thats all i know about it, other than it has wishbone seat stays, the rear forks are cast, (and not pressed steel plate), with axle alignment screws.

Heres a couple of pics, if they're any help...

yearz
01-09-12, 12:49 PM
better pictures of whole bike....
lobstermike
01-09-12, 01:09 PM
thats the best i can do at the moment, its nightime here, and the bike is black, so hard to photograph it. I first thought it might be a volume frame after looking at some of their bikes, but the gusset at the meeting of the top/down/head tubes i cant find on any Volume frame.

lobstermike
01-09-12, 01:12 PM
There is no serial number, if it was printed on, its been resprayed. The rear brake is behind the bottom bracket shell. Is that unusual?
lobstermike
01-09-12, 01:24 PM
232999232998are these any help?
Street rider
01-09-12, 07:16 PM
No, thats just a chainstay brake mount, which is actually more common on cheaper/older bikes that came stock with larger gearing. Putting anything smaller on there could be a problem.
yearz
01-10-12, 10:50 AM
its not a cheap walmart bike!!! Looks like a haro backtrail to me? im just guessing thow
PapaSmigs
01-29-12, 01:29 PM
I agree with yearz, it looks like a Haro Backtrail. What gives it away is the curved rear right past the sear tube...
Foxstang
02-01-12, 06:40 AM
+1 for haro. Looks like my old haro blammo
ShaggyBike
02-25-12, 02:16 PM
Def a mid school bike...
Street rider
02-25-12, 02:22 PM
Def a mid school bike...

Frames wrong to be mid school.
ebisiklet
02-25-12, 02:54 PM
i think show bike...
diaper eater
02-25-12, 10:44 PM
dropouts are nothing like a backtrail, or any haro for that matter
microasian
02-26-12, 11:45 PM
looks like a haro
IthaDan
03-02-12, 08:57 PM
Frames wrong to be mid school.

What's cluing you in? Looks of that era to me- first gen threadless. Of like Hoffman superfork era.
Street rider
03-02-12, 09:03 PM
The size/position/shape of the tubes and where they meet. If midschool at all, its a really late era.
IthaDan
03-02-12, 09:11 PM
yeah, good call, the built in tensioner and the hug guard thing on the dropout point more modern.

... and the 14mm axle.

Does that look like a specialized logo on the tail of the pierced toptube?
lobstermike
03-18-12, 02:38 PM
Its not a specialized logo on the tail of the top tube, its a scratch, alas!