I picked up a steel-frame bike at a garage sale today but it has been painted over, so I don't who made the bike.

The seller thought it was from the early '80s.

The fork drop-out has the word TANGE-TF visible.

The rim (original?) is an Araya labeled ARAYA 27x1 1/4 W/O HP. JAPAN.

The group is a Shimano Titlist and the brakes are Shimano Tourney.

The seat, possibly aftermarket, is an Avocet Touring 1. The 4th picture below shows the seatpost, which has an illegible graphic on it.

The serial number isn't on the bottom bracket, rather it's on top of the bottom tube. 9278565

I think that's all I know about it, sorry about the lack of precise names, I'm still learning the proper names of bike parts.

My uneducated guesses after a bit of searching and reading indicate it could be one of many different bikes, including:

* Centurion
* Nishiki
* Shogun
* Raleigh
* Schwinn
* & many more!

Odd, no badge, and no evidence of one missing.

The bike works. I rode it home from the sale, about 5 blocks.

I like the look of the frame, especially the somewhat ornate lugs. I think it could be repainted to be just beautiful!

If it's a mostly worthless, low-end frame, then who cares, but if it's something reasonably nice, I'm going to fix it up!

Thanks for any ideas you may have in terms of who made this bike or any other info about it.

See many more photos at: Vintage Red Bike at Flickr






The Brian!



Front brakes.



Seat Post



Serial number: 9278565.





It says TANGE-TF.