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Old 12-10-12 | 07:17 PM
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From: Desert Hell, AZ

Bikes: 1986 LOOK KG86, 19XX Les Ephgrave?, 1983 Nishiki Royal, 199X Nukeproof MTB, 1974 Raleigh Grand Prix

Originally Posted by KonAaron Snake
This thing is bad arse! I've never seen the brand, but it's clearly upstream and looks fun. I'd run this anyway you want. Killer frame as a starting point, love the curved stays.
Thanks, man! I hadn't heard of Nukeproof either until I started researching after seeing the frame on CL. Apparently they weren't that big of a company, and went out of business after this frame was produced. The name has since been bought and the new Nukeproof is producing downhill bikes in the UK somewhere.
I think I am narrowing down a build in my mind's eye.

The anodized red highlight idea has since shifted to anodized blue, do to the coloring on the fork.



Edit:

Got this email earlier this morning after requesting information from the company:

Hi Bryce,


It’s always great to see the early Nukeproof frames. Although the current Nukeproof shares the same purpose and ethos they are in effect a different company to the one that made your frame. Unfortunately this means that we do not have access to any of the details about the early Nukeproof bikes. From a quick look I would suggest that the frame that you have is from the mid to late nineties but couldn’t really tell you more than that. I’m sorry that I could not be of any real help but would like to congratulate you on picking up a fantastic classic frame.


Best regards,


Sam
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