Originally Posted by dicktill

Hi ess .. , and welcome to the Airborne "club". I have a 2000 Airborne Zeppelin, purchased new from the company in Dayton OH. Mine is equipped with mostly Ultegra 3x9 components. I believe that yours is at least a year or two newer based on the decals. Also there is a HUGE difference in the rear dropouts; yours are larger and include a replaceable derailleur hanger. Also your headtube is quite different; mine is just a straight diameter, without the flaring at the top and bottom. Is your fork 1" or 1-1/8"?



Have to agree that it does sort of aluminum "glow" to it, especially on the photo of the whole bike on the link provided (http://imgur.com/kXGDsLW). So I'm not positive exactly what you have here. It is possible that they made some out of aluminum in later years. The original Airborne company went out of business at some point in time (not sure when), and the current Airborne company makes only mountain bikes and is not associated with the original company.

As to the lower level components on the bike, at least at the time I purchased mine, you could have it built any way you wanted with any components you wanted. Mine has a Shimano XTR rear derailleur and cassette, shifted nicely with my Ultegra 6503 brifters.

More photos would be helpful.

Regards, Dick