Help Me Identify this Frame! "Rosewood" mystery bike.
06-07-16, 06:35 PM
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Help Me Identify this Frame! "Rosewood" mystery bike.
Hey guys, I was curious if anyone could help identify this frame. I picked it up off craigslist from a guy who said he bought it as a frame and fork from a someone else. He didn't know much about it, except that it was Italian threaded, 1980s era, and Columbus SLX. On the bottom bracket there is a serial number that is very hard to make out that reads "RW0021." His guess that it was a bike a custom bike made for a team, club, or even possibly a guy named Bob Rosewood. The previous owner built it up from frame and fork into a complete bike, and I've swapped some parts out since then, so unfortunately all the clues have to come from the frame.
I took some closeups of possible signifiers and posted here: Click!
Let me know if I should take more pictures of anything!
Thanks!
I took some closeups of possible signifiers and posted here: Click!
Let me know if I should take more pictures of anything!
Thanks!
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06-07-16, 06:39 PM
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I'm not seeing anything significant to assist in a positive ID, but it's certainly a high-quality frame.
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06-07-16, 08:35 PM
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You gonna eat that?
Fork looks bent though.
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06-07-16, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Doohickie
Fork looks bent though.
06-08-16, 12:11 AM
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Yes, presumably the 21st frame built. RW leads me to believe that "Rosewood" is the builder rather than the commissioner.
06-08-16, 12:32 AM
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Noobie faux pas... NDS photo. 
(Non Drive Side)
Looks like a very well made frame. Can you post a photo showing the Drive Side and drive components....
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Chas.
(Non Drive Side) Looks like a very well made frame. Can you post a photo showing the Drive Side and drive components....
verktyg
Chas.
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06-08-16, 12:39 AM
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Not riding enough
Is that a quill - Ahead converter?
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06-08-16, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by verktyg
Noobie faux pas... NDS photo. (Non Drive Side)
Looks like a very well made frame. Can you post a photo showing the Drive Side and drive components....
(Non Drive Side) Looks like a very well made frame. Can you post a photo showing the Drive Side and drive components....
Originally Posted by MiloFrance
Is that a quill - Ahead converter?
06-08-16, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by unworthy1
"...rosebud..."
Nope, cannot add anything based on these details...the 21st frame built by RW, for RoseWood?
Nope, cannot add anything based on these details...the 21st frame built by RW, for RoseWood?
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