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Help needed to identify a frame
I have a friend/acquaintance that is trying to identify a frame, it has no headbadge it has a sticker on the top tube that reads "Criterium" not sure if that's original. I has a shimano 600 arabesque group and suntour GS dropouts, he says that the only thing he can see as far as a serial number is a 7 stamped on the bottom bracket.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b60a93516b.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...c7a4680233.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...360d80dabc.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8d9d53ef45.jpg any thoughts or information would be appreciated. - Gerry |
Need better pix to help you with the ID: focus on the head lugs, the seat cluster, the forkcrown, the brake bridge, the BB shell, the Dropouts with the stay ends, and the forkends.
If I was to take a complete "spitball" of a guess with the very limited clues so far: maybe a Windsor from the "Tange tubing" late production era. but would not put a nickel bet on that! |
[MENTION=449999]Gashepherd[/MENTION]
That is a HKB Chimo, my kid has one I found for him. ;) Here's an example, not ours. https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...cted-gift.html |
Originally Posted by unworthy1
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Need better pix to help you with the ID: focus on the head lugs, the seat cluster, the forkcrown, the brake bridge, the BB shell, the Dropouts with the stay ends, and the forkends.
If I was to take a complete "spitball" of a guess with the very limited clues so far: maybe a Windsor from the "Tange tubing" late production era. but would not put a nickel bet on that! https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...a695967add.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...de6a6a4732.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8c0344dcd0.jpg |
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your friend may discover steerer & stem to be .833 size ----- |
"Chimo"? Don't know that make but...checked these archives and there are a few threads. Don't see any that matches this (exactly) and most are a few clicks down the chain in terms of quality.& components. But as good a guess as any I might have. If it is a Chimo (or something else out of Japan in the same era) it could be Tange Champion #2 , which Chimo did use on one of their models and would make sense with the chrome ends and Shimano 600 (Arabesque) I reckon.
And thanks for the better pix, much more helpful! :thumb: |
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one manufacturer you may wish to consider is Matsus***ta do not wish to assert an identification, only a possibility to consider whatever it is it is certainly a midliner as in a two up from the base sort of model ----- |
The censors don't like that name but same as Panasonic and National (and spelled Matsush--ta)
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