Help needed to identify a frame
11-03-20 | 04:14 PM
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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.
any thoughts or information would be appreciated.
- Gerry
any thoughts or information would be appreciated.
- Gerry
11-03-20 | 05:13 PM
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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!
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!
11-03-20 | 06:08 PM
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That is a HKB Chimo, my kid has one I found for him.
Here's an example, not ours.
An unexpected gift
That is a HKB Chimo, my kid has one I found for him.
Here's an example, not ours.
An unexpected gift
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11-03-20 | 06:15 PM
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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!
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!
11-03-20 | 07:12 PM
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"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!
And thanks for the better pix, much more helpful!
11-03-20 | 07:20 PM
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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
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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
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