Identify my Panasonic frame
11-19-22 | 12:22 PM
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Identify my Panasonic frame
Last week I bought a NOS Panasonic frame. But I can’t find anything about it online or in old catalogs. I tried different forums and FB groups but no one has yet been able to say what model it is. It is a TT bike from early 90’s. The fork is made for 650b wheels and the seat tube is slightly bent. All Panasonic TT’s from this era seem to have a bent top tube as well, mine does not. There is a very similar track bike but it does not have a 650b front wheel.
11-19-22 | 01:08 PM
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Start looking under "Panasonic order system".
https://cycle.panasonic.com/catalog/pos.pdf
Might touch base with Yellow Jersey as well.
https://www.yellowjersey.org/pana.html
https://cycle.panasonic.com/catalog/pos.pdf
Might touch base with Yellow Jersey as well.
https://www.yellowjersey.org/pana.html
11-19-22 | 02:38 PM
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Start looking under "Panasonic order system".
https://cycle.panasonic.com/catalog/pos.pdf
Might touch base with Yellow Jersey as well.
https://www.yellowjersey.org/pana.html
https://cycle.panasonic.com/catalog/pos.pdf
Might touch base with Yellow Jersey as well.
https://www.yellowjersey.org/pana.html
Checked both. And my japanese is far better spoken than written. And spoken is really really bad. So it’s hard to tell if there is something of value in that one. Also tried to find an email to contact Panasonic but failed. I read your other source but could not get anything of value out of it.
Thanks for your effort.
11-19-22 | 03:30 PM
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wannabe_me a 650b or 650c front wheel? More likely 650c.
where are you and the frame located? Are you looking at the correct country catalogs? Could it be part of team order?
where are you and the frame located? Are you looking at the correct country catalogs? Could it be part of team order?
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11-19-22 | 04:20 PM
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That’s a unique one for sure. Looks like a PR 6000 until you start picking apart the details. My uneducated guess it’s a custom build through theIr PICS process. I’ll take a track frame with road dropouts and 650b fork…
11-20-22 | 02:07 AM
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wannabe_me a 650b or 650c front wheel? More likely 650c.
where are you and the frame located? Are you looking at the correct country catalogs? Could it be part of team order?
where are you and the frame located? Are you looking at the correct country catalogs? Could it be part of team order?
The frame was bought in Sweden. It hung at a LBS for ages and when another LBS aquired the first one they wanted to get rid of it.
I have tried to look at all the catalogs I’ve find online, dutch, us, german.
11-20-22 | 02:10 AM
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Since is it a PICS frame, I'll second that it is a customer or shop ordered specific custom build. I mean they did have 11,655 custom order variations available....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfAbZlqQ68o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfAbZlqQ68o
