Whitebear bike company
10-24-09, 02:24 PM
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Whitebear bike company
Hi I was given this bike from a close friend and I have been slowly fixing it up. The brand is White Bear I believe they used to make bmx bikes But I dont know much of their history with road bikes. The bike has a Reynolds 531 frame materials and compag components any info on this brand would be appreciated
10-24-09, 02:52 PM
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I have nothing to add about the brand, but that is a nice looking bike and you can't go wrong with 531 and Campagnolo.
10-24-09, 05:40 PM
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Whenever I here Whitebear anything I think of Minneapolis/St. Paul.
10-25-09, 08:12 AM
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Bumping this back up for you. 531sl tubing with a Zeus crank and Campy SR rear derailleur. Some of the other components are later change-outs, but someone must know something.
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10-30-09, 04:27 PM
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Thanks for some of the info on the whitebear brand. I emailed Ronnie Anderson who was a factory rider for white bear Bmx in the 80s and he gave me some more info and the name of the owner of the company. I have contacted him also awaiting his reply. Below is the email from Ronnie Anderson . Will update
Hey Justin whats up, I hear you bought a white bear road bike cool we started that company Lonnie Means "biker/Harley guy"a guy named Bear and I. Bear built the first bikes in Merced shop in Cali "Nor Cal" Richie and I road and won for white bear during their Just Say No campaign. For about a year I hooked that guy up clean fun...
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Hey Justin whats up, I hear you bought a white bear road bike cool we started that company Lonnie Means "biker/Harley guy"a guy named Bear and I. Bear built the first bikes in Merced shop in Cali "Nor Cal" Richie and I road and won for white bear during their Just Say No campaign. For about a year I hooked that guy up clean fun...
Sincerely,
Ronnie Anderson
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10-30-09, 06:38 PM
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Yeah, that looks like a really well made frame. The seat cluster looks very nice. I am pretty sure the lugs are prugnats, probably a long point version.
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My first bike was a little 20" that had the logo of a Polar bear sitting on an iceberg. This was in 1962. Could that have been a White Bear bike?
