Tease ten speed. Made in Japan ....Any ideas what this bike is?
06-12-10, 02:40 PM
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Tease ten speed. Made in Japan ....Any ideas what this bike is?
hey guys i picked up this ten speed at a garage sale... not sure a year or anything on it.. says made in japan... and the model is a "tease" thats all thats on this bike .. defiantly a older bike by its shifters and diamond pleated seat .... another feature that surprised me was that its very light.. even with the electric light on the front,lol....ill post pics soon.. if anyone knows anything about this bike please let me know i like to have back ground on it ... thanks
06-12-10, 03:22 PM
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"Tease" was one of several mass-market marques introduced during the early 1970s bike boom. In addition to pictures, please post a components list and the serial number, which might tell us who made it. I suspect you have a basic bike boom 28-lb. bike, comparable to the Peugeot UO-8 (quick release hubs) or AO-8 (wingnuts).
At Bikecology we jokingly pronounced it "Te - ah - zee," to make it sound more upscale than the intended English monosyllabic.
At Bikecology we jokingly pronounced it "Te - ah - zee," to make it sound more upscale than the intended English monosyllabic.
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06-13-10, 07:14 AM
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I don't know anything at all about the marque, but I'd have to say the logo is very cool and heavily influenced by early 70's psychedelia!
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06-13-10, 07:53 AM
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Yep its a bike!
Little better then a huffy.....a little.
Drive side photos are always best and brands and models of the derailleurs, brakes etc always helps.
First cue it is low grade is a lack of a sticker saying what the frame is made of. Now they do fall off but the rest of the stickers are there so not the case with this bike. That tells you it is a straight gage Hi Ten frame.
Is it junk...No it is a usable bike but really not work doing anything but tires to keep it on the road.
Is it collectible...no.
Is it something you could sell to a hipster at a rediculious price? Of COURSE.
Here is your ad:
Put this sticker on it and you can get an additional $20 for the bike.
https://www.stickerlover.com/?p=328
Little better then a huffy.....a little.
Drive side photos are always best and brands and models of the derailleurs, brakes etc always helps.
First cue it is low grade is a lack of a sticker saying what the frame is made of. Now they do fall off but the rest of the stickers are there so not the case with this bike. That tells you it is a straight gage Hi Ten frame.
Is it junk...No it is a usable bike but really not work doing anything but tires to keep it on the road.
Is it collectible...no.
Is it something you could sell to a hipster at a rediculious price? Of COURSE.
Here is your ad:
Vintage Japanese lugged steel frame! Cool 70's logs. Horizontal drop outs. Great bike to make a fixie!
$200.00
$200.00
https://www.stickerlover.com/?p=328
06-13-10, 12:22 PM
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man that bike rules! what a cool frame and decals. if you have the parts, you should replace everything sans the brakes (can probably use them for 700c).
06-13-10, 06:19 PM
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This is so strange. The posting is gone now, but I eyed a "Tease" road bike for at least five days last week but ultimately decided it wasn't worth the drive. It was listed for $100 and it had a full Dura-Ace 6-speed drivetrain. So, the bike couldn't have been crap. All the other bits (headset, calipers, levers) were Dura Ace as well. It was well, well, well worth the $100, I just didn't want to drive for it.
Case in point - maybe this one the OP speaks of is a rather nice bike? I can't imagine someone would go to the trouble to equip that other one I saw with Dura Ace if it were a department store special. Maybe I'm just optimistic?
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Case in point - maybe this one the OP speaks of is a rather nice bike? I can't imagine someone would go to the trouble to equip that other one I saw with Dura Ace if it were a department store special. Maybe I'm just optimistic?
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06-13-10, 11:02 PM
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There's nothing wrong with it, per se. The frame is in fantastic shape and looks quite nice, stamped steel drop outs and all. Let me list a few of its features that elitcited the "gas pipe special" characterization for this bike.
"Safety" levers on the brakes,
Shifters on the stem rather than down tube (with shifter knobs and reflectors, no less),
No rubber on the brake levers,
Quilted, plastic saddle,
Inexpensive quill pedals without clips or straps,
Kick stand,
Chain guard,
Spoke protector (a big, decorative one, no less),
Reflectors on the fork,
Protector over rear deralleur,
Chrome trim cap on fork crown (rather than chrome plating)
Don't get me wrong, the frame looks to be in great shape!
"Safety" levers on the brakes,
Shifters on the stem rather than down tube (with shifter knobs and reflectors, no less),
No rubber on the brake levers,
Quilted, plastic saddle,
Inexpensive quill pedals without clips or straps,
Kick stand,
Chain guard,
Spoke protector (a big, decorative one, no less),
Reflectors on the fork,
Protector over rear deralleur,
Chrome trim cap on fork crown (rather than chrome plating)
Don't get me wrong, the frame looks to be in great shape!
06-14-10, 11:22 AM
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The more I look at the photos, the more I am suspicious of things. The components are completely corroded, yet the frame is absolutely pristine. It's almost as if someone took a new frame and installed old, corroded components. The paint has no patina and not a single chip. The decals are not faded or loose, not even the edges or corners. It's wierd!
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Very observant. That is wierd. Maybe almost never ridden but stored for a long time in a humid environment that the paint withstood but the bare alloy components did not?
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Unusually good paint, unusually bad chroming. Look at the fork blades.
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The funny thing about that head badge is the underlying oval badge is a sticker, whereas the rectangular overlay is riveted in place. You'd have to remove the rivets to find out who made really the frame.
It has been my experience that paint usually has pinholes in it. Pinholes mean even the painted portions of the bike will rust. The chrome plated fork ends certainly are rusty, though, and so is the cap on the fork crown.
There is another thread going right now with a bike purported to be a late 60's very early 70's Pinarello. It has lugs very similar to these - very, very similar.
It has been my experience that paint usually has pinholes in it. Pinholes mean even the painted portions of the bike will rust. The chrome plated fork ends certainly are rusty, though, and so is the cap on the fork crown.
There is another thread going right now with a bike purported to be a late 60's very early 70's Pinarello. It has lugs very similar to these - very, very similar.
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06-15-10, 08:14 AM
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would it help if i took soem drive side pics? its been in st.louis we have very humid weather here... wich may be the chrome issue.. as far as i know this bike is all original... let me know what pics you would liek more of so maybe we can get to the bottom of this bike... the front badge is weird it looks liek just a sticker with the distributer name on it the the badge on top... i do know its possable this bike is from japan originally cause the guy i got it from rode while living there and then moved back in the eighties .... but never specifically asked if thats where he bought it or took it with him... the made in japan sticker kinda pushes me to the japan origins of purchase... what do you think?
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... i do know its possable this bike is from japan originally cause the guy i got it from rode while living there and then moved back in the eighties .... but never specifically asked if thats where he bought it or took it with him... the made in japan sticker kinda pushes me to the japan origins of purchase... what do you think?
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i realize that... my point was he lived over there it may be possable it was purchased over there.... kinda if we lived here and bought a made in america bike... was my point ... i would think he would have more of a chance to buy a japan made bike in japan than an american one......
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David Cassidy called. He wants his bicycle back. 
Had never heard of it before this thread, but it it has possibilities.
Had never heard of it before this thread, but it it has possibilities.
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