Please provide knowledge on this old frame!
 

Hi guys, I found this bike in my basement and turned it into a fixed without knowing anything about it. I needed to make a new bike and for cheep since my previous one had gotten stolen so please don't comment on the components I really just want information on the frame :). Thank you and have a nice day!
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sounds and looks like a department store "house" brand.

no ideas as to actual manufacturer.

Interesting, my mom got it from a LBS but the owner died and the shop closed so there is no local person to ask unfortunately. When I tried to search the web for it it kept giving me a surly pacer bike which lead me to believe that surly had bought "Pacer". But there is no information about a frame with Pacer on the web that I could find. By house brand I'm assuming you mean its just a re-branded frame? I'm just wondering if the frame is worth anything, might have a jewel here ;).

Looks like a typical low end Taiwanese or Japanese frame from the 1980s.

Second on the low-end asian origin.

Looks like extremely basic lugwork, slightly over-built high-tensile steel. It's not collectible, even if it might be rare. There's no Major Taylor or Fausto Coppi history there, nor is there the immaculate ride quality of a Tommasini or DeRosa, nor the idiosyncratic weirdness of a Bridgestone, nor the tea-and-crumpets cachet of most hand-built Brit bikes.

As long as you don't run it into anything, it will be a good, sturdy steed for urban transport. That's all that matters here.

The pics are lousy for identification but I agree a low end import from Asia. Are you and the bike in the U.S.? Pacer may be a 'house brand' for some parts supplier like Diamond or GT used to be before the bikes got bigger than the parts.

I think your fork is bent. :innocent:

yes, indeedy do!

appears some enthusiastic rider used it for curb hopping or playing the "let's see how big a pothole we can find" game...

fork is likely an off-the-peg akisu, not made by the cycle mfr. the metal in these is about like what is found in one of salvador dali's watches.

Sorry for picture quality (****ty Samsung camera), what makes you guys think that the fork is bent? Because when I look at it everything looks on point. And I live in Montreal where the corruption has really taken a number on our streets and so every street has minimum 10 potholes (some bigger than others). Alright so turns out its nothing special (Hi-ten explains its weight) thanks guys for the information!