Good day,

-Intro. You can skip this-
Since it is my first post in this forum, short introduce. Been cycling since very little like all the kids, had more than 10 bicycles since then. When I was studying and moved to live in another country, I became a digger for cheapest riding bicycles available. I guess my best deal was the first one I got, a city-cruiser, all rusty steely, but with solid and straight wheels and like-a-new tires for €20. My Royal refresh. Since then I had several Austrian made Puch's enjoyed them a lot, I was and still am not sure what makes me happier riding them or finding a crappy and forgotten bike and making it shine again. The remarkable moment was when we went for a trip with my two friends. Over 150 km were covered per one day. Haven't toke any spares for the trip but luckily nothing wrong had happened. A €25 two wheeler haven't made me worry not for a second. Then I realized how trustworthy and simple these mechanisms are. I got the passion.

-The question-
Bought an early nineties, entry level road bike Torbole. But I can't figure out who made it. I was looking in the forums and catalogs for a while but couldn't find what kind of brand frame it is.
From parts (Shimano Exage Motion groupset) and front fork I am guessing it is early 90's. Frame looks something like Giant or Fuji Palisade was my closest match from looks. The only sticker it has is 'Torbole' - not original. My guess the paint job is not original too. I am sure PO made a little upgrade - Mavic Open SUP CD wheels with Shimano 600 tricolore hubs, Shimano hyperglide 7-speed cassette.
The other parts look like this Biopace oval double crank 25.8mm seatpost, Exage, Cheapest headset, SN.:106369.
Got it all cleaned up, new bar tape, all cables and armors, all bearings cleaned up and relubed, standard pedals and reupholstered the seat with a black suede (not in the picture) Unknown .

Anybody have some thoughts what frame could it be ?
Thank you for your attention

Unidentifiable ?

From that photo, no. If you post photos of the lugs, fork crown, and any other distinctive frame details, there's a chance someone might recognize it.

Hi there,

Ehm my rear lugs look like this https://www.dropbox.com/s/pbkup811ml3tbx3/IMAG0574.jpg
and fork crown I guess is this https://www.dropbox.com/s/rnhjz6bhgk15v24/IMAG0564.jpg

I guess I have looked the frame inside out (even tried spot something inside front fork tube), but I can't find any stamps, logos, digits or letters except from that SN on BB.

Any ideas.. ?

What country are you in? I am sure there are/were thousands of small independent frame builders in Europe that no one here ever heard of.
I assume you already searched this on the internet?

It looks like a very nice quality frame for certain. The seatpost size seems odd but maybe an older Vitus tubeset?

I am from Europe, Lithuania.
We do have a bicycle factory here, but it's more of a local known, MTB, commuting, city style bike manufacturer - "Panther". As far as I know they haven't produced road bikes in their lifetime.
All of the road bikes we meet here are imports.

The frame do look in a good shape for its age, no rust at all, but as I said it doesn't have any stickers, although the paint-job looks quality made.
So I'm confused if stickers were removed for some reason, or somebody done a proper repaint.

Surly LHT.

26` touring bike.. Seriously ?

The frame looks like the LHT. No not a 26, a 700c. The bend in the forks, and the very low bottom bracket just immediately jumped out out at me. I can't see no difference between a LHT and this.

Could you please post some links/pictures about the bike you have in mind.

Surly 2014 Long Haul Trucker 700c Touring Bike

OMG you are the lifesaver man..
Tha Sure-Lee looks just like mine! except it totally don't. Next time before posting some nonsense clean your screen and take a good look at whats written.

How about you just dry your eyes you wee pansy.