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Offline oldskull

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1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« on: May 28, 2013, 09:42 PM »
Bought this few weeks ago. No plan on f/f yet. I dont know if the later decoster fork originally come with this 1979 frame, not much story about this. BTW I got another chrome deccoster fork laying around and thinking to use with this frame.
Suggestion is welcome  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2013, 09:46 PM »
dib dobs bars :daumenhoch: :2funny:
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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2013, 09:50 PM »
dib dobs bars :daumenhoch: :2funny:

 :shocked: :crazy2:  :laugh: the bars will go to my next project  :daumenhoch:
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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2013, 02:52 PM »
dib dobs seat :daumenhoch: :2funny:

Ouch !  ;D

Cool find  ;)

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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2013, 06:37 PM »
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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2013, 06:39 PM »
Hubs  ???
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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2013, 08:39 PM »
Got to love an early Goose'y  :smitten:

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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2013, 11:11 AM »
Hubs  ???

x2 :coolsmiley:

That is a cool find - gotta love a nickel mk1 Goose, but there are some great parts on that bad-boy, espcially the bars and hubs :daumenhoch:

Forks are not DeCoaster as they are drilled for a brake caliper. They are Team forks though and hence 100% cromo so a very nice touch :smitten:

I await Bobbafett's arrival to correct me of course :2funny:
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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2013, 02:57 PM »
Hubs  ???

x2 :coolsmiley:

That is a cool find - gotta love a nickel mk1 Goose, but there are some great parts on that bad-boy, espcially the bars and hubs :daumenhoch:

Forks are not DeCoaster as they are drilled for a brake caliper. They are Team forks though and hence 100% cromo so a very nice touch :smitten:

I await Bobbafett's arrival to correct me of course :2funny:

The hubs is copy. It is taiwan hubs with ACS Z rims.

Someone told me the forks is team forks too, but I really cannot find any info about it. Checked vintagemongoose.com, only found out about decoster undrilled, so I thought it is decoster with drilled.

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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2013, 03:17 PM »
Team forks have a smaller outside diameter and are thinner walled so lighter :daumenhoch:

De-Coaster were the same fork but un-drilled. Rare as fook. My bro has a set on his and I've never seen another set, despite owning nearly as many Mongooses as Bobbafett at some point in my life :-\
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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2013, 06:13 PM »
Team forks have a smaller outside diameter and are thinner walled so lighter :daumenhoch:

De-Coaster were the same fork but un-drilled. Rare as fook. My bro has a set on his and I've never seen another set, despite owning nearly as many Mongooses as Bobbafett at some point in my life :-\

Thanks for the info!!!  :daumenhoch: I will put the team fork back to the frame :) I actually got another chrome mongoose fork for it.
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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2013, 01:11 AM »
love the goose frame and forks and keep me in mind if you want to move it on  ;)

rims will clean up a treat and re-dye well


wouldn't want to ride it like that at the mo - bunny hop will smart  ;D
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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2013, 06:18 AM »
That's a nice find Ibrahim the bars don't look that pitted they should polish up nice :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2013, 07:45 AM »
thats gonna clean up real nice  :daumenhoch:

some great parts too - great find that  8)

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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2013, 09:08 PM »
Thanks guys,

Steve: the bars actually pitted quite bad. I already cleaned/polished it and now still thinking to powder it or build as survivor :) Just like my laserlite.
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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2013, 09:10 PM »
love the goose frame and forks and keep me in mind if you want to move it on  ;)

rims will clean up a treat and re-dye well


wouldn't want to ride it like that at the mo - bunny hop will smart  ;D

Will let you know if it happened, got to much project lately. And I dont want to keep too much racer as I am much into freestyler. We will see.
Yeah still thinking to re-dye the Z.
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« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2013, 07:57 AM »
Very cool find that.. I'd gladly take the Team fork from you as the "other" chrome Goose fork would look much better on this  :P ;)
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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #17 on: June 20, 2013, 10:25 PM »
Very cool find that.. I'd gladly take the Team fork from you as the "other" chrome Goose fork would look much better on this  :P ;)

If you got JMC fork we can trade it :P

BTW still dont think to part them atm.
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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #18 on: June 20, 2013, 10:50 PM »
I don't do JMC  :yahoo_silent:  :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
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Re: 1979 Mongoose (nickel)
« Reply #19 on: November 24, 2013, 11:18 AM »
 Team forks go with it perfect, they were an optional extra 7/8 fork that you could buy separately from mongoose to replace the 1" tange pinch fork, i would fit the undrilled decoster forks on a decoster frame
Team forks came in nickel, candy red or candy blue.
« Last Edit: November 24, 2013, 11:22 AM by snoppy72 »

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