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Offline red baron

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help with this please
« on: August 26, 2013, 06:59 PM »
hi guys
just joined the site and said my bit in the welcome section and was hoping from some help in telling me what frame this is.
i brought it from a guy yesturday and in first glance looks to be a falcon freestyler, but there are some subtle differences  "help"

i dont care if its nothing specal as i justed liked the look of it :)

thanks in advance




« Last Edit: August 26, 2013, 09:23 PM by pickle »

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« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2013, 07:02 PM »
You need to read this thread, it'll help sort your photos out :daumenhoch:

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,129378.0.html
« Last Edit: August 26, 2013, 07:13 PM by That Swan Guy »
Who wants to ride with Eddie Fiola?

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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2013, 07:13 PM »

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« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2013, 07:14 PM »
 :LolLolLolLol:
Who wants to ride with Eddie Fiola?

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« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2013, 07:16 PM »
sused it out  :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: help with this please
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2013, 09:24 PM »
After sorting your pictures, I'd say generic POS  ???  Sorry  :-\

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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2013, 09:39 PM »
whats that then, and i dont mind if its a asda special ;D

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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2013, 09:41 PM »
just googled "POS" is that "piece of sh**" then :LolLolLolLol:

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« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2013, 09:48 PM »
Sorry, I'm afraid so.  But hey build it up with some cheap parts and ride it  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2013, 10:30 PM »
thanks for the info, just out of intrest how did you come up with POS :laugh:

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« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2013, 02:47 PM »
After sorting your pictures, I'd say generic POS  ???  Sorry  :-\
Hi pickle, can I ask if how you came up with that result? Is there any way of searching the frame number to get a acctual result of make/model??? Thanks
Midschool mongoose rider

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« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2013, 03:29 PM »
Just the general shape and quality. Experience as well I guess  ???

GT were the only real quality bike make which used that bent down tube design, it was then copied by countless cheap toys R us bikes which I believe comes under the umbrella of POS  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2013, 07:44 PM »
Late 90's early 00's ammaco


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« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2013, 08:03 PM »
awesome, Jaymz  :slayer:

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/ammaco/37548#.Uh-aWH-H2jc "1987 (I think) Ammaco Freestyler Special Edition"
someone says. "your nearly ten years out on it, same frame as a falcon xpose from around 95. i have got the same bike!!!"

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/ammaco/59797#.Uh-aOH-H2jc "1987 Ammaco Freestyler"
« Last Edit: August 29, 2013, 08:05 PM by fischflo »

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« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2013, 08:53 PM »
Townsend also did a version called te xposure too, and so did universal, but the ammaco was the first me I could lay my hands on, bankrupt bike parts on eBay have a load of nos ones for £20

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« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2013, 09:21 PM »
the disc, bars, stem etc ... all seems original to the bike
http://www.kupindo.com/Road-Racing/13617217_Ammaco-Freestyle
slavic seller says "Model: Alpina ACIFIC FS"    and "Vrsta: Muski "

seen the top tube decal a few times on this now: "Freestyler"


...a cryptographologist could now tell us the exact year, please

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« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2013, 09:30 PM »
The picture I posted was from a member on rb.com, it had been spray bombed after careful stripping this was the result, most of the freestyler was destroyed but you could make it out

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« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2013, 10:15 PM »
Like J's said - they're all from the very late 90's and are probably still used on generic cack Toy's R Us bikes today. Looking at that frame number with it's plethora of 0000's I'd say the OP's frame was made in 2000.

From that Alpina one - it probably is all og - they sell the frames to third party companies, and they get decalled and componented up to whatever they're gonna flog em with.
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« Reply #18 on: August 30, 2013, 06:39 PM »
thanks for the help guys :bow:, it sort of makes sence now, as when i picked it up and in the right light you could make out an "a" silhouette on the frame (down tube), anyway i will put ammaco stickers on it ;D sound better than townsend i think.
as said by pickles, i gonna strip my mongoose mid school down and change it over so i can ride it, and go from there

right off to ebay to get some stickers, thanks guys

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« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2013, 07:06 PM »
er, anyone know where i can get some Ammaco stickers from :(

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« Reply #20 on: August 30, 2013, 08:00 PM »
Del is the sticker guru on here - drop him a pm  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #21 on: August 30, 2013, 09:10 PM »
thanks for that howser, i have done, hopfully to the right person

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