Author Topic: My new wall art just arrived......1997 Matthew Hoffman Condor..NOS... (Read 7491 times)

ED209 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2014, 05:32 PM »

ooooohhhh thats juicy.

Olly will drop a months worth of love juice over that... unless, of course, he's over Condors now

adenough · « **Reply #2 on:** March 17, 2014, 05:33 PM »

adenough · « **Reply #3 on:** March 17, 2014, 06:44 PM »

OrgasmDonor · « **Reply #4 on:** March 17, 2014, 06:48 PM »

nice

OllyHall · « **Reply #5 on:** March 17, 2014, 06:58 PM »

Very nice indeed but I'm a USA only fan Edward

adenough · « **Reply #6 on:** March 17, 2014, 07:07 PM »

Taiwan this one (I think)

Jaymz · « **Reply #7 on:** March 17, 2014, 07:11 PM »

Yeah same as my old one, it's a very early Taiwan frame though as most were 1"1/8th headset, I only found one other on BMX museum that was Taiwan and 1"

deshstar · « **Reply #8 on:** March 17, 2014, 07:45 PM »

The one I recently sold to Machine Man was the same - first of the Taiwanese

gary4130 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 17, 2014, 10:02 PM »

very nice

adenough · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2014, 10:06 PM »

Even came with the free seat clamp allen key (second pic)

dordymush · « **Reply #11 on:** March 18, 2014, 01:44 PM »

Cool frame roger.
So what difference is there between the tai and usa frames then.

adenough · « **Reply #12 on:** March 18, 2014, 01:48 PM »

Quote from: dordymush on March 18, 2014, 01:44 PM

Cool frame roger.
So what difference is there between the tai and usa frames then.

Asking the wrong person here Dave, ive no idea? .....

Dannywhac · « **Reply #13 on:** March 18, 2014, 02:42 PM »

No HB stamp on the gusset oop front is the main one for US, stamped for Tai. Also on the TAJ's (can't speak for the Condors as never had one) the early Tai one's (97/98) the rear wishbones and chain stays were sometimes on the p1ss making the bike feel like it was pulling left/right all the time. That and they cracked.

*edit - also need to add though - before they moved to Tai manufacture (which did I guess pave the way for other companies) they did occasionally make their tubing oval by using car jacks. Love em to bits though

OllyHall · « **Reply #14 on:** March 18, 2014, 03:05 PM »

They lost there cool when they went yellow, but prob 100% better made and stronger when they went Taiwan ,it's just the whole ramp room thing I think is so cool and hoffman in the early days