Author Topic: HELP PLEASE!!!! It like this bike doesn't exist 😩Grrrr (Read 8744 times)

Lazy_boy83 · « **on:** October 19, 2015, 06:48 PM »

Can any one help me put a year to my Ammaco freestyler limited edition lll .I've just recently Purchased and have started my first restoration. I've received it back from the power coaters and off to a good start but the more research I do the more deadens I come across to finding out its true age. The guy I bought it of said it was a late 80's/ early 90's BMX . But after constantly trawling the net I keep hitting a dead-end .The closest I've come to anything like is a schwinn hydrometric which is a 1997 it's more or less the same bike. So if anyone can help I would be grateful! The Bikes serial number is: St7081037 if that helps thanks lazy_boy

Lazy_boy83 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 19, 2015, 06:56 PM »

Not figured out how to attach pictures yet .

CustardLips · « **Reply #2 on:** October 19, 2015, 07:21 PM »

Yeah pics would help. Download Photobucket mate... it's a free photo sharing site.

This might help :
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,129378.0.html

Lazy_boy83 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 19, 2015, 07:54 PM »

Thanks will give it a try. Fingers crossed pictures will follow lol😂

OllyHall · « **Reply #4 on:** October 19, 2015, 08:10 PM »

It's the 1 that looks like the schwin astroglide or something like that

Lazy_boy83 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 19, 2015, 08:39 PM »

Yes that's the one I've named the wrong like a div lol
It is a dead ringer for the 1997 Schwinn hydra glide👍🏻

Lazy_boy83 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2015, 12:13 AM »

Pictures from how it looked when I got it if this helps you BMX gods out there👍🏻

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Lazy_boy83 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 20, 2015, 01:47 AM »

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Jaymz · « **Reply #8 on:** October 20, 2015, 08:57 AM »

Theyre proper thin on the ground,

Lazy_boy83 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:23 AM »

True but would just love to be able to put a year to it.
Is this yours Jaymz I was going for that same kind of look my self bought mag's but couldn't deside. Ended up polishing up spoked ones

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Dannywhac · « **Reply #10 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:38 AM »

You still got the original seat? If you have, take a look underneath it for a date stamp - there's normally two stamped wheels with a year and month - with an arrow pointing to em.

Ammaco have been exclusively distro'd by Cycle King now for years. I'd say looking at the serial number and the fact it's got seat-stay brake lugs and 14mm dropouts it's more than likely from 2005+

Lazy_boy83 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 20, 2015, 10:09 AM »

Cheers Danny I'll try find the seat still got it👍🏻

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Lazy_boy83 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 20, 2015, 11:26 AM »

Found the seat it says nelo 227 with a (H) on one side at the bk and a (5) on the over side plus had Ammaco in White on the side

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Jaymz · « **Reply #13 on:** October 20, 2015, 11:27 AM »

have a look on the underside under the rails, there should be a daisy wheel date stamp

ED209 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 20, 2015, 11:53 AM »

Mid to late 90s is all I can find

http://www.ozbmx.com.au/index.php'showtopic=61453

Dannywhac · « **Reply #15 on:** October 20, 2015, 12:06 PM »

Quote from: ED209 on October 20, 2015, 11:53 AM

Mid to late 90s is all I can find

http://www.ozbmx.com.au/index.php'showtopic=61453

That's a guess tho Ed - them seatstay brake lugs smack of mid 2000's on this type of bike

pickle · « **Reply #16 on:** October 20, 2015, 12:55 PM »

i bet the scales would say about the same in Kilos

Jaymz · « **Reply #17 on:** October 20, 2015, 12:55 PM »

Quote from: Dannywhac on October 20, 2015, 12:06 PM

Quote from: ED209 on October 20, 2015, 11:53 AM
Mid to late 90s is all I can find

http://www.ozbmx.com.au/index.php'showtopic=61453

That's a guess tho Ed - them seatstay brake lugs smack of mid 2000's on this type of bike

My Moneys on July 2008

ED209 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 20, 2015, 01:26 PM »

Quote from: Jaymz on October 20, 2015, 12:55 PM

Quote from: Dannywhac on October 20, 2015, 12:06 PM
Quote from: ED209 on October 20, 2015, 11:53 AM
Mid to late 90s is all I can find

http://www.ozbmx.com.au/index.php'showtopic=61453

That's a guess tho Ed - them seatstay brake lugs smack of mid 2000's on this type of bike
My Moneys on July 2008

was that based on the serial st7081037 J?

just found one on ebay thats st97040155

so not sure that interpretation holds :-)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AMMACO-FREESTYLE-BMX-MID-SCHOOL-90s-BIKE-/111782427004?hash=item1a06c0797c%3Ag%3AoMIAAOSwPcVVqoIn&nma=true&si=klO8wg65Jwzr3ziBz632Mr%252Bwglw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

OllyHall · « **Reply #19 on:** October 20, 2015, 02:39 PM »

Schwin made the hydro glide in 97 which is identical they've basically bought the jig when schwin stopped making this I'd say early 2000's

OllyHall · « **Reply #20 on:** October 20, 2015, 02:41 PM »

Quote from: Dannywhac on October 20, 2015, 12:06 PM

Quote from: ED209 on October 20, 2015, 11:53 AM
Mid to late 90s is all I can find

http://www.ozbmx.com.au/index.php'showtopic=61453

That's a guess tho Ed - them seatstay brake lugs smack of mid 2000's on this type of bike

Your right and wrong lol

Dannywhac · « **Reply #21 on:** October 20, 2015, 03:04 PM »

Quote from: OllyHall on October 20, 2015, 02:39 PM

Schwin made the hydro glide in 97 which is identical they've basically bought the jig when schwin stopped making this I'd say early 2000's

It's not quite the same Olly - top and downtubes are diff at the headtube, no girly-curls on the stays. I reckon though they've just got hold of a frame over in Taiwan and copied the shit out of it.

There's a few Ammacos that Cycle King flogged in the mid 2000's with an identical frame bar the brake lugs (most of the others are the generic v's).

If anyone can be arsed, pop over to:

http://archive.org/web/

and pop in Cycle Kings web addy - there's schizz on there from 2007+ but ain't got the time to trawl it meself.

Lazy_boy83 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 20, 2015, 05:21 PM »

Cheers guys for the help 👍🏻

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Lazy_boy83 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 20, 2015, 05:43 PM »

Well its a starting ground for my first build

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Lazy_boy83 · « **Reply #24 on:** December 08, 2015, 09:14 AM »

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