Ok so a few of you might have seen this on the bay a week or so back & recognised it as being a Rebel Freestyler.
In some ways you would have been correct but it's thrown up some interesting questions for me so I wondered if anyone on here knew anything about this potential (Rebel Alliance)....
The Frame & forks have decals that say (Elite) which i'd clocked on the original advert ..
If it was any other frame i'd have assumed the decals were just random & might have been added later on but I know for a fact that Rebel BMX Sold this specific frame set not only just as a Rebel Freestlyer but also as a shop bike for Faze 7 Distribution who called it called it the Faze 7 street styler.
Also to be fair after giving it an oxi bath & looking at them closely they look to be original. Each decal is specific & scaled to its positioning on the frame & looks to have been designed for this frame set.
So I'm thinking (more assuming) that this bike might have been another (re branded recreation) Made by rebel but sold to a specific customer (distributor or store) & I'm wondering who is (or was) Elite ?
Ive done some digging & There is an elite bike co, but this company was founded in the 90's so it's not them. There's also a bike in the museum in the USA but again its not even close & is much newer..
So I'm wondering were there any distributors or shops called Elite in the UK in the 1980's who might have had this branded up & sold this ?
The bike is identical in every way to the rebel & the street styler as I've owned another 3 of these but the only difference is that there are some serial numbers on the the BB & i've never seen a rebel with a serial no.
Anyway your help would be much appreciated I kinda like the decals but they are a long way gone & i think this will end up with rebel decals but if i could find anything about about it along the way that would be cool .. Cheers
Head tube decal (cut to the shape of a spade ) & I'm wondering if this has any significance
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Rear Stay decal remnants :
Main tube decal close up
Main tube decal
Fork decals
seat post tube decals
Side by side :
