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Zippy
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February 27, 2008, 07:48 PM »
Right, here the long awaited pics.
Now the Bars.
Now the Cranks, although these are old school really.
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billstup
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February 27, 2008, 08:07 PM »
Thats in really nice survior condition Si, now just how much did it cost you
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Zippy
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February 27, 2008, 08:24 PM »
Well when you take into account the bank fees the cost of postage and other things it wasn't as cheap as I thought.
The cranks will also need a rechrome and a sticker set, but they're going to go on my Raleigh Aero pro Burner so won't be for sale for a while if at all. They will be show standard though so will be worth the expense.
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harris
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February 27, 2008, 08:56 PM »
what are the forks si 80s forks
the frame looks in great nick but i dont understand the serial number at all.
cranks look sweet also great find
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Zippy
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February 27, 2008, 09:03 PM »
I don't know how the frame numbers work, but I was surrprissed to see it etched with a '96 as I thought it was a '94. Although all the physical clues point to it being a '94 model so I'm not sure what the story behind that is.
No idea what the forks are. I assumed they were Hoffman but I'm no expert so they may not be and I wouldn't have a clue.
The whole thing was bought because of the cranks.
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harris
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February 27, 2008, 09:07 PM »
no not hoffman forks not even similar shape.
the frame is confusing almatreb might be worth another ask
the cranks are the best bit thou
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Stodgy
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February 27, 2008, 11:07 PM »
Nice Si - great find for the cranks alone! Sweeeet.
The forks are definately not Hoffman as Dan says.
The frame is an odd one...by the looks of the welding I would say that it is Ramp Room made, but there shouldn't be a serial number.
Can you have a feel of the downtube? Does it have a flat spot on both sides like the tubing has been pressed into an oval?
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harris
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February 28, 2008, 07:02 AM »
i was edging towards ramp room as the welds dont quite look good enough to be se made
not that they are bad in any way, just se mde a rearly even job .that looks like my old one.
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Stodgy
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February 28, 2008, 07:53 AM »
Simon just confirmed that there are the ridges on the downtube...so definately Ramp Room...
SE used pre-formed oval tubing, whereas to save money when Hoffman started manufacturing himself he bought round chrome-moly and then pressed it into an oval using two car jacks and two bits of wood...hence the flat spot on the tubing.
The serial number is still a mystery, but they experimented with so many things during the Ramp Room days that they might have decided that week that they would put serial numbers on. Who knows? I wouldn't have thought the '...96' means 1996, I imagine just a coincidence - but I'm baseing that on a sheer guess and have no facts to back it up...other than the wishbone and a production dateline for that particular type of Big Daddy.
Lovely frame that though Si. Put it with Dan's Ramp Room Taj, and the Ramp Room Condor I sold to YGT Mark and that would be one fine collection. A real piece of history.
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