challenger year id

[bmxbert]

just got this from museum and should be in post from us by tomorrow. any idea what year it is as ive not seen them without canti mounts.

go it for £217 shipped with profile cranks and 1" pitches

[baldbmxer]

Thats a treat  I loves a Challenger me

any excuse to show mine of    a NOS pro with the price still on it!

[harris]

nice buy that   

[rory]

nice score, im sure alex can put a date the frame

[bmxbert]

thanks im looking forward to seeing it. any idea what year it is?
my collection is getting better all the time i really want to end up with a collection of best of each large company from the 90s.
im in need of a nice 1" chrome sta to put into my collection!!!!!!!!!

[harris]

i sold this fnf a few months back to steve but its a great frame set

[bmxbert]

that looks really nice. i wasnt always a lover of these frames but think its because i hadnt seen one without canti mounts.

never liked canti brakes think they ugly. ssshh dont tell anybody.

[Lazarou]

Get the seller to give you the serial number.

Philbert had one of these around 96 i think, that's the date i'd put on it 95/96 

[Zippy]

Here's a bad picture of mine.



It's slowly being built at the moment.

What headset would you recoment. I was leaning towords a Chris King but don't know if that's too bling.

[SaMAlex]

I have an S&M Cataloge from 1994 that shows 1" Challengers with canti mounts so the non canti ones are earlier than that.

Also, those aint pitchforks, they are challeger forks. Sort of the same as "pre-pitchforks" as they have thinner legs and a single piece steer tube. They were avalable with single and double thick dropouts.

Very nice frame and forks you got there. 

[baldbmxer]

What headset would you recoment. I was leaning towords a Chris King but don't know if that's too bling.
[/quote]

Late Challenger but still really really REALLY nice 

Dont lean towards a King headset, reach out and grab one! they're great! and fine on one of those

[Philbert]

the one i had was originally purchased in 95 by the first owner.

forks lasted a week and the frame stressed after two. a gusset was brazed in and it carried on for a couple of years

that owner then went through 4 dirt bikes through 95 - 97 and still rides and s&m today

[bsdforever]

I'm pretty certain that's a 1993 challenger

[Miko]

Also, those aint pitchforks, they are challeger forks. Sort of the same as "pre-pitchforks" as they have thinner legs and a single piece steer tube. They were avalable with single and double thick dropouts.

Also known as "Bitchforks".  I was talking to the seller of that frame.  He wouldn't give me a price.  Did you just throw money at him until he sold?

[bmxbert]

no the frame was for sale on bmx museum and i gave gave him his asking price.

thanks alex for the info on forks. im well chuffed with that little purchase.
i was so happy with my savings i bought munners trm to.
this weeks been expensive musnt tell the woman

[dialledbikes]

I think those Challengers first surfaced around late-92/93.  The one Zippy has (Joe's old one) was much later.

If anyone is looking for a complete OS legal Challenger I'd consider selling mine as I don't plan to race OS anymore.

[teamsano]

thats a 93 challenger i'd say. are the dropouts single or two sandwiched together?