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So funny thing. I was looking at more information for this frame again, was doing a good search and found my own post here from years ago.
I rode this bike offroad for awhile and loved it, was repairing it one day and noticed it had a crack in the headtube. Frustrating. So I transferred everything over to another frame and left this one alone. Didn’t know what to do with it.
I still have this frame and I went looking for a serial and a date last night based on some recommendations that showed up on this thread over the years, and low and behold I found a ground off serial and “VOID” stamped into the frame. So I don’t know if that means the frame I bought years ago was already a cracked frame and I had the wool pulled over my eyes or what.
That said, maybe someone wants this for wall art? I frequent bikeforums.net under the same name and will check this here too for comment. I honestly was thinking of sending the frame to FranktheWelder for a repair but now don’t know what’s best. I do think this was likely a project undergournd or colorado because this did come from a local bike shop employee at the time, I do think it is likely a Control Tech built model, not a Yeti.
Anyone with any thoughts, please let me know.
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Well I have looked at more catalogs and it may have been maybe a Team Schwinn Frame, at least it has the same color scheme/paint job as them. It has to be a 95 due to the derailleur hanger being non replaceable too. Well whatever, it’s light that is for sure, except it has a heavy Judy on it. Good eye on the tires I just put them on and they are big, 2.1 Leader in the back and a 2.3 Speed King in the front. That was on purpose, they are both folding Continentals so lighter and better. I am planning on either putting on a rigid fork (hence the big front tire) or like a SID up front. I don’t like the new disc fad, I love canti and v-brakes so that will remain. I may switch the crank with a Sugino Impel that I have and going to replace shifting with Suntour Thumbs. Should look pretty neat when I finish, I will post more pics then. Won’t happen very soon though.
I guess I should say that I am a Homegrown newbie not a bike newbie. I am an avid bike garage mechanic after being a store mechanic in my youth. These bikes were the GREAT ones back when I was a snot nosed brat in the shop.
“Void” pic. I’ll get pics of the cracked headtube later. 