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Not going to doubt me but make a bunch of sarcastic comments about .002mm?
What’s the point of asking a question if you already “know” the answer? I agree .2mm diametrically (not .002mm, maybe you meant .008″) is nothing, especially the way tolerances often work in the bike business. Also, if you’re not the original owner it’s not unheard of for people to ream out the seat tubes to get more readily available 27.0 or even 27.2mm posts.
Good luck finding a post that fits and won’t snap on you.
You’re correct on the frame fabrication. I believe they did the finishing in-house (hence the name) but that is speculation on my part, and I know there was a fair amount of re-work on some models, particularly the gold. I don’t know where that was handled. I don’t know about final assembly though. Sorry for the slow reply.
That’s a 1995 Homegrown Suspension that seems like a cross between the XT and a USA version, which would have had the White Industries cranks and GripShift shifters. The fork is a later (97?) Judy SL so it could’ve just been that things were upgraded as they wore out.
These are unique in that they were the first year for Homegrowns, they were the only year the homegrown had the bent driveside chainstay, and the only year they had ball bearing pivots. From 1996 they used bushings with a larger inner/outer diameter.
As far as value that’s tough. There’s not a huge market for these since the suspension platform and frame geometry are out-dated, travel is low in front and back, and there’s no disc brake mount on the frame. Everything looks in pretty good shape so you might do okay if you can find the right buyer, but it might take a while. A good place to start is the completed listings section on ebay to see what they’re actually selling for as opposed to what people are asking.
The actual Project Colorado was a one-off that was spec’ed with as many CO-based products as possible to give to the CO governor as a reminder of how importanat the industry was to the state.
Pretty sure the Project Undergrounds available to shop rats were frame-only.Sorry that picture wasn’t working in the quote, zuren. Had to re-link it. Reason 750 I need to make time to switch CMS for this site.
Is that all the proof you have? Guess I can’t just blame it on that bike…reading is fundamental. *fool*
ETA: Looks like the Elite and Pro had the mount but the base model did not though it did have forged dropouts. Interesting. And yes, I fixed my mistakes. Thanks for catching them, guys.
It’s bad enough that I have to clarify that my car doesn’t have the Cali engine before I can select brake pads or whatever, I can’t imagine mid-year car problems.
That’s a tough one. It looks to be in great shape and the steerer extension and stem can be undone. However, the 2000 still had the 22mm disc brake mounting brackets, which limits people to using older Hayes brakes or running newer flat mount brakes with an adapter. I’d say $400 but that’s a total guess. Looking at sold models like that on ebay will give you a good idea.
Definitely not a Homegrown but possibly some sort of cross/touring bike. Reasoning:
- Straight seat stays
- Downtube shifter bosses
- Internal cable routing
- Chainstay shape/structure near BB
- Rack mounts on dropouts and rear cable stop.
I couldn’t tell you what it is, but I know what it’s not…the welds do remind be a bit of older Cannondales but that’s all I’ve got.
The red/gold frame is made by Yeti. The orange frame was made by Annodizing, Inc.
Yeti frames characteristics: forged chainstay yoke instead of extruded (rounded edges on Yeti), no gusset at downtube/headtube, the tapered tube connecting seatstays to seat tube, made of 7005 aluminum, whereas the Annodizing frames were made of 6061.