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“Better orange than mine, mine is really dark. That one is more orange-y. Seems the BBO wasn’t very consistant.”
Funny you mention that, I’ve seen around 12 bassboat orange homegrowns – ranging in shades of “orange” – some almost a neon-orange, while others had a deeper/darker orange with more of a red tint. I’m not sure if this is due to a paint error, environmental impact or run of frame build.
The most consistent bassboat colors were the bassboat blues, the lxt bassboat red and the Bassboat green – (which I believe is probably the hardest frame to find)
My guess — is that you’ve got yourself something of a mutant.. Someone along the line went in, tweaked the shocks and then you obtained the bike.
Sounds cool, would like to see the pictures – particularly of the 99′ banger.. I don’t know about a lot of folks, but I did enjoy the 2000/2001 Schwinn full-suspension rigs. they were fun to bounce around on…
Please email me at jasonluebke@gmail.com if you would have any interest in otherwise selling said frame..
thanks
I would estimate the “worth” of the frame would really depend on the buyer – I’ve sold frames for as little as $100 and as much as $300…….
Pictures always help. As do popular frame sizes 17, 19 & 21 inch.
Hey, cool find — any pictures/ what the paint job is? My guess is it was a late 1995 build, not a 1996 final product but it got out — I would love to see it, but I believe you probably got a heck of a set up.. From my understanding it was May/June of 1995 when they were finalizing the 1996 full suspensions..
One thing to remember at least from my experience is that with the homegrowns, if you made a late in year order – you could get a transition frame. Just like Blue72beetle said, there are many different paint jobs out there, some custom done, some done during transition. I also know that the Schwinn/GT warehouse that was in Northern Illinois would hold warranty frames, so when riders within that distribution area would trade in a frame if breakage would occur, they could ship out the warranty frame ASAP — this was a luck-of-the-draw thing, sometimes you’d get the exact frame as a replacement or sometimes you’d get one that was a flip-flop of a paint job, or whatever. One rider that frequented my bike shop actually got a 1999 Homegrown Elite frame in August of 1998 to replace his 1997 buffed frame that developed a crack in the bottom bracket… I still think you got yoursself quite a prize there.. especially since the chainstay yokes are pre-Yeti.. Out of curiosity, about how much does the bike weigh?> I would guess if you could get it on a scale it would ring in about 21.3 pounds total..
By the looks of it, it looks like you have a 1995 Homegrown Frame, built-up by a previous owner. The frame looks to be in amazing shape. My concern would be that you are using too large of a rear tire, it looks like it is pretty close the frame. It is not a Proj. Underground, as there isn’t any transition to the drop-outs Carbon-Titanium, rather it’s a one piece. If all the derals & head-set are clean & good to use, the chain isn’t worn out or the cranks – you got yourself one hell of a steal.
There it is, right there on the left drop out, even better – it matches the one I recorded on a piece of paper in my toolbox. SMRT, damn near briliant really.
This is aimed at Blue72Beetle
http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-SCHWINN-HOMEGROWN-MOUNTAIN-BIKE-EASTON-HEAD-BADGE-/380248710163?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item588896dc13 this auction is for the frame decal from the early roll out 95/96/97 Homegrown Factory frames…
As I recall, I’ve never seen a Homegrown Factory frame with a sticker like the square 6061.. I know some of the Homegrown Factory/Homegrown XT frames had stickers indicating that Easton provided a specialized aluminum for the frames. The 1997 series bikes had a frame material sticker just below the Seat tube/top tube welds… The Easton stickers on the Factory/team issue bikes had them in the same location.
I know I’ve seen a few of these Easton stickers/badges on ebay & craigs-lists postings randomly.. to match up exact years I couldn’t begin where to tell you.
Off topic/track a spell — that’s a fantastic frame you have there in the bassboat red/silver. I am working on locating one for myself. Even more off topic – I cannot think of any better paint-job anywhere ever than the 1997 Homegrown Factory bass-boat blue.. or the bass boat blue on the project underground.
I went through my boxes of biking stuff again — I don’t have any of the frame material stickers as extras, etc. Between those, the 1996/1997 Homegrown frame decals, we could start our own hunt for the Holy Grail.
Another off-topic – anyone have any input on these 1998/99 frame decals available on Ebay for like $120 bucks? The images aren’t terribly good, but they don’t look like they’d fit the frame accurately…
EDIT –= the 2000/2001 Homegrown decal sets with the N’Lightened Tubing had some of the worst decals ever. thanks.
Blue —
I’ve seen the frame both ways having worked at a bike shop during 1998-1999-2000, I had seen some of the early 99’s roll out with a tomato, and then the rest rolled out with the Epicenter Seat Stays sticker. I’d also seen frames w/out sticker (fell off due to shipping/other common Bassboat sticker issues and not sticking)
Most 99 frames/HG’s that I have seen, owned, etc all had the Epicenter seat stays sticker.
