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Schwinn DeCoster picked up today...

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snoopy72:
Think the timeline was
77 till April 78 they were ashtabula's
May 78 onwards, up to 1980 were the Roger Decoster forks.
these forks came out in 78 May ish, even some of the very early nickel supergooses had tange pinch forks and in early 79 went to Decoster style but had the drilled hole

Am I right in thinking that all the Decoster forks were nickel only ?

Jaan:

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--- Quote from: Jaan on July 15, 2014, 12:51 PM ---The DeCoster fork has welded drops, they're pretty recognisable but i'm fairly confident that they weren't around in the 70's



Yours look like Tange 1200 pinched forks which i think Mongoose fitted from '79, if yours is a '78 and you're interested in "era correctness" then fit black non stamped Ashtabula forks.

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Just to say that Decoster forks were available in 76' Chris & seen on Mongooses at that time. :daumenhoch:

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I was certain of Team forks being used in the 70's which are similar, I think I was feeling confident as mine came with Ashtabula in '78 and I was relying on this info being chronological which it can't be...

http://www.vintagemongoose.com/frame/forks.php

GRAB ON KID:
Here's a BMX Products ad from the 1st BMXA Dec 76/Jan 77' & shows new Roger decoster forks.  :daumenhoch:

snoopy72:
team forks came out in about Oct 78 on the team, suprgooses had pinch tange then in 79 supergoose changed to team forks.

Teams were Candy blue/red over nickel + forks
Early supergooses were all nickel until Oct 1980 then were chrome
1980 Teams were Candy over nickel but also the option of chrome
Even mongoose catalogues state that during the making of the catalogue changes may have occurred .

snoopy72:

--- Quote from: GRAB ON KID on July 17, 2014, 08:58 PM ---Here's a BMX Products ad from the 1st BMXA Dec 76/Jan 77' & states new Roger decoster forks.  :daumenhoch:


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Well fook me,  Mike are you sure with your artistic talents you didn't photo shop this ? :LolLolLolLol:

I also thought all 76's and early 77 with the bottom frame gusset only came in nickel and in the pic is a painted frame.

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