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S&G Cycles Muddy Wolf by Araya
Avro:
Late last year I posted a wanted thread for a Shimano or Kuwahara project, I received a reply from Monkian, Tange/Tioga guru on here, with an unusual frame (due to some odd glitches in messaging it turned out that I was also offered a Kuwahara by another member but I was unaware at the time. This is why I find myself buried under projects!).
I was offered a S&G Cycles Muddy Wolf by Araya. It was in need of some love; a dent to the steering head tube and numerous knocks from a straight edge to the same area. However it was interesting. Here is a summary of Monkian's research:
1982 S&G Cycles Muddy Wolf
S&G Cycles - Muddy Wolf. Made by Araya.
This was a skip find a few years back that was sold on but sat in a shed until I got hold of it. It was originally listed for sale as an Ishibashi and it seems to have all the trademarks of the Ishibashi frame: Oval top-tube, Tear-drop down-tube, Full Cr-Mo, Giant style drop-outs, nice tight welds etc. Serial stamp is on the BB: 224177.
The Muddy Wolf was released in the UK under S&G Cycles (who had a close association with Muddy Fox). Araya provided this frame alongside early Muddy Fox Mountain Bikes to the UK based company. Even though this frame was provided by Araya, it's possible that Araya bought in the frames rather than fabricating themselves although this is pure speculation. I understand Ishibashi built their own bikes so they may have built these for Araya. Some have said that the identical Ishibashi frame was Tange made or was made using Tange tube-sets but again, I feel that this is speculative. Personally I wonder if Araya (as part of the JBM Group at the time) would have had (or needed) the production set up for frame making as companies in that region often operated like a collective and the Araya factory was heavily focused on Rim production.
The JBM group consisted of Araya, KKT, Sakae Ringyo (SR), Shimano, Takagi, and Tange. The group broke up in 1984.
Here is a link to the frame as purchased:
http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=331756
The cosmetic damage to the frame was such that I decided to have it dechromed and go to paint later. To repair the dent and knocks and then rechrome was out of the question. I have a Laserlite that I would like to get rechromed in the future so it was a case of priorities and available funds. I also have a colour scheme in mind, it will mean a lot of work but, I hope, worth it.
Here's the frame after the dechrome:
Super tight welds.
Avro:
I am having trouble getting pictures into the thread.
The pictures are the correct size (1065x800 and around 230kb each), I am doing exactly what I have done before but an error message comes up
'Your attachment couldn't be saved. This might happen because it took too long to upload or the file is bigger than the server will allow.'
Please consult your server administrator for more information.'
The error message comes up instantly.
Any ideas?
deeman:
--- Quote from: Avro on January 26, 2017, 10:16 AM ---I am having trouble getting pictures into the thread.
The pictures are the correct size (1065x800 and around 230kb each), I am doing exactly what I have done before but an error message comes up
'Your attachment couldn't be saved. This might happen because it took too long to upload or the file is bigger than the server will allow.'
Please consult your server administrator for more information.'
The error message comes up instantly.
Any ideas?
--- End quote ---
You need a photobucket or similar image hosting account. Copy and paste the IMG code here :daumenhoch:
griff:
Our web guru has been trying to get the attachment module on the forum improved - currently it appears to be down though for everyone
Alternative right now would be to use an image hosting site like photobucket or Imgur - sorry for the hassle and hopefully we'll be in better shape soon with an improved service ;)
Mikku:
Looking forward to this!! :daumenhoch:
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