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Akibo Pro / Mystery Tange Frame?
monkian:
So in all my years of having my head buried in OS Tange BMX and never having seen this particular frame (except as the chrome Akibo), within the space of a few days of collecting mine another one turns up for sale!
Thankfully this one still has the decals in place plus it has a lot of the same parts which can now be confirmed as stock and it’s got the same Perl painted finish.
It’s called Mac-Trak Pro (MT BMX), a London based brand rather than the more familiar MT Racing. My thinking is that it was probably a small mail-order company / trade supplier or shop. It could well have been supplied to them by Hotshot in Oxford given the similarities with the Akibo and maybe chrome was an option but I’ve had no confirmation on that yet. This one has a Berkshire Cycles shop label on it.
Obviously I had to buy it :)
bobafett:
Wow that's awesome. What a twist in the tale and what are the chances :shocked: :LolLolLolLol:
Chilli Rinse:
--- Quote from: monkian on October 06, 2019, 02:45 PM ---So in all my years of having my head buried in OS Tange BMX and never having seen this particular frame (except the chrome Akibo), within the space of a few days of picking mine up another one turns up for sale!
I saw that and didn’t click it was one and the same. Nice 👍🏼
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monkian:
Sorry for the lack of updates but things are slowly coming together. Everything has now been completely stripped down and cleaned. I decided to swap out a few parts for things I had in stock and with massive thanks to Christophe (Church) I got a few parts in. I’m just looking for some vintage tyres (Knarler Knobby’s if poss) to replace the repro Comp III I’ve got on it at the moment to get it all era correct.
Parts added: Takagi MX OPC, Tange BB, Sugino Spider, Izumi Chain, Suntour XC-II, Ariake Jaguar II Seat, Tange Grips, Tioga Beartrap II, Reynolds Bars :)
monkian:
In the cleanup, it turns out that someone had rattle canned silver paint over the original finish in places which I removed to reveal surface marks that also cleaned off! The decals aren’t the usual print on plastic type but look almost screen printed or the type you float on like in Airfix kits. That’s probably why someone made such a shit job of removing them!
It’s become a bit of a labour of love and still looks like a rat but it’s much better than it was. I got suck removing a wheel bearing for a while but eventually got it sorted ;)
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