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Title: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: kev-s on July 16, 2012, 04:41 PM

bought tese parts as a package and need some help identifying them

first off the frame

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0433.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0434.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0435.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0436.jpg)

no serial number on the dropouts or bb tube or anywhere else i can see, no headtube gusset, plated rear chainstay, seatstay mounts

after a little research im wondering if it could be a dirt bros industries frame?

next is the cranks

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0427.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0428.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0429.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0430.jpg)

real beefy, 22mm 48 splined axle, big bolts axle is very much like a profile gdh axle, lhd and rhd compatible

maybe dirt bro industries stoker cranks??

forks

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0437.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0438.jpg)

seem to be cheap looking, cable guide on the back of one leg, big dropouts not fully welded on the inside

and finally the bars

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0440.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0441.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0442.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0443.jpg)

cross hatching looks neat, welds a little on the large side but look neat, any ideas??

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: m1ke on July 16, 2012, 04:57 PM

i have some cranks that are nearly same as yours and i also have no idea what they are  ;D but they are strong and have been on at least five of my mid school rides 8)

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: BrianP on July 16, 2012, 05:05 PM

Frames a dirt bros one for sure. Looks like a trailrpark. Can post pics of bits of mine later if it helps for comparison? (was watching that setup myself)

Brian  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: fugazi on July 16, 2012, 05:09 PM

I think it's a D.B.I Trailrpark as well! Cranks could be FSA or Fishbone 'Bigass' I think They were called.

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: kev-s on July 16, 2012, 05:44 PM

cheers guys, will look at some trailrpark frames and compare

cranks are deffo not fishbone big ass ones

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: midschooljon on July 16, 2012, 06:08 PM

Cranks are definitely FSA cranks. They were generics that a lot of companies used but were most commonly found on brands owned by Dorel Industries (GT, Mongoose, etc).

Id support the idea that the frame is a DBI as well. They pretty unique with their dropouts and gusseting with not much else looking similar.

Looks to me like the Forks, bars and cranks all came off a high end "cheap" complete and were built onto the DBI.

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: motomagII on July 16, 2012, 06:10 PM

Bars are slams .cranks ate they DNA ones

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: kev-s on July 16, 2012, 06:51 PM

bars could be slams, will compare them to my others when i get a chance

cranks arent dna, maybe early fsa but all the fsa cranks ive seen are engraved

still hoping they maybe dbi stroker cranks (page 15)

http://dirtbrosbmx.com/?page_id=2

have emailed the guy i bought it off asking if he remembers what make the cranks, bars and forks are

not too fussed if they are nothing special as it also came with a profile whippet chainring, tech99 dirty harry lever, snafu stem, fsa pig dh heasdset, primo seatclamp and unknown make chain tensioner

all for £23.77 :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: kev-s on July 16, 2012, 06:55 PM

here is the chain tensioner and tech99 lever

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0432.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0431.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/1003/escrs/IMAG0439.jpg)

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: midschooljon on July 16, 2012, 07:13 PM

Dont think those are DBI cranks. DBI's had different hardware, and Im pretty sure they were RHD only. Looking at your pics those appear to be RHD / LHD compatible? Hardware can be change though, and if the DBI cranks were LHD/RHD you may be in luck. At the time DBI were making a fair bit in Taiwan like sprockets and seats so I wouldn't be surprised if their cranks were FSA's in any case.

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: scott250 on July 17, 2012, 09:01 PM

defo a dirt bro frames
bars look like hoffman dirt/jump(not sure what they called them) bars maybe?

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: HUTCHMAN on July 17, 2012, 09:14 PM

The chain tensioners look to me like GT!!  Let me know if you shift them please.

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: BrianP on July 17, 2012, 10:14 PM

Kev,
Some pics for comparison.
Strangely tho, my dbi has a downtube gusset at the headtube...
And is the slot at the top of your seattube facing the front, as opposed to the back?

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/DBI/DSCF3050.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/DBI/DSCF3052.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/DBI/DSCF3053.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g1/brian4130/DBI/DSCF3057.jpg)

Hope these help,

Brian  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: kev-s on July 18, 2012, 02:47 PM

the frame  is deffo is a trailrpark then, as for the bars there deffo not slams as they are alot narrower than all my other slams (93 to 2000 slams) they maybe Hoffman bars but without being able to compare side by side ill never really know

my frame deffo has no gusset, can't really see urs in the pic, my seatpost does have the slot at the front

I only have the 1 chain tensioner, if I sell ill let u know  :daumenhoch:

cranks could be fsa wild childs, cant find any pics but descripp
tion sounds like em

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: kev-s on July 21, 2012, 02:09 PM

finally identified the cranks, they are fsa smack daddy cranks :daumenhoch:

http://cyclepath.ca/shop/product_info.php/3503800-fsa-smack-daddy-crank-set-175-mm-p-17669

just the forks & bars left to go

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: LENNY-LENTINI on July 21, 2012, 04:31 PM

Bars to me look like Primo Moustache Bars

Or 1664 Conrad bars.

L

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: gordy on July 21, 2012, 04:52 PM

Definatley  FSA cranks, as mentioned earlier FSA made these for many companies (I had some branded Diamnod Back)

They're not  Primo moustache Bars which were much rounded on the bottom. I reckon they're Terrible One bars, which had quite a lot of sweep and were available in small or large. 7" & 7.5" I think from memory.

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: fugazi on July 21, 2012, 08:09 PM

Just to muddy the waters a bit more, I think the forks/bars are off a mid range complete like a DK or Mongoose  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: kev-s on July 22, 2012, 09:19 AM

im leaning towards a mongoose!!! just seen another set in a thread on here and the dropouts look the same so bars and forks are prob off a mongoose complete

Title: Re: name these year 2000+ parts
Post by: midschooljon on July 22, 2012, 11:02 PM

The 2000 / 2001 Mongoose Importan (blue) and RAF (red) came with those cranks so perhaps see the other bits match as well. Just had a quick look on the museum and neither model are there so might take a bit of digging to find pics.