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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: Funkyworm on December 06, 2016, 08:37 PM
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Ok so a few of you might have seen this on the bay a week or so back & recognised it as being a Rebel Freestyler.
In some ways you would have been correct but it's thrown up some interesting questions for me so I wondered if anyone on here knew anything about this potential (Rebel Alliance).... ???
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9937_zpsqw80kxfn.jpg)
The Frame & forks have decals that say (Elite) which i'd clocked on the original advert ..
If it was any other frame i'd have assumed the decals were just random & might have been added later on but I know for a fact that Rebel BMX Sold this specific frame set not only just as a Rebel Freestlyer but also as a shop bike for Faze 7 Distribution who called it called it the Faze 7 street styler.
Also to be fair after giving it an oxi bath & looking at them closely they look to be original. Each decal is specific & scaled to its positioning on the frame & looks to have been designed for this frame set.
So I'm thinking (more assuming) that this bike might have been another (re branded recreation) Made by rebel but sold to a specific customer (distributor or store) & I'm wondering who is (or was) Elite ?
Ive done some digging & There is an elite bike co, but this company was founded in the 90's so it's not them. There's also a bike in the museum in the USA but again its not even close & is much newer..
So I'm wondering were there any distributors or shops called Elite in the UK in the 1980's who might have had this branded up & sold this ?
The bike is identical in every way to the rebel & the street styler as I've owned another 3 of these but the only difference is that there are some serial numbers on the the BB & i've never seen a rebel with a serial no.
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9998_zpstc3vdvcl.jpg)
Anyway your help would be much appreciated I kinda like the decals but they are a long way gone & i think this will end up with rebel decals but if i could find anything about about it along the way that would be cool .. Cheers :daumenhoch:
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9997_zpsvmdr8dwe.jpg)
Head tube decal (cut to the shape of a spade ) & I'm wondering if this has any significance ?????
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9989_zps8zfhuaqo.jpg)
Rear Stay decal remnants :
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9995_zps270cx99o.jpg)
Main tube decal close up
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9994_zpsrtdgmobl.jpg)
Main tube decal
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9993_zpspaafqvf8.jpg)
Fork decals
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9991_zps2gojhrqp.jpg)
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9990_zpsmzanosiw.jpg)
seat post tube decals
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9992_zpsbp6wbshf.jpg)
Side by side :
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9988_zpsr0gckgkb.jpg)
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9987_zpsu718cpod.jpg)
(http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af140/callum1971/Rebel%20Elite/IMG_9986_zpscinxw8se.jpg)
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Certainly look like they're made to fit Callum, no idea who or what Elite could be though.....
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Certainly look like they're made to fit Callum, no idea who or what Elite could be though.....
I think so mate,
I didn't know of anyone might have had a shop near them called Elite of if the decals jogged any memories for anyone who in turn might had been able to shine some light on it...
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My feeling is it'd be local to them, can't imagine Rebel having hundreds of frames left doing nowt & flogging them to a larger distributor...
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Maybe it was a small shop freestyle team?
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Maybe it was a small shop freestyle team?
I guess that could be another explanation , have to admit that had never crossed my mind :daumenhoch:
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I can't help, but that's a really cool find! :daumenhoch: Love the decals! :coolsmiley:
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Might be talking bollocks but the more I look at those decals the more I'm thinking of road bikes ???
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Lovely frame set and a great find but I agree that these decals were just probably added later and also agree that they look like road bike decals,I don't think theres any mystery with them just a simple replacement bitd :daumenhoch:
ps what are your plans for it?
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Might be talking bollocks but the more I look at those decals the more I'm thinking of road bikes ???
Good shout but a pity if that's true, I much prefer those to the 'Rebel' decals tbh
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just looking again and if you notice the front E looks like a road bike wheel with a drop handlebar on top and the rear E looks like a rear wheel and the t next to it like a seat? would you agree? :)
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just looking again and if you notice the front E looks like a road bike wheel with a drop handlebar on top and the rear E looks like a rear wheel and the t next to it like a seat? would you agree? :)
I want some of what you're smoking ;D
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:2funny: That said, I kind of like/agree with that idea!! Kind of! :daumenhoch:
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just out of interest did the frame come from the Doncaster area?
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just out of interest did the frame come from the Doncaster area?
No it came from the North East, Middlesborough i think.