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Title: help with frame identity please
Post by: mr hoppy on September 15, 2008, 10:59 PM
hi, any help would be good sorry if i have posted in the wrong section  :)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/jj59/mrhoppy2/P1010588.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/jj59/mrhoppy2/P1010589.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/jj59/mrhoppy2/P1010591.jpg)
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: bmxer4ever on September 15, 2008, 11:02 PM
Looks like Taj was invovled in this T1....!
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: Biggeorge on September 16, 2008, 11:43 AM
TERRIBLE 1 Ruben

http://www.customriders.com/prodshow.asp?prodid=8424&cat=0&parent=0&sid=3
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: subversion on September 16, 2008, 02:35 PM
Here's Rubens own :daumenhoch:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c173/subversionBMX/bike.jpg)
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: mr hoppy on September 16, 2008, 09:01 PM
ok thanks guys , is it any good and roughly how old is it ? many thanks chris  :)
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: TwoBobRob on September 16, 2008, 09:18 PM
It's a bloody good frame   :daumenhoch:

I'm saying late 90s, possibly mid 90s.
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: subversion on September 16, 2008, 09:59 PM
It's later than that, Doesn't look like a US BB... 2004ish :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: username on September 16, 2008, 10:10 PM
Is that an integrated headtube? If its not a bang in cup model it is much later that mid 90's. Could be late 2006 onwards.

Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: Philbert on September 16, 2008, 10:17 PM
i'm wreckoning 04/05ish, the ruben frame was one of the first of the big hitter companies to go internal headset on a freestyle frame. definately not before that though. more than likely a spanish bb if its an early ruben, mid if later
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: TwoBobRob on September 16, 2008, 10:18 PM
I'll stand corrected there.  That looks like a spanish/mid BB to me, so that brings us into the 00's I guess.

Surely Ruben was on Macneil around this time though?  I don't know the timeline.....

Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: lazychubs on September 16, 2008, 10:20 PM
wot dave and philbert said my ti barcode is old fashion bang in cups
so diff to ures and is us bb
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: subversion on September 16, 2008, 10:29 PM
more than likely a spanish bb if its an early ruben, mid if later

Don't know that the Reuben ever used a Mid BB dude? I think it went from US/Euro to Spanish? Gotta keep his friends @ FlyBikes happy ;)

If memory serves Reuben rode for Macneil around 2001.
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: Philbert on September 16, 2008, 10:38 PM
ruben left macneil to start riding for T1 in november 03 also picking up a sponsor with fly components. early models were spanish bb with normal headset then later turning to internal, and more than likely now with mid bb as most frames now are

mid bb came after spanish dude hence later models more than likely mid bb, from my last post
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: SaMAlex on September 16, 2008, 10:40 PM

I thought that T1 were sticking with the spanish BB, cos as Ian said, they wanna keep their fly mates happy.


Could be wrong tho. If it is just fly using spanish BBs now, then that cant have much time left on it.
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: subversion on September 16, 2008, 10:42 PM
Quick check on T1 site & ALL there frames are now Spanish BB  :daumenhoch: As I said I don't think the Reuben has ever used MID... :)
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: subversion on September 16, 2008, 10:43 PM
Could be wrong tho. If it is just fly using spanish BBs now, then that cant have much time left on it.

So what do Fly do? - Bring out Spanish BB II :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: Philbert on September 16, 2008, 10:49 PM
my bad!

i can't confess to being a t1 nut, was just speculation on the bb as mid bb's are the most common these days! so assumed such a trendy company would be wanting to stay cool with the kids. must just be fly and t1's being rebels these days!
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: subversion on September 16, 2008, 11:03 PM
Don't think you'd get an awful lot of $£$£ for it Mr Hoppy so get it built & ride it instead!! >:D :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: username on September 16, 2008, 11:15 PM
Don't think you'd get an awful lot of $£$£ for it Mr Hoppy so get it built & ride it instead!! >:D :daumenhoch:

let me know if you're thinking of selling it :) how long is the top-tube?
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: username on September 16, 2008, 11:40 PM
my bad!

i can't confess to being a t1 nut, was just speculation on the bb as mid bb's are the most common these days! so assumed such a trendy company would be wanting to stay cool with the kids. must just be fly and t1's being rebels these days!

DK, Eastern, Failure, Macneil, Mirraco, Proper, Simple, Sputnic, Stolen, Superstar, T1 & Fly + some others all use spanish.

And UKbikeco.
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: mr hoppy on September 17, 2008, 09:32 AM
Don't think you'd get an awful lot of $£$£ for it Mr Hoppy so get it built & ride it instead!! >:D :daumenhoch:
deffo not selling it as it was a gift from a good mate just wanted to know more about it, as he would n`t say much .
many thanks guys  :) ;) :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: subversion on September 17, 2008, 02:37 PM
Bang some pics up when she's built eh :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: help with frame identity please
Post by: Philbert on September 17, 2008, 10:29 PM
DK, Eastern, Failure, Macneil, Mirraco, Proper, Simple, Sputnic, Stolen, Superstar, T1 & Fly + some others all use spanish.

i would have thought most of them would be onto the mid bb by now! spanish is so yesterday! :LolLolLolLol:
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