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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: Andyboy77 on March 06, 2017, 08:47 PM
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I'm a bit confused by the different AME grips. I've tried to figure out what the grips are called that came of my '85 Performer. I know what AME Tri's look like, and I also know what AME Round's look like. How are these grips called? :
(http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g335/andyh771/Ame%20grips_zpsg21qyjcp.jpg) (http://s1096.photobucket.com/user/andyh771/media/Ame%20grips_zpsg21qyjcp.jpg.html)
The funny thing is, if I look for AME bubble fonts I get either pictures of AME Tris or AME Rounds, but only the AME Rounds seem to have this exact pattern.
I always thought (don't know why) that "bubble font" describes the grip surface - or pattern :crazy2:
It would make my life a bit easier to find some of the above shown grips in white (for example), to replace my repop AME-Tris.
Many thanks in advance! :daumenhoch:
Andy
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Those are rounds Andy...they came with different ends :daumenhoch:
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Bubble font describes the font of the word And on the grips. Nowt to do with the pattern :daumenhoch:
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Thanks lads! :bow:
...then I need to look for A'ME Rounds with a flat end or rather one flange?
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Thanks lads! :bow:
...then I need to look for A'ME Rounds with a flat end or rather one flange?
just bubble font rounds. or get the new ones if you are not bothered about the writing :daumenhoch:
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Thanks lads! :bow:
...then I need to look for A'ME Rounds with a flat end or rather one flange?
just bubble font rounds. or get the new ones if you are not bothered about the writing :daumenhoch:
Thanks a lot Damo! I'd be only worried about the writing if the difference is about 80 quid. We'll see, now I can look for the right ones at least! :daumenhoch:
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Bubble font describes the font of the word And on the grips. Nowt to do with the pattern :daumenhoch:
Thanks Rob! That also explains a lot! :coolsmiley:
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Standard rounds
(http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af3/dancetothedrummersbeat/E3A29BBD-7596-4E5F-9C80-785B4F626835_zpszvqn60li.jpg) (http://s988.photobucket.com/user/dancetothedrummersbeat/media/E3A29BBD-7596-4E5F-9C80-785B4F626835_zpszvqn60li.jpg.html)
Rounds with different ends
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/af3/dancetothedrummersbeat/F267F585-BC48-47CF-B3DD-BE2DFBEB497F_zps7b40up29.jpg) (http://s988.photobucket.com/user/dancetothedrummersbeat/media/F267F585-BC48-47CF-B3DD-BE2DFBEB497F_zps7b40up29.jpg.html)
Tri's
(http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af3/dancetothedrummersbeat/522555E8-95AE-4FBB-8765-3DA41610941D_zpszmnzvq37.jpg) (http://s988.photobucket.com/user/dancetothedrummersbeat/media/522555E8-95AE-4FBB-8765-3DA41610941D_zpszmnzvq37.jpg.html)
(Older) bubble font
(http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af3/dancetothedrummersbeat/366B364E-3C3A-4FDC-8449-761CEF93F1E9_zpsxc4ksviq.jpg) (http://s988.photobucket.com/user/dancetothedrummersbeat/media/366B364E-3C3A-4FDC-8449-761CEF93F1E9_zpsxc4ksviq.jpg.html)
(Newer) font
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/af3/dancetothedrummersbeat/34481C04-F7DF-4238-8648-E81E5C9291A1_zpsh6084dz4.jpg) (http://s988.photobucket.com/user/dancetothedrummersbeat/media/34481C04-F7DF-4238-8648-E81E5C9291A1_zpsh6084dz4.jpg.html)
**the old and new font were (and still are) used on both round and tri grips
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Many Thanks Andy! fistblump The thin A'ME logo is new to me. I only know/knew the one that's at the (older) bubble font grips.
Repops have the old bubble font, but two times - at either half of the flange, is that right?
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Many Thanks Andy! fistblump The thin A'ME logo is new to me. I only know/knew the one that's at the (older) bubble font grips.
Repops have the old bubble font, but two times - at either half of the flange, is that right?
:LolLolLolLol:
No. those are known as 'double bubbles', they are still eighties . original= bubble font repop= new font :daumenhoch:
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...and I thought the museum offers answers. Why can't people who sell stuff call it what it is?
But now I got it! In case I'll run into problems still, then it serves me right! :LolLolLolLol:
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Many Thanks Andy! fistblump The thin A'ME logo is new to me. I only know/knew the one that's at the (older) bubble font grips.
Repops have the old bubble font, but two times - at either half of the flange, is that right?
:LolLolLolLol:
No. those are known as 'double bubbles', they are still eighties . original= bubble font repop= new font :daumenhoch:
^ yes, i forgot to mention the above. Some have 2 sets of logos, others have 1. It's the style of logo writing that dates the grips. I think the sharper/new logo came into use in the early 1990's and has been used ever since.
**be careful though, as a'me cam grips and a'me unitron grips have old style bubble fonts, even though they are repops/re-issues. The new re-issue unitron grips have an 'R' moulded into the grip flange to indicate they are repro. This can easily be sanded/smoothed out to make them look like originals.
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Thanks for the hint! :daumenhoch: Unitrons look cool sometimes, as you have two colours to play with. But I'm looking for white A'ME Rounds with one flange. My originals are dirty and have almost a consistancy of bubble gum. I have Tri's now (double bubbles - as I know now) but they don't feel as good as the old Rounds.
What are these rumours of one or two logos about then, if it's the style of writing that dates them?
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I dont know why some have 1 logo, and others have 2 (the double) ones. The bubble font ones (single or double logo) are all 80's. I don't know if the single logo ones were earlier/later than the double logo ones, or if they were made around the same time
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I dont know why some have 1 logo, and others have 2 (the double) ones. The bubble font ones (single or double logo) are all 80's. I don't know if the single logo ones were earlier/later than the double logo ones, or if they were made around the same time
That's it what was talked about - one logo were earlier than the ones with two logos. Let's see, maybe I put an A'ME timeline on my to-do list. Unless it's not a hopeless endeavor.
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a'me advert august 81 lower case bubble Tri 8)
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Awesome! That looks like a starting point :daumenhoch:
I have already collected some adverds about A'me grips from the old magazines, but only from '83 onwards.
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Ame advert august 81 lower case bubble Tri 8)
Great stuff Andy. I never knew that they started out with the lower case font, then moved onto the bubble font :daumenhoch:
So the font timeline will be approx:
Early 80's - lower case font
Mid 80's-early 90's - upper case 'bubble font'
Mid 90's to current - upper case modern angular font
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Ame advert august 81 lower case bubble Tri 8)
Great stuff Andy. I never knew that they started out with the lower case font, then moved onto the bubble font :daumenhoch:
So the font timeline will be approx:
Early 80's - lower case font
Mid 80's-early 90's - upper case 'bubble font'
Mid 90's to current - upper case modern angular font
Only discovered this ad a few months ago, still learning............
Andy, I think you're approx dates look about right, will do for me anyway 8)
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Great thread chaps. :daumenhoch:
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Sure lower case bubble font was late 70's to early 80's.
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Sure lower case bubble font was late 70's to early 80's.
Excellent! Thanks for the info! :daumenhoch:
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Is there any way to tell between modern A'me Tri (or Round) repops and the ones made late 90s / early 2000s ?
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Is there any way to tell between modern A'me Tri (or Round) repops and the ones made late 90s / early 2000s ?
The first ones were lower case bubble-font, next were upper case bubble-font (probably the majority out there), then came those that have square-ish font.
Andy DTTDB explained it perfctly.
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Thanks... But is there any way to tell what year the most modern squarish font ones are made? Is it possible to tell if a pair of squarish font ones are from 2000ish or 2019ish? (for example dia compe brakes are dated)
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Thanks... But is there any way to tell what year the most modern squarish font ones are made? Is it possible to tell if a pair of squarish font ones are from 2000ish or 2019ish? (for example dia compe brakes are dated)
No, you can't tell the exact year they were made.