ID help needed, early West Coast Cdn content

Steve_T

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Picked this up off my local Kijiji, seller claims he bought in the 80's when he used to work at a bike shop on the west coast of Canada, also claimed it could have a relation to Brodie.
 

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There's a nice picture of it in my second post, but I suck.

Serial # I90021680, not 100% on second last digit, gotta scrape more paint off.
 
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It's a little hard to see from the pics - does it have sliding dropouts? From reading various other threads the serial number would suggest it was built February 1990 but some of the details look a little on the early side for that.
 
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Yep, it's got sliding dropouts, noodle looks identical to Kona's before they went dog collar. Thing that's really throwing it off is the long seat tube, and also the long serial number indicates it must have been a production bike, unless the shell was just grabbed and welded up.

Seller claimed it might be a brodie, as he and a friend also had Paul weld up a couple of stems to convert road bikes to tourers.

I thought it may have been some sort of RM, as it is similar to 80's Avalanches, but seat binder faces the wrong way.

Now leaning towards it possibly being a Kona, but googling has been a dead end so far, unless I just have my hopes up and its got nothing to do with Brodie/Kona/RM at all.
 
It's gotta be a Rocky Mountain of some kind. The I9XXXXXX serial number is the same as the 1991 Blizzard.
 
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I thought Rocky too. I would have said a non FB Thunderbolt or something but, like you say Steve, the serial number suggests otherwise
 
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It does look like it was originally powdercoated yellow if that helps :mrgreen:

Also not sure if fork is original, but could very well be.

Would some measurements help at all?
 
Did he say he bought it complete?

Looking at the components (DX with U brake), I'm saying 1990-1991 Rocky Mountain ??????
 
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