Need help on identifying Mysterious Panasonic Sportlife

ko1979

Retro Newbie
I just ran into this Panasonic.
And I am having dificulties to determin which model this is.
When I found the bike it was complete with a Campagnolo C-Record groupset with Cobalto brakes.
There was only 1 shimano part fitted, this was the plastic cover for the bracket.
This plastic cover was from Dura Ace 7400.
First I was thinking about the AL7000 or the AL9000.
But now I have 1 model extra to add, and that is the PCA-1500.
Or is this bike from the Panasonic Order System?
Or would it be a team prototype (Alluminium /Titanium?)

Frame specs:
Size 61cm c-t
Seatpost 25,4
Weight frame: 1777 gram
Weight fork: 640 Gram

Any help would be highly appreciated!
 

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Could be a teambike, check if one of the riders of the pro teams riding with panasonic has the initials SR. It looks like a front steel triangle, check the tubes with a magnet, if it sticks it is steel. Seat stays look like they could be bonded, do the same test with a magnet on all tubes. Good luck, regardless of what exact frame it is, it's nice quality with cast bracket and light weight.
 
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Thanks for the help, i will do some research about the riders.
Actually I did a magnet test, but the only thing that sticks to the magnet is the forkpipe.
Really a very interresting frame-set

When I find some info, I will list it here.

Thanks so far! :D
 
It has that Bridgestone Radac bonded aluminium look about it, fork looks the same as a Radac fork too. The order system is the same thing they still do where you pic your frame type, size, and then colourway and they build it for you, kinda semi-custom I think.
 
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Here is Gert Jan Theneuse riding what looks like this bike with the distinctive seatstay and brake bridge:

http://photos.grahamwatson.com/Print-Ga ... -5Nk46Mq/A

the SR initials are Likely Steven Rooks initials as seen on this other panasonic bike(scroll down to 11th picture)
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/nickel ... 373051650/
Size also looks similar.

This dates the frame as 1990 the one year they both rode for panasonic sportlife:
http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Steven_Rooks

Fork looks like it needs to be blue though. The photographer (Graham Watson) may be able to identify the race to give some clues as to why they used this bike instead on the steel PR 6000.
Steven Rooks also has a few businesses so may reply to an email to confirm:
http://www.stevenrooks.com
 
Yeah, S.R could well be for Sakae Ringyo Litage, had a couple of MTB frames with a similar bonded arrangement.
 
I've got a Litage (Light Advantage lol) Road frame and it's similar but not the same, the rear stays on a Litage are completely different.
 
The rear stays, well at least the top of the seat stay section, look very similar on this MTB version:

10ydg7p.jpg


and the rear stays of this road frame:

57-59cm-Vintage-Sakae-LITAGE-bonded-aluminium-_1.jpg

57-59cm-Vintage-Sakae-LITAGE-bonded-aluminium.jpg
 
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