Behold... my latest thing that i bought.
I believe this is a 1989 Concord trailmaster. I've assumed the 1989 date from the Deore-II mt62 group and the other part is conveniently written on the frame. Being a concord doesn't seem to mean anything though, i think it's a re-branded kuwahara. The concord name shows up on modern department store bikes and older road or mountain bikes, so i don't really know who made this or what it's made out of. I've assumed it's chromoly because it makes something of a nice ring when i ping the frame, but it doesn't have any tubing stickers or badging anywhere. Sounds nicer than my hi-ten magna but not as nice as my tange mtb karakoram or prestige alien. Has a seat tube lug that looks like the lug on the Alien though. Wheels are rm-20's with a nice shiny finish. seat post is a 26.2 or 26.3.
I bough it to raid for parts so i'd have a nicer spare parts stash but it's kind of nice as it is and i don't have tools to remove the bottom bracket so i'll probably leave it alone for a while. Maybe i'll swap the
I would appreciate it if anyone knew who made this bike and what the frame is made out of. Pictures are of the crude sticker decals (ignore the oakley sticker eh), top tube cable routing, seat tube lug/welding, the rear derailleur/drop out area, and the serial number which is located on the bottom of the down tube near the bottom bracket. I assume the frame is more on the POS end of the spectrum and not the last iconic bike of the 1980's but the parts look like they're on the nice side and everything works as it should.
I believe this is a 1989 Concord trailmaster. I've assumed the 1989 date from the Deore-II mt62 group and the other part is conveniently written on the frame. Being a concord doesn't seem to mean anything though, i think it's a re-branded kuwahara. The concord name shows up on modern department store bikes and older road or mountain bikes, so i don't really know who made this or what it's made out of. I've assumed it's chromoly because it makes something of a nice ring when i ping the frame, but it doesn't have any tubing stickers or badging anywhere. Sounds nicer than my hi-ten magna but not as nice as my tange mtb karakoram or prestige alien. Has a seat tube lug that looks like the lug on the Alien though. Wheels are rm-20's with a nice shiny finish. seat post is a 26.2 or 26.3.
I bough it to raid for parts so i'd have a nicer spare parts stash but it's kind of nice as it is and i don't have tools to remove the bottom bracket so i'll probably leave it alone for a while. Maybe i'll swap the
I would appreciate it if anyone knew who made this bike and what the frame is made out of. Pictures are of the crude sticker decals (ignore the oakley sticker eh), top tube cable routing, seat tube lug/welding, the rear derailleur/drop out area, and the serial number which is located on the bottom of the down tube near the bottom bracket. I assume the frame is more on the POS end of the spectrum and not the last iconic bike of the 1980's but the parts look like they're on the nice side and everything works as it should.