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bonoman
PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 4:45 pm 
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hi there,
here's a pic of my 1993 jamis dakar, frame manufactured by serotta, tube ritchey logic prestige. was positioned against brodie sovereign etc.
i haven't found any information or pics in the internet about this bike, seems to be pretty rare. a guy from serotta mentioned that they only did a couple of frames.
has anyone more informations, pics?

it's a real pleasure to ride, very well balanced.

cheers,

b.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/mai ... emId=75260
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mikesnowdon
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 5:09 pm 
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Really nice 8)

The forks seen a little short though?
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bonoman
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the geometry is for fixed forks, the tange switchblade works fine. originally, it had a ritchey fork...

mikesnowdon wrote:
Really nice 8)

The forks seen a little short though?
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mikesnowdon
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I know its for fixed forks, but the Tange just look too short to me. I wonder if the original Ritchey forks were slightly longer.

I mean no disrespect fella. Thats a really nice looking bike :)
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bonoman
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i justed checked it - both forks have pretty much the same length :) maybe the tange looks a bit stumpy due to the big bridge?

mikesnowdon wrote:
I know its for fixed forks, but the Tange just look too short to me. I wonder if the original Ritchey forks were slightly longer.

I mean no disrespect fella. Thats a really nice looking bike :)
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mikesnowdon
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Could be. Its a super build I really like it. Well done :)
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orange71
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maybe it's an optical illusion but if you ignore the very long stem, the forks look more in proportion.
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Thats about right for switchblades
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Jamis Diablo
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Wow, what a nice frame and colour!
Never seen one of these before either.
I just bought a '94 Dragon (raw metal) that looks a lot like this geometry.
But not with these nicce tubes...
Do you know why this was build by Serotta?
Would like to seen more pics.
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fingers
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That looks well, nicely proportioned, I'd say.
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