early 90s Rocky Mountain Thunderbolt

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more pictures ...

 

[Blizz]

Cool Thunderbolt! The bare frame and clear coat would have looked amazing brand new. I had a bare steel frame that I polished and clear coated years back but it had a similar fate with rust.

That's an interesting set up with the Magura rear brakes. Was this frame set up for a rear u-brake originally? There are a few other Thunderbolts that had that set up...The brake posts on yours almost look bent, or possibly modified to work with the Maguras.

Looking forward to updates!

 

[Dare]

Very Nice bike, looks like it wants to be ridden hard! I think that frame deserves some kind of treatment.

 

[whoa]

@Blizz
The Magura rear brake setup is the u-brake version. There is noting changed or bent on the u-brake-mounts, they need to look that way. I will replace the Magura with an u-brake next year.

I think the thread needs more pictures.

 

[Thias]

I don't think there was a U-Brake version of the Magura. You can mount a standard bracket upside down, as it seems to be made in this case, too. There might be a tiny bit of filing necessary to them thou. On the backets, mind you. Not on the frame.

 

[whoa]

It's not the normal Magura Evolution Adapter turned upside down like on this pictures:
viewtopic.php?p=1080512#p1080512

I will make a picture of the dismounted rearbrake.

 

[Thias]

No, these are the standard pre evo brackets you have there
I think they are. They sure look like those that came with the hydrostops, for example. I have one or two sets of these.

 

[Retro_Roy]

serial # on the BB shell? and how about a close up photo of the rear dropouts pls?

Still waiting on the serial number.
Might shed some light on who built it.

 

[whoa]

No, these are the standard pre evo brackets you have there
I think they are. They sure look like those that came with the hydrostops, for example. I have one or two sets of these.

That's possible. Never had Hydrostops, bitd i started with HS22 in 1995.

 

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