Help me ID this hot red MTB?

[memb544]

Bought this bike online for a very fair price. It was described as a "Fore" bike, but I can't find this name anywhere online, so I assume someone put their own decal on this.
I was kinda hoping I will receive a repainted Giant MCM, but the frame is aluminium and so is the fork.
Full LX groupset, new seat & seatpost, Rigida rims, Ritchey handlebar, aftermarket stem.
The numbers on the frame are
Bottom Bracket: 47112
Non drive side rear hook: e701063 (last digit could be a 2 too)

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[memb544]

Looking inside, the frame looks glued and not welded.

 

[gtturbo]

There was one for sale a while back in Feltham (UK) I think it was. Someone on here bought it I'm fairly sure. I did a bit of searching at the time but couldn't find anything. That was also branded Fore.

 

[memb544]

There was one for sale a while back in Feltham (UK) I think it was. Someone on here bought it I'm fairly sure. I did a bit of searching at the time but couldn't find anything. That was also branded Fore.

ha that's interesting. I was betting on this bike being a repainted model

 

[jimo746]

Reminds me a bit of the old Peugeot "Alu-Carbon" carbon lug/alloy tube frames, see the link below for the one I had a few years back...

Peugeot Alu-Carbon something something....

Is it carbon? Is it aluminium? Nope! It's both! :lol: It's a Peugeot, and looks broadly similar to the "Team line" frames from 1994/95, which use aluminium tubes bonded into carbon lugs. Interesting... It differs in that it has a regular split seat tube and clamp arrangement rather than the...

www.retrobike.co.uk

 

[memb544]

Reminds me a bit of the old Peugeot "Alu-Carbon" carbon lug/alloy tube frames, see the link below for the one I had a few years back...

Peugeot Alu-Carbon something something....

Is it carbon? Is it aluminium? Nope! It's both! :lol: It's a Peugeot, and looks broadly similar to the "Team line" frames from 1994/95, which use aluminium tubes bonded into carbon lugs. Interesting... It differs in that it has a regular split seat tube and clamp arrangement rather than the...

www.retrobike.co.uk

that's interesting. I always wanted to have one of those mixed frames. My dream is Look KG 171 combining titanium lugs with carbon tubes.
Unfortunately, looking down the seat tube I can see only aluminium

 

[moonlite]

Some decent parts on it too -- very interesting!

 

[Oldtat]

That join at the driveside rear dropout is weird, seems seperable but it can't be to take a belt drive could it?

 

[memb544]

That join at the driveside rear dropout is weird, seems seperable but it can't be to take a belt drive could it?

I noticed that too, but gates belt drive was introduced in 2007 and this looks older judging by the parts on it.

 

[ishaw]

Are you sure what you are seeing in the seat tube isn't just an alloy shim? Many a carbon frame had alloy shims and other parts like headset cups and drop outs glued in to them for strength where needed.