Borrowed from the German forum from someone otherwise very groovy/groove oriented ;),
although these decals were original that shiny, the right size seems always a good idea when getting material,
Maybe ABM did bigger decalsets though, like other companies today - who knows!
:)
text later
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oh well so now,
Iv continued to make this more CB line pc!/friendly?
To compare stuck the og fork in there and added a roadfind rack (the latter is light alum)
Now bomber cage in use with glassbottle (as CC would have precribed) and spokecard applied to match bottle's...
Maybe soon Hakkapeliitta will mnifest again,
defo both diameters needed out there ;)
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updated my last post prev.page as i stumpled about some cool info
(perhaps a link to it is already hiding within this manifesto thread ? & if not its there now!)
Is anyone here interested to make a summery with all important dates and events ?
Thank you for your time (reading and writing) in advance :)
retroedit, (..someone else tried another writedown..)
https://www.themountainbikelife.com/2013/05/the-not-so-known-origins-of-mountain.html
"...the...
On Mombat, 85,86 lists a tange unicrown fork as original and since "the american" is that model to replace "these montaneus" you dont have to look for a koski unless it turns up reasonable ..
exporting to other countries ABM not usually supplied them on other bikes than their breezers "at...
Another,
American American with non original tuning fork in forest terrain,
pic borrowed from the german forum.. frame changed ownership again since then.
@PhillB early A A frames had the short lived Army type font decals which in the eye of the original designer were the obscure NoGo ABM ran...
Cool,
only sided note (albeit not drawback) would be tight rear clearance on some earlier m16 models which was also talked about when Norman build up the army ano concept - good that the frame has some serious give, a fatter tire with less side profile may work!
90s green would look different...
..that really is a great answer to the topic and guaranteed to the interest of many of newer generations :D
Now only there is the "white-bike-scan" left to be optimized for viewing ;)
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also certainly worth the research reading albeit it goes to the opposite end of the...
sure things yep,
my cb1 commuter and future touring bike, as of yet never with any slicks as otherwise factory intended ;)
My conversion is periodically not a Bridgestone by Grand P. but it predates the large scale hybrid X-line idea and shallow drop/moustache bar wave....
Can you upload/edit your post with a higher quality scan/pics of this ?
PLEASE :) @sinnerman :)
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@Rod_Saetan just seen that you supplied the scans, do you have higher resolution ones to read the whole at more ease ?
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THNX
ace, just i dont have acces to that in prospect,
... can someone elude us on why people or especially messengers in the 80s (*particularly London?) faved 26" with road tires altogether which makes you think of Hybrids at a time where these were already a thing of their own ?
i mean much as...