Clark Kent Ti Frame 17 Inch

[GoldenEraMTB]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Clark-Kent-Ti-Frame ... tsupported

Seems Retro from the geometry, but I don't know enough about clark kent frames so as to date it.

 

[sq_root_of_2]

Clark Kent Bikes - Info Wikipedia - take it for what it is.

Clark-Kent bicycles was a bicycle frame manufacturer based in Denver, CO.
The name Clark-Kent was a hybrid of the names of the company owners,
Pat Clark and Dean Kent, and had no connection with the alter ego of
Superman beyond name recognition.


History
Clark-Kent started building bicycle frames in 1989. The company built
both road and mountain bike frames in steel and titanium and
were the early builders of Greg Lemond road and mountain titanium
frames, before Lemond production went to Litespeed and later Trek
Bicycle Corporation. Clark-Kent sponsored the Coors-Light domestic
professional cycling team which included well known road racer and
olympic gold medalist Alexi Grewal, and also sponsored Colorado based
elite junior cycling squad Horsetooth Racing Team in 1993, which included
US Junior National Team members. The company employed master-welders
Ivo Vinklarek and Don Herr, however welding on later frames was outsourced
with some quality problems which contributed to the demise of the brand.
Pat Clark was part owner of the famous Denver Spoke bicycle shop, and also owned a group of
bicycle shops known as Premier Cycles across the greater Denver area. The company folded
in the mid-1990s and production was halted.

 

[henrysthreeironbands]

From what I have hear the real problem are the rather angry people who are trying to spread sh*t about the company. These issues about the quality of CK frames have just about become a "truth" on the internet. Yet I have still so see a single broken frame or contaminated weld, let alone a number large enough to justify the kind of negativity that the name "CK" seems to instill.

 

[henrysthreeironbands]

From what I have hear the real problem are the rather angry people who are trying to spread sh*t about the company. These issues about the quality of CK frames have just about become a "truth" on the internet. Yet I have still so see a single broken frame or contaminated weld, let alone a number large enough to justify the kind of negativity that the name "CK" seems to instill.

Wanna hear about something that breaks? How about aluminium. We dont even have to talk brands. Take ANY aluminum frame with more than 10-12 years on its back

 

[henrysthreeironbands]

From what I have hear the real problem are the rather angry people who are trying to spread sh*t about the company. These issues about the quality of CK frames have just about become a "truth" on the internet. Yet I have still so see a single broken frame or contaminated weld, let alone a number large enough to justify the kind of negativity that the name "CK" seems to instill.

Wanna hear about something that breaks? How about aluminium. We dont even have to talk brands. Take ANY aluminum frame with more than 10-15 years on its back

 

[henrysthreeironbands]

Sorry for the triple post. Internet problems.

Mods please delete the first two.

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

Sorry for the triple post. Internet problems.

Mods please delete the first two.

I just thought you were using repetition to emphasize your pov

 

[henrysthreeironbands]

Yah definitely, ppls knees shake when they see my triple posts, lol

Anyway, my bikes are thankful that I do not take crap on their behalf.

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

Yah definitely, ppls knees shake when they see my triple posts, lol

Anyway, my bikes are thankful that I do not take crap on their behalf.

I'm all for defending your brand, especially when you can back it up. The internet is infamous for vicious rumors becoming psuedo fact...quite sad.

I know little to nothing about ck bikes, just that their a name from years gone by, and there was this Ti frame up for sale, which I stumbled upon while looking for something Ti to take the place of my final aluminum bike in my great aluminum sell-off.

 

[maxhc]

Nice one, it´s a F-12.

Well, mine ( F-12 ) & my mate´s ( F-14 ) are still alive …