Help identify 90’s MTB frame

[miguel3812]

Hi,
Can anyone help me identify this frame?
I believe it’s a chromoly 90’s frame which was picked up in a sale in southern Europe.
Good details and some informative numbering on the bottom bracket .
Please check the photos.

 

[joglo]

I can't provide a brand or model name, but maybe helping summarizing details.

- It looks like a nickel-plated (often also called titanized or titan-finish) CroMo frame.
Those had been offered by Marin, Scott, Diamond Back, Parkpre, Stevens, Maxx, CATs, Cycle Culture, Magni, Wheeler, Sunn, Morishima and others, also from no-name brands or bike dealers using an own label.
- The SN indicates its from 1995
- The dropouts are nice. To me this looks by this alone already like a better quality frame. Still think those things are standard pieces and used by different manufacturers. For instance there are a bit similar ones i have seen used for Deer or Langenberg frames, but also for other no-name bikes too.

 

[sam_white]

S9502764 - I think there is another digit we can't read at the end? Also a shot of all the markings would be useful please.

 

[miguel3812]

I can't provide a brand or model name, but maybe helping summarizing details.

- It looks like a nickel-plated (often also called titanized or titan-finish) CroMo frame.
Those had been offered by Marin, Scott, Diamond Back, Parkpre, Stevens, Maxx, CATs, Cycle Culture, Magni, Wheeler, Sunn, Morishima and others, also from no-name brands or bike dealers using an own label.
- The SN indicates its from 1995
- The dropouts are nice. To me this looks by this alone already like a better quality frame. Still think those things are standard pieces and used by different manufacturers. For instance there are a bit similar ones i have seen used for Deer or Langenberg frames, but also for other no-name bikes too.
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Thank you so much for your response, I will continue my research and let you know what I discover.
Do you have any recommendations on how to treat the rusty spots that appear here and there?
And how to discover the tubes used on the frame?

 

[miguel3812]

S9502764 - I think there is another digit we can't read at the end? Also a shot of all the markings would be useful please.

Will try to get more photos here.
Thank you

 

[joglo]

Do you have any recommendations on how to treat the rusty spots that appear here and there?

yeah, quite a lot of those nickel-plated bikes do have those, some do have meanwhile even quite massive corrosion at the area around bottom bracket. I think a regular lacquering is providing a better protection.

Still smaller spots can still be just on the upper surface and you should give it a try removing those with WD40, vinegar cleaner, brake cleaner, alcohol or any other cleaning products of choice, to me using finger nails is sometimes most effective and damage free solution.
Just do not grind the surface, as this nickel plate finish isn't very thick, sanding is simply removing this and also any kind of protection completely.