Nice 95' Explosif -18"

[romanrinos]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/193704401646

Good value

 

[mk one]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/193704401646

Good value

Looks like a '94, also looks like a 19" and doesn't ship to UK, apart from that nice

 

[Pipmeister]

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The Bike is a 1994 in 18".

I would say that the fitting of those ridiculous Fox 125 forks have thrown the eye regarding sizing the frame.

If you take a line along the Top Tube, it transects the rear wheel just below the rim, which is a sure way of sizing an 18". The line on a 19" hits the tyre, regardless of the forks fitted. The Head Tube is 110mm on an 18" and 130mm for a 19" - if you compare the two pictures below, you'll see the difference in the gap between the Top Tube and the Down Tube of an 18" and a 19".

18" E-Bay sale:



19" from my records:



What's quite interesting is that this bike doesn't have the Fluted Tange Ultrastrong Downtube normally seen on the 1994 Explosif:



I seem to have turned into Anthony for this post

Pip

 

[FluffyChicken]

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I thought it was until I looked who posted.

 

[romanrinos]

Executed with the precision of a swiss on top of a mountain. Nice one Pip.

 

[mk one]

Yeah, i was trying to visually lower the frame due to the forks, i usually draw a line from the top of one tyre to the other, on an 18" the tube junction intersects with it

Half way through the year they started producing frames without the Ultrastrong down tube.

 

[FluffyChicken]

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luckily everything pivots around the rear axle, so forks don't alter the top tube to wheel angles on bikes etc.. cover and ignore the forks.