Not sure how Kosher this is but looks nice............. BIN

[fatfixie]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Diamond-Back-Mou ... dZViewItem

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

weren't those made by sandvick (sp?) in the us??? I dunno.

 

[BG]

If I remember correctly Diamond Back's have never used mono stay seat stays - but I could be wrong... also my '92 Response had a 1 1/8 inch head tube so it being a 1 inch counts against it too. It certainly isn't a 2002 model as listed with a canti hanger and the 1 inch head tube!

The mention of 'High light' titanium could be a reference to 'hi-light' who made Airborne's frames in China and still sell Airborne spec frames under their own name.

And yes I too seem to remember it was Sandvick who made the Ti Diamond Back frames in the US back on the '90s.

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

If I remember correctly Diamond Back's have never used mono stay seat stays - but I could be wrong... also my '92 Response had a 1 1/8 inch head tube so it being a 1 inch counts against it too. It certainly isn't a 2002 model as listed with a canti hanger and the 1 inch head tube!

The mention of 'High light' titanium could be a reference to 'hi-light' who made Airborne's frames in China and still sell Airborne spec frames under their own name.

And yes I too seem to remember it was Sandvick who made the Ti Diamond Back frames in the US back on the '90s.

thanks for the confirmation.

Yes, does not appear to be a DBR frame....

 

[BG]

I'm not 100% sure Sandvick made the real ones, but you mentioning it just sounds right if that makes sense!... now you've got me wanting to be sure...doing a bit of a search on this site, I found this: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... amond+axis so yes they were made by Sandvik (and yes we were spelling it wrong!). Gee that Axis TT in the catalogue is nice! I'd really like a Ti bike one day.

 

[sq225917]

it's an airborne frame for sure. check out the shit welding on the BB/stays.