I have been able to get hold of a smokestone frame and I am willing to rebulit it but I will need some help and advice!
Thanks a lot in advance for any information on the frame or inspiration on the build!
Here it is:
The steertube is engraved with the smokestone Logo and the serial wich is SS 0052, the model should date to 1995.
I have already contacted Graham over facebook, but the only thing he could tell me about it was that the frame must date to the period he´d left the original company (in 1994). The guys who took over the company seem to have vanished, so I do not know where to find info on this one. But I have found a frame with the serial SS 0063 wich dates to 1995, I assume mine does too.
One wired thing is the dropout situation
As you will notice, the dropouts are samehow mirrored, I think they do not belong there.
Maybe they are ment to be attached to that softtail parallelogram suspension seen in some of the Graham Bigfoots... but I do not think that I could be able to get hold of one of these...
I guess these dropouts could propably fit the frame, but I am willing to lasercut and mill the parts myself... What do you think?
The next thing is, that the rear mounts for the cantilever pivits are missing, to me it looks like the Graham Bigfoots do have similar ones.
Maybe one of you got some spareparts for me?!
Other than that the frame is pretty gorgeous, the welding is nice and strong and it is in great shape and condition!
I do not know what kind of forks to fit and I´m open to any inspiration on this one!
All the best Moritz
Thanks a lot in advance for any information on the frame or inspiration on the build!
Here it is:
The steertube is engraved with the smokestone Logo and the serial wich is SS 0052, the model should date to 1995.
I have already contacted Graham over facebook, but the only thing he could tell me about it was that the frame must date to the period he´d left the original company (in 1994). The guys who took over the company seem to have vanished, so I do not know where to find info on this one. But I have found a frame with the serial SS 0063 wich dates to 1995, I assume mine does too.
One wired thing is the dropout situation
As you will notice, the dropouts are samehow mirrored, I think they do not belong there.
Maybe they are ment to be attached to that softtail parallelogram suspension seen in some of the Graham Bigfoots... but I do not think that I could be able to get hold of one of these...
I guess these dropouts could propably fit the frame, but I am willing to lasercut and mill the parts myself... What do you think?
The next thing is, that the rear mounts for the cantilever pivits are missing, to me it looks like the Graham Bigfoots do have similar ones.
Maybe one of you got some spareparts for me?!
Other than that the frame is pretty gorgeous, the welding is nice and strong and it is in great shape and condition!
I do not know what kind of forks to fit and I´m open to any inspiration on this one!
All the best Moritz
