unknown gt £40 bin

[GT-Steve]

Really hard to tell but possibly a Karakoram, avalanche etc..

When you get it, do a little scratch away in an I significant area and if you're lucky you might reveal the original paint and more of a clue.. especially around the welds

 

[Rampage]

Brake mounts are above the pads, so it's a U-brake!

 

[Koupe]

Short postscript, for those interested:

On examination, it looks like the black paint's original - this together with the groove tube, replaceable mech hanger, U-brake and very neat welds, is making me lean towards a Richter 8.0

I shall start a build thread as soon as Mrs_koupe returns with the camera on Tuesday - however I fear I won't be able to resist stripping it long before then

 

[henrysthreeironbands]

:xmas-big-grin:

 

[MADJEZ]

Short postscript, for those interested:

On examination, it looks like the black paint's original - this together with the groove tube, replaceable mech hanger, U-brake and very neat welds, is making me lean towards a Richter 8.0

Replaceable mech-hanger !! Now we're talking.
Definitely high-end steel. Must be Bravado, Psyclone, Richter, Team Avalanche.
If its a 2 bolt hanger its a later one.

 

[Koupe]

Single-bolt hanger, so a '92 I believe? Also has weird vertical 'pegs' just in front of the rack mounts.

EDIT: According to an advert in the archive, the 'pegs' are actually dropout adjustment screws I'm thinking I should probably get a couple of spare hangers machined up, just in case....

 

[MADJEZ]

Lucky, lucky b*****d !

I believe you have a 92 Psyclone or Bravado. Epic score for £40.
By 93 they'd moved to 2 bolt hanger, think that was the only year of both the adjuster screws & single bolt.

I think the Psyclone was fillet brazed while the Bravado wasn't. Psyclone came in black that year
if you think paint is original.

92 Bravado (courtesy of GM)
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... p;t=237347

 

[Koupe]

Well, it's definitely not fillet brazed, although I am impressed with the neatness of the welds - so that would make it a Bravado or Richter? Afraid I have very little knowledge of GT history am I right in thinking the frame was US-made?

(I'm dead chuffed with the frame regardless of its identity, but it would be nice to put the correct decals back on it!)

 

[MADJEZ]

I think the Richter only came with 2 bolt hanger and didn't have the adjusters.
So that leaves a Bravado, very nice frame True Temper tubes possibly US made (tho below says
different).

Here's another.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... mp;t=87632

 

[kingoffootball]

1992 Karakoram had a one-bolt replaceable hanger and drop-out adjusters and I thought the 1992 Richter 8.0 was the same frame - it definitely had drop-out adjusters, though I haven't had one, so can't vouch for the replaceable hanger.

[edit] It did:

viewtopic.php?t=209479

So I'd still bet on 1992 Richter 8.0