Voodoo Bizango on ebay (U.S.)

[sancho]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26otn%3D2

Seller claims it's a Tange-tubed Bizango, but is it?

 

[haggis]

and he's got some nice SIDS

he is claiming it is '94, wasn't Joe Murray with Kona in '94 but left in '95?

2nd edit
plus no canti stop

 

[sancho]

and he's got some nice SIDS

he is claiming it is '94, wasn't Joe Murray with Kona in '94 but left in '95?

2nd edit
plus no canti stop

and the front der. guides should be on the downtube and bottom bracket, no?

Also, on a Tange Superlight frame, I'm not sure that the front der. clamp would fit around the shaped tubing of the seat tube just above the bottom bracket.

 

[Anthony]

I don't know what year this is, but it does look like a Bizango. My best guess is that it is a 1997, in which case it would be made of Tange Superlight. Pieces in the puzzle:

1. I think the first Voodoos were 95 models, although some may have been made/sold in 1994, as with any other make
2. as far as I am aware, they didn't have top tube rear derailleur routing before 1997.
3. it doesn't have a bulge-butted seat tube and it lacks the white Superlight sticker, but they must have made a straight Superlight seat tube by 1997, as the 1997 catalogue picture has a straight seat tube with the white sticker on it.
4. by 1998, they were made of 853 and Bikepedia says they were green, by 99 they had different decals
5. I've never seen a Voodoo with a boss for an E-fit fd before, maybe it was a special order (the Bizango was made in USA, so perhaps you could customize your order).
6. he says the serial is B1004 and deduces that it is from 94, but the only note of a Voodoo serial number I have is 96WA00041 on a 96 Bizango, so no idea what that means

He says there's no chain-suck damage on the stay because an E-fit fd prevents chain-suck. Is that right?

 

[W W Biffta]

also on bikepedia, they have the 95/96 listed with a 27.0 seatpost, the 97/98 with a 26.8, so looks like 97.
asked him to weigh it, 853 should be over 4lb, superlight a little under. hoping he will ship to uk, but i'll probably be priced out anyway

 

[Anthony]

also on bikepedia, they have the 95/96 listed with a 27.0 seatpost, the 97/98 with a 26.8, so looks like 97.
asked him to weigh it, 853 should be over 4lb, superlight a little under. hoping he will ship to uk, but i'll probably be priced out anyway

The only test I read of a Bizango around then was of an 853 and that weighed 4.4lbs for this 18.5 size, so the catalogue claims are not reliable. I would expect a 97 frame to be c4.2, something like that.

It was on at $250 BIN last night, now no bids but no BIN either, starting bid $199, so he must have changed his mind I guess. I don't think they go for all that much over there though, do they?

Although we're debating precisely what year this might be, I see no reason to doubt that it is a Bizango and it's a very good frame either way, Superlight or 853.