Dating a specialized bicycle - Page 2

#16 11-07.-2003

In article <6e7oqvofm37onm6chiguj2v4aobd62cvn9@4ax.com>, spamsink@cox.net says...
> On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:08:18 -0500, David Kerber <ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net> wrote:
> >> yea, ummm, a "streetsweeper" is a semiautomatic shotgun.
> >It's also a vehicle operated by the city to get the sand out of the bike lanes on a road <GGG>.
>
> That's just a legend. Like the sasquatch...no sightings have been proven.

I have _personally_ seen one, once. Didn't catch it on video, though, so I can't prove it <Grin>.

> --
> Rick Onanian
>

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#17 11-08.-2003

Pat at me@privacy.net wrote on 11/7/03 2:36 PM:
>> Is the name in script or block print? I think they dropped the script in '93.
>
> block print that is pink and has shadings in it like fine lines

>> Is the rear brake by any chance mounted underneath the rear chain stays? That'd put it back in
>> the late 80's
>
> No, it's a cantilever brake.

>> Do the tubes join diretly together with a visble weld seam, or do they go into a lug?
>
> No lugs and on the chain stay it has the words "direct drive"

So, block print, no V-brakes (but not a U-brake), TIG welded.... I'm guessing '93 or maybe '92...not
a year that I have a catalog from.

-- Jim

#18 11-08.-2003

S. Anderson at scott.anderson3@zsympaticoz.ca wrote on 11/7/03 2:39 PM:

> "Pat" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:boh6ob$1ea518$1@ID-194653.news.uni-berlin.de...
>>
>>>
>>
>> No lugs
>>
>> and on the chain stay it has the words "direct drive"
>>
>> Pat
>>
>
> Yeah, that sounds early 90's to me. The direct drive thing was a square (rectangle?) chainstay
> deal, total marketing!! But I liked the geometry. Not a bad bike..but not great. A beater or
> commuter I'd say.

Direct Drive was the designation that the frame used butted (as opposed to straight-guage) tubing
for the rear triangle.

-- jim

cmitch46 · #19 11-20.-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Pat
> >
> >
> The only surefire way would be a serial number method..but I doubt anyone has that info. Got a
> picture? That's a start. If there is a Specialized dealer near you with good records you might be
> able to narrow down the
date
> based on their existing records of bikes around that era.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Scott..

I do have the serial number, but it is confusing. This bike is a weird color green with pink
Hardrock on the down tube. Well, I shouldn't call it a bike. It is a frame with a rear derailleur. I
am considering whether it is worth the trouble to buy parts and build up a bike using this frame,
that's all. I have used google and I have written Specialized with no luck.

Here is what is written on the bottom bracket:

B1 0196SP WBK K M8GN23205

It has Shimano Altus rear derailleur. I am wondering if it was made in 1996, but that's
just a guess.

Pat in TX

It's amazing to me that the folks at Specialized can't or won't be more of a help. Its hard to believe that they wouldn't be able to nail the model year with a serial # and perhaps a photo.

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