Help identifying a frame please

rick7109
rick7109 Posts: 5
edited September 2008 in MTB general
I just bought this to build up as a cheap gym and back ride. I havent got the foggiest idea of what make it is though, any ideas?

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  • rd350lc
    rd350lc Posts: 84
    Looks to me like a Halfrauds £80 special
  • rick7109
    rick7109 Posts: 5
    I thought so originally but it's all aluminium and the swingarm is fairly different to their regular swill.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    for a gym and back bike i would bin it and get a ridged commute bike.
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  • rick7109
    rick7109 Posts: 5
    You were all right, piece of crap halfrauds special. It arrived yesterday and weighed a ton. Best part was it had the frame number hacked out of it so I suspect it has been stolen from someone (why???). I have informed the seller so I'll see what happens.
  • ThanksBye
    ThanksBye Posts: 519
    Have to ask, how much did you pay for it?
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  • theman1001
    theman1001 Posts: 85
    If the frame number has been filed off you should probably report it to the police, they can check to see if it has been reported stolen (a bike of that description). I would certainly get my money back from the seller too, and report them to the police.
  • rick7109
    rick7109 Posts: 5
    I paid £38 for it. I used to work in the police at a section that specialised in establishing the identities of vehicles where the engine or chassis (VIN) number had been tampered with. This bike appears to have had an additional plate for the frame number brazed onto the base. This whole plate has been hacked off so the chances of ever identifying the correct frame number are pretty much nil to zero. If it had just been ground or filed off, a chemical etching process could have been applied to bring out the original number.

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