Bike ID help

tony.turley
tony.turley Posts: 2
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Greetings all. I know my quest is a long shot, but I'm over here in the US trying to ID a frame I purchased on eBay, as it appears to have been misidentified in the listing. It is steel, sized for 700C, and has mounts for both canti and disc brakes. There are also mounts for attaching a rack, so I'm guessing it wasn't a MTB. It has an unusual looking gusset between the head tube and down tube, and the headset is a 44mm integrated. There is a serial number beginning with "GW12L" stamped under the BB. 700 x 45 tires fit in the frame with room to spare.

I've posted this on several different bike forums, and have searched hundreds of images via Google to no avail. Any chance it looks familiar to someone here?

Tony




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  • brundonbianchi
    brundonbianchi Posts: 689
    edited December 2020
    The welding isn’t great, the paint looks like it came out of a rattle can. It looks like a very generic low end, mass manufactured number to me, possibly Chinese in origin. There’s nothing terribly distinctive about it ( except perhaps the details at the drop out end of the chain stays) but I still think it’s something you’d find in a skip pretty much anywhere.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Are you sure it’s steel as they used to put those gussets on Aluminium frames, plus the welding looks like what you get on Aluminium. Aren’t most steel frames brazed or is that on higher end ones.
  • tony.turley
    tony.turley Posts: 2
    Definitely steel - a magnet clings to the frame, which weighs just under 8 pounds, or 3.6Kg.
  • david37
    david37 Posts: 1,313
    its a piece of shite, not being sniffy, its just genuinely a low end beast of a pig iron.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    david37 said:

    its a piece of shite, not being sniffy, its just genuinely a low end beast of a pig iron.

    so you don't think its very good then?

    #honestopinions
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • david37
    david37 Posts: 1,313
    MattFalle said:

    david37 said:

    its a piece of shite, not being sniffy, its just genuinely a low end beast of a pig iron.

    so you don't think its very good then?

    #honestopinions
    could possibly have phrased it in a more supportive way..........
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Well it is Christmas. But then again, two potatoes don't a roast lamb make, as they say in these parts

    #speakthetruth
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Not really sure if that painted with a brush or a cabbage tbh.....

    #itsabitshit
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • reaperactual
    reaperactual Posts: 1,185
    edited December 2020
    You can't polish a t#rd as they say in these parts. 💩
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    The hedge doesn't make the garden

    #proverbsofthevalleys
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Way the make the guy feel cheated guys
    Felt F1 2014
    Felt Z6 2012
    Red Arthur Caygill steel frame
    Tall....
    www.seewildlife.co.uk
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    The river doesn't always flow to the sea ......

    #acrosstheway
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    MattFalle said:

    The river doesn't always flow to the sea ......

    #acrosstheway

    The Okovango Delta is incredible. Go if you get the chance.
    Felt F1 2014
    Felt Z6 2012
    Red Arthur Caygill steel frame
    Tall....
    www.seewildlife.co.uk
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    I'll ask MF to pop down and see if there are any January deals at the travel agents

    #packingsuitcases
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • mully79
    mully79 Posts: 904
    Early 29er mtb in the years of disc/vee brakes. early 2000's and onwards from memory.

    It has a few design cues from Gary fisher bikes and the wheel size maybe fits.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    mully79 said:

    Piece of junk hand painted in hammerite

    ftfy
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • mully79
    mully79 Posts: 904
    MattFalle said:

    mully79 said:

    Piece of junk hand painted in hammerite

    ftfy
    I was really trying to be positive, but thanks that is what i meant 🤣
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    ahhh, see where you're coming from, see.

    boxes don't always bear plants though, do they?

    #contemplatative
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.

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