1992 FUNK Combat Titanium - The elitist Elevated Unicorn Owners Club

fguki · Sep 7, 2023

Swede, the high end bike shop back in these days (in Frankfurt) most likely was Storck Bicycles GmbH, Frankfurt. Markus Storck parents bike shop that he grew up in. I am sure I dont need to explain much about Markus Storck

They were the largest KLEIN, etc. importeurs for Europe basically.

fguki · Sep 7, 2023

Found this:

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Swede · Sep 7, 2023

That's the chap... I was surprised that there's not much about him on the forum but hopefully someone reading this will know more. If not, let's hope the email I sent him gets a response.

Swede · Sep 7, 2023

fguki said:
Swede, the high end bike shop back in these days (in Frankfurt) most likely was Storck Bicycles GmbH, Frankfurt. Markus Storck parents bike shop that he grew up in. I am sure I dont need to explain much about Markus Storck They were the largest KLEIN, etc. importeurs for Europe basically.

I have one

27motorhead · Sep 7, 2023

fguki said:
Funk set version 2 is done! Enough decal-work for today.

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Reminds me of the Klein font/logo

fguki · Sep 7, 2023

Thats true ...that period / version of the logo - as well as many other things at Funk ate pretty similar to the pre 1994 (decals) KLEIN stuff. Like font and forks.

wadsy · Sep 7, 2023

Now that is NICE!

Swede · Sep 16, 2023

DoctorRad said:
Do I remember coverage of a Funk bike with full Campag groupset in an early 80s MBi...?

Found it. MBUK Vol 3 No 8.

fguki · Sep 18, 2023

Update!

Fortunately I had another contact with the previous owner ad he also dug out the original FUNK suspension fork that came with the bike. ... No question, I bought that one as well! <3

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fguki · Sep 23, 2023

Another package has arrived from the previous owner! Including:

* The original FUNK Suspension Fork II
* FUNK Suspension Fork II manual & warranty card.
* The original invoice / bill of the bike and its parts
* An original 1992ish FUNK catalogue / flyer
* An original 1992 SEVYSA catalogue (FUNK combat titanium and also some FUNK airbrushes limited editions included)

Love it!

I took the whole fork apart to clean every part and especially rework the slightly rusted steerer (already cleaned in the pics) and screws (still uncleaned and original in the pics). Shock covers also still dirty in the pic.

I will maybe swap every screw and the steerer to titanium. <3

Also, I made replacement Elastomer Sets for the FUNK fork as well. No problem at all ...