No idea,What's the rear spacing on your '92 equipé, Nigel?
135?
I have the '91 its not in my hands at the minute so unable to measure the spacing.
Have a nice set of wolbers which have 130mm spacing I was hoping to use.
130 is generally pre-1990, right?
Other difference as previously discussed, the mystery of the different serial numbers.
Is your mystery why one runs across the BB shell, vs the other running the length of it? I don't exactly remember where I read this, if it is stamped in a line across the width of the BB shell, it was made in Canada, if it is stamped around the circumference near the edge, overseas. Could account for the quality difference as well, the Canadian bikes were better made.That doesn't indicate where it was made. But they're obviously not the same frame, too may differences to be the same of a different name.
I will throw it up in the stand today and have a better look at that S/N- I'll update the spreadsheet with what I find. I may have a few others to add as well, I can't remember what I've added.I missed this thread, excellent post and great pictures.
Yes RM change frame angles as sizes increased so harder to compare.
@NigelFinnighan if yu ever get that last number from the serial.
anyway I add the Equipe to the serial number database.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b5lPsQxTjNBNbR86z1CQiOcskLjze6i7nOs9ZUD2t7s/edit?usp=sharing
No that wasn't the mystery, but that's a great point. I hadn't heard that, but all my supposed Canadian built frames, the S/N abides by this.Sorry, late to the serial number discussion...
Is your mystery why one runs across the BB shell, vs the other running the length of it? I don't exactly remember where I read this, if it is stamped in a line across the width of the BB shell, it was made in Canada, if it is stamped around the circumference near the edge, overseas. Could account for the quality difference as well, the Canadian bikes were better made.
Don't forget, we're gathering it all in one place, so that, years from now, an additional three people will be able to knowUltimately it doesn't matter, me, you and like 26 other people worldwide care, but it would just be nice to know lol.