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Nice build, Jack. Pretty cool all members of immediate family are retrobikers.
Nice build, Jack. Pretty cool all members of immediate family are retrobikers.
93/94 Clinton, On The Rocks
- Thread starter TheobanKais7
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joglo
Senior Retro Guru
Hi, i think it's good that you have pulled out the old thread about Clinton.
I have meanwhile a bit of material. Still there is not a lot about the company itself.
To me Clinton was rather just a brand for selling Bikes from Taiwan to Europe (with American name and flag).
The pic from the 95 catalog title is showing obviously a look-a-like to the Manitou / Marin FRS design, so with another supsension fork at the back.
The almost exactly same bike was sold from Winora and another no-name brand too. Also Balance had similar bikes.
Maybe a small proof that there was not Clinton-specific bike design, but they have sold various ready-made Bikes (also CroMo and Aluminium), just with a often very nice paint job and decals.
A few adds, the first one is from 94 the others from 95:
sold in Germany via a dealer in Berlin
and titel of the brochure for 95 (unfortunately I do not have the catalog itself)
I have meanwhile a bit of material. Still there is not a lot about the company itself.
To me Clinton was rather just a brand for selling Bikes from Taiwan to Europe (with American name and flag).
The pic from the 95 catalog title is showing obviously a look-a-like to the Manitou / Marin FRS design, so with another supsension fork at the back.
The almost exactly same bike was sold from Winora and another no-name brand too. Also Balance had similar bikes.
Maybe a small proof that there was not Clinton-specific bike design, but they have sold various ready-made Bikes (also CroMo and Aluminium), just with a often very nice paint job and decals.
A few adds, the first one is from 94 the others from 95:
sold in Germany via a dealer in Berlin
and titel of the brochure for 95 (unfortunately I do not have the catalog itself)
Wow! @joglo that must have taken some digging to find a catalog! Jack has been searching for years to find info on Clinton without much success. Thanks for sharing 
. He has managed to swap out the crankset for a syncros and recently picked up a matching seatpost. I’ll give him a nudge to update the post/build list.
Hi @Calico_jack_76 nice to see another Clinton. Can I ask what model yours is? Is it an alloy frame? I’m pretty sure the BB in Jacks bike is a Shimano UN71.
. He has managed to swap out the crankset for a syncros and recently picked up a matching seatpost. I’ll give him a nudge to update the post/build list.Hi @Calico_jack_76 nice to see another Clinton. Can I ask what model yours is? Is it an alloy frame? I’m pretty sure the BB in Jacks bike is a Shimano UN71.
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TheobanKais7
Dirt Disciple
Yeah, UN71 I believe in mine. Managed to get a syncros crankset for it, I’ll take pics soon.
Would love to know more about yours @Calico_jack_76. Does yours have any German writing on it. Perhaps at the bottom of the seatpost? I have only ever seen or heard about them being sold in Germany, so the fact that yours came from England is unusual.
Would love to know more about yours @Calico_jack_76. Does yours have any German writing on it. Perhaps at the bottom of the seatpost? I have only ever seen or heard about them being sold in Germany, so the fact that yours came from England is unusual.
TheobanKais7
Dirt Disciple
Also that super rocks lx on the bottom catalogue cover is very cool
