A Steve Potts and other bikes that I will be seling on Ebay

[Fat Tire Trader]

Hello,
I am selling several early MTBs on Ebay over the next month. The first is this 16" Potts


eBay item number:
201181054388


Thanks,
chris ioakimedes

 

[Smithjss70]

Wow! Really cool.

 

[ti_pin_man]

sure is pretty

 

[dinger]

Cool paint, but not having a Type II fork is really going to hurt the value.

 

[rumpfy]

Cool paint, but not having a Type II fork is really going to hurt the value.

Ya, that one stings a bit.

Wrong saddle, wrong tires too.

 

[dinger]

Saddle and tires can be swapped easy enough, but with that paint job, you're stuck with that generic looking fork.

 

[pinguwin]

Just curious, what type of fork that is, as long as it's been brought up.

Nice paint for sure, who did it?

 

[jonrock]

Re:

Hello!

J

 

[Smithjss70]

Cool paint, but not having a Type II fork is really going to hurt the value.

Ya, that one stings a bit.

Wrong saddle, wrong tires too.

Eric

I think the type II was more or less spec'd for racing and that it had internally butted blades with a 4130 cro-moly crown which is more desirable but is the fork pictured a Type I or Type II or something else all together.

Thanks

 

[rumpfy]

Eric

I think the type II was more or less spec'd for racing and that it had internally butted blades with a 4130 cro-moly crown which is more desirable but is the fork pictured a Type I or Type II or something else all together.

Thanks

It's a fillet brazed unicrown fork. No reason not to believe Steve didn't make the fork (as opposed to Tom Ritchey who cranked out a lot of this type of fork, either way, it's a quality fork). Won't be as punishing to the casual rider vs. a Type II. It's definitely not a Type I (those tend to be pretty rare).