Bogner WB1 1991 carbon

[Mod-Master]

I’ve seen this up for sale and I’ve sent the seller a message, does anyone know about them? @joglo I’ve seen your post perhaps you could shed a little more light on this particular brand?



The seatpost clamp and cable routing caught my eyes.

 

[tintin40]

New to me. Very nice frame

 

[Mod-Master]

Looks quite nice built up

 

[Mod-Master]

Cool thing is it has replaceable dropouts so I could perhaps get someone matching some horizontal ones so I could do single speed

 

[otherself]

Never heard of them, looks cool af though.

 

[velofrog]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16537002...ZnqXo2-TSG&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[Elev12k]

I've heard of the brand, I do not know this model and I don't know whether it is any good, but what is obvious is they put some effort in it to make something special. With this routing it deserves gears imo.

 

[Mod-Master]

I've heard of the brand, I do not know this model and I don't know whether it is any good, but what is obvious is they put some effort in it to make something special. With this routing it deserves gears imo.

I think it was a rebrand from a different company. It seems there are others like this but this seems to be the most common.

 

[joglo]

Hi, yes the Bogner carbon bike was a frame from someone else.
Created by Graphite Technology in US and sold in particular in Europa with many different stickers on. I think there was a specific French guy, Didier Louis, involved acting as re-distributor.

Please have a look here, especially in recent months we have found more and more similar bikes from different brands.
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/white-mountainbik-graphite-technology-aegis.369343/post-3329741Better read the entire thread, interesting bikes.

Bogner itself was/is a fashion brand in Germany.
Still around https://www.bogner.com/de-de/bogner-world/

The former boss Willy Bogner was also doing a lot of outdoor movie filming (e.g. skiing scenes for several James Bond movies)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Bogner_Jr.
He also started a to sell Mountain Bikes early do mid ninties.
We do have a thread in the German forum
https://www.mtb-news.de/forum/t/wb-bogner-willy-bogner-infos-bilder-modelle.960313/There are no catalogs, but I have buyer guides showing the portfolio.
A list of models from 1992-1995 is here
https://www.mtb-news.de/forum/t/wb-bogner-willy-bogner-infos-bilder-modelle.960313/post-18130128They also had the Verlicci Full Suspension bike (like Ironhorse) but even up to Titan bikes.

 

[Frankenorange]

What an interesting frame and story behind it all.