Hello!
For starters, please excuse my lack of terminology, i'm still a newbie.
I was owner of an MTB bike, which is most probably '93 liner,but it might be '92-95 period,unfortunately but it was stolen from me some years ago.
Unfortunatelly I don't have any photos of it, but it was rather specyfic bike.
According to my mom, it was an expensive one(i can't say how much ~expensive~ it was tho,let's just assume it wasn't a no-name bike); she was given it by her now deceased husband,(he was 2nd owner) in 1995/6. It was one of the very early MTBs.
Appearance: it was matte black single frame bike, very Groove Innovations X frame look-alike. It had green text sticker on the sides and I believe it was not custom build, as in my very own city was 2nd one - exactly same one,tho it had blue sticker.(i believe it was first owner brother's who is also dead now). The bike was of stiff frame and fork(no suspension). The cable guide(is it a right term?) was on top of the tube, cables were metal and it had clear plastic-gum tiny beads on it, I believe it was 3of them on every cable,but i'm not sure.
Apart from the frame, the most stricking thing was handlebar - it was an high-rise 3-piece handlebar,very similar to BMX ones, although it didn't have horizontal bar.
Most parts were Shimano(crankset, rear derailleurs, brake levers, there were V-brakes), I believe they were either XTR or Deore XT, but eg. brake levers were very similar to bl-m739(the date seems off tho). It also had shift-grips(but I'm guessing they weren't Shimano).
Oh, I don't know the frame size,but the wheels were 26".
I attach a picture-visualisation of front as I remember, please excuse lack of properly drawn headset and other things:
I'm sorry for your eyes.
So my questions are:
a)Can it, based on what I know,even be identified?
b)Could it be a repainted Groove X frame? If yes, what are those handlebars; why those cables are on top of tube?
c)Well, what is that bike? I am interested in maker of that little one.
I have grown very attached to it and after all those years I still am looking for it,but I've hit a wall and I can't find info alone.
For starters, please excuse my lack of terminology, i'm still a newbie.
I was owner of an MTB bike, which is most probably '93 liner,but it might be '92-95 period,unfortunately but it was stolen from me some years ago.
Unfortunatelly I don't have any photos of it, but it was rather specyfic bike.
According to my mom, it was an expensive one(i can't say how much ~expensive~ it was tho,let's just assume it wasn't a no-name bike); she was given it by her now deceased husband,(he was 2nd owner) in 1995/6. It was one of the very early MTBs.
Appearance: it was matte black single frame bike, very Groove Innovations X frame look-alike. It had green text sticker on the sides and I believe it was not custom build, as in my very own city was 2nd one - exactly same one,tho it had blue sticker.(i believe it was first owner brother's who is also dead now). The bike was of stiff frame and fork(no suspension). The cable guide(is it a right term?) was on top of the tube, cables were metal and it had clear plastic-gum tiny beads on it, I believe it was 3of them on every cable,but i'm not sure.
Apart from the frame, the most stricking thing was handlebar - it was an high-rise 3-piece handlebar,very similar to BMX ones, although it didn't have horizontal bar.
Most parts were Shimano(crankset, rear derailleurs, brake levers, there were V-brakes), I believe they were either XTR or Deore XT, but eg. brake levers were very similar to bl-m739(the date seems off tho). It also had shift-grips(but I'm guessing they weren't Shimano).
Oh, I don't know the frame size,but the wheels were 26".
I attach a picture-visualisation of front as I remember, please excuse lack of properly drawn headset and other things:
I'm sorry for your eyes.
So my questions are:
a)Can it, based on what I know,even be identified?
b)Could it be a repainted Groove X frame? If yes, what are those handlebars; why those cables are on top of tube?
c)Well, what is that bike? I am interested in maker of that little one.
I have grown very attached to it and after all those years I still am looking for it,but I've hit a wall and I can't find info alone.
