Help to identify MTB frame

[GrahamNR17]

Hi Folks,

Can anyone help me identify this frame, please? Picked it up today mainly for the parts, but there's something about it I really like, so may well keep it in one lump. There's no identifying marks at all, other than a sticker from the Company that re-stove enamelled it. Here are a few pics of it, I can take others if it helps:

With huge thanks for any help,

Cheers,
Graham

 

[gibbleking]

um....diamond back or a raleighin my snowed in opinion.from sunny gorleston

 

[mechagouki]

That looks to be an asian made frame from about 1987, similar frames were sold by just about every company that didn't have in-house framebuilding - they vary in quality and the tubing used varies too. the lugged ones tend to be a bit nice than the TIGed ones. I did have a Diamond Back with that identical stem, but i wouldn't read too much into that.

 

[Xesh]

Looks very similar to a Dawes my mate had bitd.

 

[GrahamNR17]

Thanks chaps

 

[brocklanders023]

I'd defo say '80's with those angles.

 

[velomaniac]

Looks British, either Raleigh, Dawes or Ridgeback, definitely 80's. Keep it and ride it as it was intended

 

[GT-Steve]

Almost looks like a 80's Raleigh road frame by:
a) head tube gussets
b) Rear seat stay tops
c) Fork crowns (gusseting)

Is that a 'road' crankset as well?

 

[GrahamNR17]

Almost looks like a 80's Raleigh road frame by:
a) head tube gussets
b) Rear seat stay tops
c) Fork crowns (gusseting)

Is that a 'road' crankset as well?

Couldn't say for sure, I'm not up on road stuff. It's a mixture of Shimano chain rings & pedals, Suntour rear mech and front changer and Shimano cogs. I reckon someone's built a bitsa at some stage. I like the frame a lot, it's grown on me, though I'm only riding one-handed due to a bust wrist (fun in four inches of snow and compacted ice I reckon it's best kept as-is, until one day it dawns on me what I want to do with it.

 

[legrandefromage]

Road frame - yes of course ... :roll:

Its obviously not a road frame - its very similar to early Saracens, especially with that fork, which you dont see very often.

From the looks of the lugs and braze-ons and the cable guides it could also be Reynolds 501 (or if really lucky 531). Give the frame tubes a flick with your fingers and see how much of a clunk or ting you get.

Check the size of the stem, as it may be 21.1mm.