Mystery and Unidentified Parts

[mistermonkeywrench]

Hello!
I was wondering if anyone knows owt about this company and whether they would possibly be 90's, or maybe over the border slightly into the new millennium?
Found on ebay - everything but the bearings.
Oh, ti spindle is hollow too.
I like the look of it anyway...
Thanks for any help.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Hello!
I was wondering if anyone knows owt about this company and whether they would possibly be 90's, or maybe over the border slightly into the new millennium?

I wonder if it could be an attempt by a skateboard bearings company to expand their market

 

[markoc]

Any ideas on which brand these “generic late 90’s cantis that look like expensive ones but aren’t” are?

I thought maybe Tektro.

 

[Mace4130]

I have these handlebars without markings that I thought might be Tange steel though it turns out they're not magnetic and they don't appear to be aluminium as the walls are thin. They have the hue of titanium, I thought they might be nickel plated though a few nicks seem to show this is the natural colour. Is there any other way of checking to see what metal they might be? Cheers

Could be Sakae Powerbulge titanium bars.

 

[gtturbo]

Hello!
I was wondering if anyone knows owt about this company and whether they would possibly be 90's, or maybe over the border slightly into the new millennium?
Found on ebay - everything but the bearings.
Oh, ti spindle is hollow too.
I like the look of it anyway...
Thanks for any help.
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Its not a company I was aware of bitd however I have seen some of their stuff on ebay. For example the bolt in the link below. Could be a red herring but the lack of a website URL on the packaging says more 90s rather than 2000s to me in that particular case.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2564160407...eRJMbFpQLgGQwylLWzMu80bg==|tkp:Bk9SR5jY7qmRZQ

 

[mistermonkeywrench]

Its not a company I was aware of bitd however I have seen some of their stuff on ebay. For example the bolt in the link below. Could be a red herring but the lack of a website URL on the packaging says more 90s rather than 2000s to me in that particular case.

Thank you!
Yes, now I've seen the rather dated looking packaging on that stem bolt, I would certainly say 90's!
Plus the lack of a web address, which is something I keep forgetting happened around the millennium too and is a good pointer.
I don't have use for another stem bolt though, but these (with the same dated packaging) I possibly could use in my Links 846 forks so I swiped them as well.

Plus I got a sticker of a flying anvil!

 

[joglo]

Thank you!
Yes, now I've seen the rather dated looking packaging on that stem bolt, I would certainly say 90's!
Plus the lack of a web address, which is something I keep forgetting happened around the millennium too and is a good pointer.
I don't have use for another stem bolt though, but these (with the same dated packaging) I possibly could use in my Links 846 forks so I swiped them as well.
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Plus I got a sticker of a flying anvil!

the trade mark was registered in 1993 from a company called TI Connection in South Carolina.
https://www.trademarkia.com/speed-metal-74422109

 

[ARC5555]

Hello, recently got these rims with another bike. A google and google lens search didn't throw up any info. Anyone recognise these marks? I'm guessing they are budget wheels because they come with Alivio hubs. I also assume they are probably better than my unbranded, spot-rusted, 26"wheelset that came with a cooperative built GT palomar I got a few years ago? Also, any way to tell what material they are? Thanks for any help.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Aluminium Alloy rims, a bit better than oe on a palomar.
Service those hubs and they will do thousands of miles.

No modern bike should be fitted with chrome steel rims as modern brake pads aren't designed to work on them.

 

[ARC5555]

Aluminium Alloy rims, a bit better than oe on a palomar.
Service those hubs and they will do thousands of miles.

No modern bike should be fitted with chrome steel rims as modern brake pads aren't designed to work on them.

Thanks very much, got these rims, an early 90s Diamondback Sorrento with nearly new paintwork (black and purple), a set of Mavic M231 Profil PSP rims (the front is laced in the snowflake pattern for some reason) and some other unknown black rims that didn't come with a quick release skewer. All for £50 and I met a local cyclist who was pretty cool, I think I got a bargain!