What the heck is this Wheeler bike?

[Nothingtoxic]

My Dad picked this up today. Any ideas what model it is and what year it’s from? Thanks

 

[TreaderSteve]

Did he immediately put it down again?

 

[joglo]

Hi, upfront, in all honesty I must admit, I personally think this is a shitty bike...
Heavy and ugly.

Still thought I could help to identify at least the year. Typically it's easy by identifying some Shimano components.

I have to give up. I've browsed through a lot of shitty Tourney rear derailleur to find that the RD-TX50 model looks like the one at the Wheeler.
E.g.
https://ex-technik.de/produkt/schaltwerk-tourney-tx50-shimano/Or
https://products.mtbr.com/product/drivetrain/derailleur/shimano/tourney-rd-tx50.html
But even Shimano might not love those cheap groups a lot because there is no documentation or information about the year available.

Just my unconfirmed guess, it's might be a early 2000s year, so not vintage but rather retro design.

 

[Nothingtoxic]

Did he immediately put it down again?

I asked him if it had been dumped there! Turns out he’d actually paid money for it! Albeit only a tenner.

 

[Nothingtoxic]

Hi, upfront, in all honesty I must admit, I personally think this is a shitty bike...
Heavy and ugly.

Still thought I could help to identify at least the year. Typically it's easy by identifying some Shimano components.

I have to give up. I've browsed through a lot of shitty Tourney rear derailleur to find that the RD-TX50 model looks like the one at the Wheeler.
E.g.
https://ex-technik.de/produkt/schaltwerk-tourney-tx50-shimano/Or
https://products.mtbr.com/product/drivetrain/derailleur/shimano/tourney-rd-tx50.html
But even Shimano might not love those cheap groups a lot because there is no documentation or information about the year available.

Just my unconfirmed guess, it's might be a early 2000s year, so not vintage but rather retro design.

Thanks for your efforts!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Sure, it might be trash, but trash can be fun
I like trash. That Wheeler could make a wicked bike with some well chosen upgrades

 

[TreaderSteve]

Yeah, shame it's not got horizontal rear dropouts - coulda made it a single speed or 3-sps Sturmey Archer.

 

[greencat]

It is fugly, but with a bit of work it could be a fun clunker. Certainly a decent step up from a BSO ie mostly alloy parts etc.

 

[Imlach]

for 10 quid I would have bought that. Stripped off fenders, get rid of that horrid derailleur and cassette, ss kit on there with a cheapo tensioner, cheapo stx crankset, then bin the fork, get the cheapest rigid fork I could find and call it a day. Ride it into the sunshine.

Oh and rattle it black and splash it with a bunch of white enamel for ratty splatter..

Not a wasted time sink if you're having fun

Or is it?

 

[Imlach]

I'd keep the stem as is as well and name the bike Stiffy Alu-bin-ium