Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
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Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby codydaniels » Sun Feb 18, 2018 9:58 am
Any help is appreciated.
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby find_bruce » Sun Feb 18, 2018 2:28 pm
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby codydaniels » Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:47 am
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby uart » Mon Feb 19, 2018 11:48 am
Just another tip on posting photos Cody. An attachment from bikeforums.net is not exactly the same as free host that anyone can view. You have to be careful in this regard, because sometimes you can see the images in your post, but others cannot.codydaniels wrote:Thanks for the tip on how to post pix on your site Find Bruce
As it turns out in this case, those images can be viewed by others, but ONLY if they have an account with bikeforums.net and are currently signed in over there. A lot of times however, people won't bother to go through your links to try and see why they're not working and fix the issue. A lot of times if your image links are dead, then people will just press the back button on their browser and go look at something else.
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby RonK » Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:59 pm
The images are not visible.codydaniels wrote:I read someplace that kenevans had his tt frames built by other people then put his stickers on them. It might be one of them but that looks like his badging. Here are some other pictures of the frame.
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby uart » Mon Feb 19, 2018 1:01 pm
Explained in the post immediately above Ron.RonK wrote:The images are not visible.
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby codydaniels » Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:27 pm
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby HappyHumber » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:55 am
I have (what I guess to be an earlier 80s) pantographed & original paint frame with no number markings to speak of. I've only seen reference in other articles and off hand posts elsewhere to Ken using 'numbers' for short periods but nothing with consistency throughout the life of his brand name. That said Ken also had other builders build bikes with his branding as well.
It's all a bit vague & nebulous; and I doubt you will ever get conclusive answers. There's a few guys that lurk here and elsewhere that are a lot more in tune with the - 'by order' & 'low volume' - Aussie builders from the 70s through 90s and some of their tell-tale signature details. I think they're less active here on BNA in more recent times; but hit up the Vuong Brothers (Quang & Minh) via Villa Velo or via Facebook.
A lot of frame components (Tange/Columbus/Reynolds/Ishiwata etc lugs tubing) you see in these frames are common between custom builders for the time. Often it came down to what the customer specifically ordered and/or what the builder had available at hand to fit within the budget.
Hit me up via the BNA dm; I'll get an alert. If y'know, you know.
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:13 am
http://kenevansframes.com.au/contact/
not much on the facebook page, but this appeared a few days ago
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... ater&ifg=1
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby codydaniels » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:29 am
Clydesdale Scott, I have written him 3 times actually and not heard anything yet. Thanks for the heads up on Facebook
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby Derny Driver » Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:08 am
Graham Seers told me exactly this. He used to build for Bates (Royal Star) SydneyHappyHumber wrote: A lot of frame components (Tange/Columbus/Reynolds/Ishiwata etc lugs tubing) you see in these frames are common between custom builders for the time. Often it came down to what the customer specifically ordered and/or what the builder had available at hand to fit within the budget.
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby QuangVuong » Sun Feb 25, 2018 6:26 pm
I'm still around.HappyHumber wrote:It's all a bit vague & nebulous; and I doubt you will ever get conclusive answers. There's a few guys that lurk here and elsewhere that are a lot more in tune with the - 'by order' & 'low volume' - Aussie builders from the 70s through 90s and some of their tell-tale signature details. I think they're less active here on BNA in more recent times; but hit up the Vuong Brothers (Quang & Minh) via Villa Velo or via Facebook.
I reckon that Aerolite is a Kenevans frame. It is pinned, and has the 4 digit serial which is what Kenevans frames are like. It's also quite close in geometry to my Kenevans funny bike. There are a few Aerolite branded frames particularly in America, so I have some feeling that it may be the brand he sold under for the American market. The Cinelli BB is post '83, so that'll give you some hint of the date.
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Re: Help to identify what year my Kenevans is
Postby codydaniels » Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:13 pm
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