Repco Superlite (4130 CrMo)
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:38 pm
The following pic is one of two Repco 'Superlites' (4130 CrMo) I have picked up over the past six months....
This one is large (24"/61cm), and has had some dodgy frame welding repairs done to RH rear chainstay, causing some dropout alignment problems. I may well use this bike for spare parts for my other 'Superlite' which is more my size, in good nick, and in apparent complete and original condition (as far as I can tell). I just need to overhaul wheel cones, BB cups and bearings.
Can any one tell me when this model was released, were they popular and/ or common, what other models of 'Superlites' were there, and what the differences between them were?
Also, was this model 'renown' for the frame breaking at the rear RH chainstay? I have noticed another one of these frames here with a similar 'repair'.
Cheers
This one is large (24"/61cm), and has had some dodgy frame welding repairs done to RH rear chainstay, causing some dropout alignment problems. I may well use this bike for spare parts for my other 'Superlite' which is more my size, in good nick, and in apparent complete and original condition (as far as I can tell). I just need to overhaul wheel cones, BB cups and bearings.
Can any one tell me when this model was released, were they popular and/ or common, what other models of 'Superlites' were there, and what the differences between them were?
Also, was this model 'renown' for the frame breaking at the rear RH chainstay? I have noticed another one of these frames here with a similar 'repair'.
Cheers