Shogun Appreciation Society
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby WestcoastPete » Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:45 pm
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby landscapecadmonkey » Mon Apr 07, 2014 6:52 pm
26.8WestcoastPete wrote:Hey, anyone with a Metro SE wanna tell me what seat post diameter they've got sticking out of it? I'm measuring between 26.8mm and 27.0mm.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby munga » Mon Apr 07, 2014 7:50 pm
hey man, someone said they saw my old blue shogun at west end the other week. good to hear the new owner's still enjoying her.landscapecadmonkey wrote:26.8WestcoastPete wrote:Hey, anyone with a Metro SE wanna tell me what seat post diameter they've got sticking out of it? I'm measuring between 26.8mm and 27.0mm.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby landscapecadmonkey » Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:01 pm
Hi Shannonmunga wrote:hey man, someone said they saw my old blue shogun at west end the other week. good to hear the new owner's still enjoying her.landscapecadmonkey wrote:26.8WestcoastPete wrote:Hey, anyone with a Metro SE wanna tell me what seat post diameter they've got sticking out of it? I'm measuring between 26.8mm and 27.0mm.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby WestcoastPete » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:47 pm
Ta mate.landscapecadmonkey wrote:26.8WestcoastPete wrote:Hey, anyone with a Metro SE wanna tell me what seat post diameter they've got sticking out of it? I'm measuring between 26.8mm and 27.0mm.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby Sindog » Sat May 10, 2014 12:32 pm
rustguard wrote:I was visiting my dad at christmas so I snapped some photos of his shogun prairie breaker, which is a long cut above a trail breaker. My dad brought the bike of my uncle, its deore equipped, double wall rims. but it is the frame quality that stands out to me. all cromo, double butted frame. Its not down to an ultralight, not heavy either, but solid as a rock and very well finished.
Hey, thanks for posting these pics. Do you know what make the rims are?
Its a shame I didnt give it a good clean before I took the pics, not sure the images do the frame full justice.
Also check out the diameter of the brake cables, they are like motorbike cables.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby yugyug » Sun May 11, 2014 9:06 pm
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Postby singlespeedscott » Sun May 11, 2014 9:50 pm
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby WarbyD » Mon May 12, 2014 9:40 am
All I know about it:
If the decals are to be believed, it is a Shogun Samurai
It has Tiagra groupset, except the brakes which are Tektro
Rims are Alex Rims ATA22
Headset is cane creek
I haven't even been able to find a picture of another one online in the same colours to be able to work out what year it is (don't think it's more than a couple of years old). When I look for the brand I come to a website for Claude Butler cycles in the UK, who apparently bought them out, but there isn't even a mention of Shogun on their website. The brand still seems to be available new in stores, so they must still exist somewhere haha.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby singlespeedscott » Mon May 12, 2014 2:52 pm
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby WarbyD » Mon May 12, 2014 5:11 pm
Did spot the serial number though.. Would this suggest it's perhaps an 05 or 07?
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby yugyug » Mon May 12, 2014 6:27 pm
cheers.. so that explains why they got the cool head badges? But what about tubing - I notice that one of the frames bluntgraffix posted says Hi-Ten on the top tube, but aussie shoguns of that period are all chromoly, no?singlespeedscott wrote:Same company with different spec. You've got to remember that in the late 80's and 90's the Aussie dollar was worth 5/8 of bugger all against the greenback and bicycles where slugged with luxury goods tax. Your average American MTB rider had more buying power then the standard Aussie battler back then.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby singlespeedscott » Mon May 12, 2014 7:52 pm
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby munga » Mon May 12, 2014 8:08 pm
maybe. probably not.WarbyD wrote:Couldn't see the date code on levers or RD (had a baby hanging off me so had to cut my search short lol).
Did spot the serial number though.. Would this suggest it's perhaps an 05 or 07?
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Postby WarbyD » Mon May 12, 2014 8:09 pm
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby yugyug » Tue May 13, 2014 12:02 pm
maybe the 3 in the upper line means 2003munga wrote:maybe. probably not.WarbyD wrote:Couldn't see the date code on levers or RD (had a baby hanging off me so had to cut my search short lol).
Did spot the serial number though.. Would this suggest it's perhaps an 05 or 07?
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby WarbyD » Tue May 13, 2014 1:22 pm
Glad to have the info that I was after - full specs and all It's all in PDF, don't think I can attach it here though.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby ironhanglider » Tue May 13, 2014 6:59 pm
Cheers,
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby OzCammo » Thu May 22, 2014 5:24 pm
Searching for hours I can not find any others like it. especially with the *designed in Australia* decal/reference.
Even the design of the frame differs around the seat to other Selectra's I found. It doesn't seem to have that scallop on the tube.
Has decent , although in bad shape, gear on it, so I don't think it was cheap new.
Any ideas or somewhere I can look further into would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby yugyug » Fri May 23, 2014 10:09 am
Your selectra would be made in Taiwan though, maybe Japan depending on the year. Whats the frame color and pattern and what do those serial numbers say?
Selectra was the lower end of the Shogun road bike range. Frame is probably still Tange cromo but perhaps not butted. It would make a good commuter. Only going off what I know from the few catalogs I've seen though.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby OzCammo » Sat May 24, 2014 9:27 am
The best I can do on the serial number is SP (448691) 78. The numbers in the brackets are either slightly altered or not stamped properly , they seem to overlap each other. It's the best I can decipher it. Possibly atlered, it may have had a slightly shandy past. Looking closely at it I should be able to salvage pretty much everything but the wheels, a little too much corrosion. Shimano Tourney gearing and bit and Sakae crankset. so entry level stuff, but decent quality. Hopefully get nice cheapish bike.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
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