Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
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Postby ldrcycles » Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:13 pm
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Postby BurtO » Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:35 pm
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Postby jools » Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:11 pm
I had a look at the components but couldn't make sense of the numbers - the right crank has an FB along with a 2 and a 4 in circles but separate from each other. The left crank has HE and an F and H in circles. The brake calipers have 57 and the small chainring has a small JO or J0. The FD has something very tiny on it as does the RD - I might need to get these off the bike and use a magnifying glass to read the writing, but it looks more like words and not a two-letter code.
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Postby ldrcycles » Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:41 pm
The 57 on the brakes i'm guessing is just a reference to the reach, they should have a 2 letter date code as well but it can be hard to spot. JO on the chainring is 1985 but chainrings do wear out so that was probably just a replacement. The front and rear derailleurs will usually have something like (reading off my 93 Apollo Concorde)
RD-M320
Shimano
VIA Japan
The date code will usually be a bit off to one side.
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Postby jools » Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:49 pm
With regard to the serial number 81 - 03 - 58410, would that make it a March 81, 58cm frame, number 410?
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Postby TedDancin » Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:03 am
I was the one who picked up that Apollo 4, probably paid too much for it but they don't come up that often and it was walking distance from home. It doesn't have much wear, quite a bit of rust around the lugs on the frame though so I think would need a full sand and respray. Has Suntour arx group on it, with the symmetric shifters that trim the front derailleur when you change the rear. It's too small for me really, so I'm not sure if I'll keep it, am I dreaming if I think I could get what I paid for it?
I'll take a few photos this week to add to the thread.
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Postby Rob74 » Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:31 pm
Re post » Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:03 am
"I was the one who picked up that Apollo 4, probably paid too much for it"
=>> However your key point …."but they don't come up that often" .....so well done.
"It doesn't have much wear, quite a bit of rust around the lugs on the frame though so I think would need a full sand and respray."
=>> Not sure of the level of the rust. I'd be reluctant to repaint it. If you have not tried it, "Rainex" Rust Converter works very well in removing and neutralising rust particularly on chrome or paint chips to bare steel.
See pg3 of this BNA thread (my post Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:56 pm) gives specs for your bike. I have the WOW Apollo Cat for it in .pdf PM if interested.
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Postby TedDancin » Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:24 pm
Anyone looking for a summer project?
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Postby BurtO » Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:21 am
Cheers BurtO
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Postby jools » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:20 pm
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Postby gordowilso » Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:31 pm
AKF15433 A (the III) and AKF16328 A (the IV). What is the origin of these AKF frames?
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Postby munga » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:31 pm
jools wrote:Nice bike there BurtO! Mine's not quite so heavy though - doesn't need a trolley jack to lift it!
gold!BurtO wrote:LOL, And here am I thinking it made a great bike stand for photos, now Ive got the heaviest bike on the forum!
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Postby munga » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:31 pm
makes people think of Rover?Lots of steel bikes wrote:I searched for Vitesse in this thread and only got one return. Why is the Vitesse seemingly so unloved?
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Postby sunho » Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:37 pm
Havent weighed it but not bad at all for a steely,
Suntour components GPX, ARX, RC, Symmetric, all except the levers (Diacompe)
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Postby sunho » Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:48 am
Extremely nice to ride minus hills...
I did a cruisy 50km loop on it and handled quite well. Wheels 27 and 1 inch.
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Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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Apollos?
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