Kenderbender

Hi knowledgeable bike friends. I just got this bike off Craigslist for $50 because I wanted the Chris king headset and carbon fork which I’m very pleased with. I didn’t think the frame was going to be worth anything along with what looked like a cheap wheel set. The wheel set (hubs) seem like all city track knockoffs but seem nice and lightweight. Back to the frame, when I bought it it looked like someone had put stickers on the frame but I thought they might be original so I looked online and couldn’t find anything so I removed them. The stickers after thinking about it were not original so I’d rather stay away from speculating anything about the frame from the stickers.

Aside from the nice head tube lugs, the only identifying features are the badge (real bronze badge with a J inside a cog), a weird braze-on on the drive side chain stay (maybe a chain slap protector) and a strangely shaped down tube kind of diamond looking (I guess we call that ovular). Kind of what you’d find on a titanium frame.

Please have a look at the photos and offer any insight. I’m really interested as this is one of the lightest frames I’ve owned. Thank you in advance!

Really nice head badge and seemingly easily removable







Diamond shaped down tube



No serial number anywhere

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