Go Back  Bike Forums > Bike Forums > Classic & Vintage
Reload this Page >

Ascente Aerolite

Notices
Classic & Vintage This forum is to discuss the many aspects of classic and vintage bicycles, including musclebikes, lightweights, middleweights, hi-wheelers, bone-shakers, safety bikes and much more.

Ascente Aerolite

Old 09-19-20, 11:58 AM
  #1  
WGB 
WGB
Thread Starter
 
WGB's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Niagara Region
Posts: 5,655

Bikes: Panasonic PT-4500

Mentioned: 45 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1783 Post(s)
Liked 2,305 Times in 1,365 Posts
Ascente Aerolite

Just adding this as it's a rare enough brand in Canada, let alone anywhere else. I saw only a couple of references to this brand on here.

Ascente was a Canadian distributor, not a manufacturer and I believe the frames are from either Tiawan or Japan or both (this one from Tiawan). I don't know if they distributed after the early 90's.

This one is a small frame 14 speed Aerolite (sometimes spelt Aerolyte) with 14 speed 300 Exage Motion, brakes and levers, FD, RD and shifters.

As bought - basically it was just a case of a heavy clean and adjusting the bars up and adding some tape to cover a rip in the bar tape (didn't have any spare orange tape).



As cleaned











Hsin Lun bars with a Sakae stem and Araya rims. Mine came with Cheng Shin rubber that owner thought were the original tires and if so they are in great shape because bike was stored in house. I taped the end of the bars as the bar tape has some fraying.

Nice enough bikes and a good source of parts.

Last edited by WGB; 09-19-20 at 01:08 PM.
WGB is offline  
Old 09-19-20, 12:44 PM
  #2  
WGB 
WGB
Thread Starter
 
WGB's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Niagara Region
Posts: 5,655

Bikes: Panasonic PT-4500

Mentioned: 45 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1783 Post(s)
Liked 2,305 Times in 1,365 Posts
Updated 20 Sep 2020
Serial number is actually H 1A2 7073 for @T-Mar

Last edited by WGB; 09-20-20 at 12:17 PM.
WGB is offline  
Old 09-19-20, 02:34 PM
  #3  
T-Mar
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 23,233
Mentioned: 652 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4719 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3,034 Times in 1,874 Posts
Thxs for the serial number. I wonder if there's a prefix under that country of origin label? Regardless, it would appear to be from 1991 based on the S/N and Shimano 300EX.

Interesting how this is another Boyes & Rosser product, like the BRC you acquired. Even though they are 5 years apart, I assume they came from the same seller and probably originally from the same LBS.

Last edited by T-Mar; 09-19-20 at 02:38 PM.
T-Mar is offline  
Old 09-19-20, 03:07 PM
  #4  
WGB 
WGB
Thread Starter
 
WGB's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Niagara Region
Posts: 5,655

Bikes: Panasonic PT-4500

Mentioned: 45 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1783 Post(s)
Liked 2,305 Times in 1,365 Posts
@T-Mar. Negative on the seller. BRC was a backyard "mechanic/flipper" in Hamilton. This one was a very nice man of about 80 in Welland who couldn't recall where he had left the original seat and so he started climbing piles of god knows what in his garage to find it.

I'll check for another number and report back.

Ps I didn't know that Ascente was a part of BRC. Small world......
WGB is offline  
Old 10-31-20, 11:06 PM
  #5  
Hummer
Senior Member
 
Hummer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Rupert's Land
Posts: 1,231

Bikes: 1981 Raleigh GP, 1985 Norco Bush Pilot, . . .

Mentioned: 13 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 235 Post(s)
Liked 178 Times in 130 Posts
The frame serial number is for Hodaka of Taiwan. As stated previously, year of manufacture 1991.
Hummer is offline  

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.