Identify this bike from just the chainstay.
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Identify this bike from just the chainstay.
its a stupid game but maybe people would like to try: can you identify this bike from this one picture?
bonus points if you get the model of the car hood.
bonus points if you get the model of the car hood.
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Univega Alpina and VW Bug?
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'83 Stumpy Sport (based on your sig)?
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Definitely a Univega, and.... Dodge Dart?
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It has to be a Univega and the "Lawee Design" decal was something I saw later than when the under-chainstay rear brake was in fashion, plus odd touch for the spare spoke holders on what seems to be a Mtn bike. If that's VW sheet metal (and I thought so, too but now I don't) it's called a "rear deck lid" not a hood. They did not put vertical vent slots ("louvers") in the lid, those typically were in the sheet metal between the top of lid and bottom of rear window glass. So....stumped on both!
HUH! I actually have one in my garage, I must be blind! A BMW 02 (or 1600)?
HUH! I actually have one in my garage, I must be blind! A BMW 02 (or 1600)?
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combo bingo: Univega Alpina Pro, (not sure exact year myself) and a bmw 2002 hood ~1975
I thought it was a pretty distinctive stay with the decal and the spare spoke holder and under stay brake. pretty cool bike, sadly its for someone about 5' and I am 6' 2"
I thought it was a pretty distinctive stay with the decal and the spare spoke holder and under stay brake. pretty cool bike, sadly its for someone about 5' and I am 6' 2"
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OK now I have a thread hijack contest based on this being a Bimmer 02 hood from '75:
Name that Color (Name)!
BMWs from this era all had stock paint colors named for things/places that the paint was sort of evocative of.
So white was called "Chamonix", silver was "Polaris", there was a light yellowish beige called "Manilla", a green called "Agave", an orange called Colorado...stuff like that.
Unless this '75 hood has very non-BMW red oxide primer, it's one of the BMW red colors.
Who can name it?
Need some hints? One name is a city in Italy, one is a city in Spain. I am going from memory so probably have skipped something.
Name that Color (Name)!
BMWs from this era all had stock paint colors named for things/places that the paint was sort of evocative of.
So white was called "Chamonix", silver was "Polaris", there was a light yellowish beige called "Manilla", a green called "Agave", an orange called Colorado...stuff like that.
Unless this '75 hood has very non-BMW red oxide primer, it's one of the BMW red colors.
Who can name it?
Need some hints? One name is a city in Italy, one is a city in Spain. I am going from memory so probably have skipped something.
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Toledo?
For the chalking / white spots, I nominate "Dover".
For the chalking / white spots, I nominate "Dover".
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Diamond back assent 1993
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Interesting! Was the contractor for DB also building Univegas in the same timeframe?
I'll cut to the BMW red color answers (it was a pointless hi-jacking since only jetboy knows what color his 2002 is) these are the 3 I know of from the era of his hood:
Verona is a lighter, more orange-y red.
Granada is a dark red
Malaga is a burgundy/wine red
I'll cut to the BMW red color answers (it was a pointless hi-jacking since only jetboy knows what color his 2002 is) these are the 3 I know of from the era of his hood:
Verona is a lighter, more orange-y red.
Granada is a dark red
Malaga is a burgundy/wine red
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OK now I have a thread hijack contest based on this being a Bimmer 02 hood from '75:
Name that Color (Name)!
BMWs from this era all had stock paint colors named for things/places that the paint was sort of evocative of.
So white was called "Chamonix", silver was "Polaris", there was a light yellowish beige called "Manilla", a green called "Agave", an orange called Colorado...stuff like that.
Unless this '75 hood has very non-BMW red oxide primer, it's one of the BMW red colors.
Who can name it?
Need some hints? One name is a city in Italy, one is a city in Spain. I am going from memory so probably have skipped something.
Name that Color (Name)!
BMWs from this era all had stock paint colors named for things/places that the paint was sort of evocative of.
So white was called "Chamonix", silver was "Polaris", there was a light yellowish beige called "Manilla", a green called "Agave", an orange called Colorado...stuff like that.
Unless this '75 hood has very non-BMW red oxide primer, it's one of the BMW red colors.
Who can name it?
Need some hints? One name is a city in Italy, one is a city in Spain. I am going from memory so probably have skipped something.
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Since I can't restrain myself: the color namers at BMW went to the other side of England for inspiration, they call the lighter gray "Bristol", but for a darker gray they picked "Derby" (which over there would be pronounced "darby").
There's a particular color that always fascinated me cause it's one of those that some other European auto makers have a version of and it's "neither fish nor fowl" (nor cheese nor chalk). A weird paint that could be called beige, gray or maybe "putty"...they call this thing "Nevada". sing it to the tune of " they call the wind Mariah"
There's a particular color that always fascinated me cause it's one of those that some other European auto makers have a version of and it's "neither fish nor fowl" (nor cheese nor chalk). A weird paint that could be called beige, gray or maybe "putty"...they call this thing "Nevada". sing it to the tune of " they call the wind Mariah"
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hah. joke is on you as its not my hood nor my bike, but my brother's who I am up visiting. So actually don't know the official color (adn he may not either as its just an extra hood he has for some reason.. not the color of his car).
I just saw it hanging there and thought the chainstay was pretty cool with the spoke holder and call out to Lawee. I took it out for a ride and its a very nice bike! super small, even too small for him and he is the older, and much shorter, brother. Some years ago I dumpster picked it and gave it to him as there was not much chance of me being able to make it fit.
I just saw it hanging there and thought the chainstay was pretty cool with the spoke holder and call out to Lawee. I took it out for a ride and its a very nice bike! super small, even too small for him and he is the older, and much shorter, brother. Some years ago I dumpster picked it and gave it to him as there was not much chance of me being able to make it fit.
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No respray. The Diamond Back is all original paint. It also came with braze ons on the forks for touring panniers. This would make a great adventure touring bike. anyone want to ride to Alaska and back?