RD Coyote Three
09-20-21, 07:11 AM
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RD Coyote Three
Hello,
First of all, I have to start by apologizing for my poor English, but I hope I make myself understood anyway.
I am from Sweden and found this forum when I tried to find info about a bike I "accidentally" bought.
Found an old advertising bike from Novell Inc which I planned to make an easier conversion into a gravel bike for commuting, but after starting to scrape off the stickers I saw that it was another color under the red one.
Changed the knife blade to wet sandpaper to find out what was hidden, to my surprise I found a Research Dynamics Coyote Three =)
So the goal has changed and I now want to do a complete renovation, repaint in original purple metallic and so on.
I found the font on the top tube and the coyote should probably be able to recreate using Photoshop.
The problem is to recreate the logo that sits on the head tube,
What I wonder is if anyone has better pictures or even has the logo in some other digital format?
I am of course interested in all fonts, logos, etc.
Since I´m not allowed to post pictures or links I will attached that later.
Regards
Alexander
First of all, I have to start by apologizing for my poor English, but I hope I make myself understood anyway.
I am from Sweden and found this forum when I tried to find info about a bike I "accidentally" bought.
Found an old advertising bike from Novell Inc which I planned to make an easier conversion into a gravel bike for commuting, but after starting to scrape off the stickers I saw that it was another color under the red one.
Changed the knife blade to wet sandpaper to find out what was hidden, to my surprise I found a Research Dynamics Coyote Three =)
So the goal has changed and I now want to do a complete renovation, repaint in original purple metallic and so on.
I found the font on the top tube and the coyote should probably be able to recreate using Photoshop.
The problem is to recreate the logo that sits on the head tube,
What I wonder is if anyone has better pictures or even has the logo in some other digital format?
I am of course interested in all fonts, logos, etc.
Since I´m not allowed to post pictures or links I will attached that later.
Regards
Alexander
09-20-21, 07:35 AM
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Welcome Alexander.S . We all have accidentally bought a bike. You can post pictures to your personal gallery and someone may be able to move the image(s) here.
09-20-21, 08:08 AM
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Ok, I had a Coyote 2 in college many years ago and here's what I know.
Research Dynamics was a ski company in the late 80s early 90s based in Idaho, USA. They dabbed in the mtb market for a season or two, probably '92 or so. Not sure if they were ever sold via bike shops or just ski shops/mail order. There were steel frames made in Taiwan and alloy frames that I remember being made somewhere odd, but I don't remember where. Maybe Caloi from Brasil? They didn't sell too well and I got mine in '93 new in the box from a sporting goods retailer that specialized in closeouts. My RD Coyote 2 had an Alivio drivetrain with an SR Duotrack elastomer fork with approximately 30mm of travel. I think there was a model lower in their heirarchy and I know there were fairly high-spec alloy models available.
Sorry no pics, that was a long time ago.
Research Dynamics was a ski company in the late 80s early 90s based in Idaho, USA. They dabbed in the mtb market for a season or two, probably '92 or so. Not sure if they were ever sold via bike shops or just ski shops/mail order. There were steel frames made in Taiwan and alloy frames that I remember being made somewhere odd, but I don't remember where. Maybe Caloi from Brasil? They didn't sell too well and I got mine in '93 new in the box from a sporting goods retailer that specialized in closeouts. My RD Coyote 2 had an Alivio drivetrain with an SR Duotrack elastomer fork with approximately 30mm of travel. I think there was a model lower in their heirarchy and I know there were fairly high-spec alloy models available.
Sorry no pics, that was a long time ago.
10-14-21, 04:41 PM
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I can help with a photo of the head tube badge and the overall bike. Photos aren’t great since it is currently in the back corner of my garage and the reflector blocks the angle a bit.
