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We'd need some better pix of the frame details, and not of the components. At a glance (and since you are in Ukraine) I think this is one of the mid-range models in the Concorde range hardly ever exported to North America. Those might be Vitus dropouts and with middling Japanese components and a solid axle rear yet an all-chrome fork, it's quite a mix! There was a Concorde catalog online that showed many models that were sold under this marque including leisure and kiddy bikes, I'll have to see if I can dig that up. When we think "Concorde" it's the high-end Italian-built frames of the late '80s and '90s that come to mind, this one's another animal.
AH, found the link on Velobase which takes you to this site with a 1993 Concorde catalog, there's a "Cromotech 902" model that has a tiny pic but spec (in Dutch) says it came with Shimano 300EX, has what I think are downtube shifters and Biopace chainset....so several boxes are checked with what your pix show. It did not have a chrome fork in '93, but this is the only Concorde catalog I ever saw with the "full range".
c5 | 1993 Concorde | Retrobike
AH, found the link on Velobase which takes you to this site with a 1993 Concorde catalog, there's a "Cromotech 902" model that has a tiny pic but spec (in Dutch) says it came with Shimano 300EX, has what I think are downtube shifters and Biopace chainset....so several boxes are checked with what your pix show. It did not have a chrome fork in '93, but this is the only Concorde catalog I ever saw with the "full range".
c5 | 1993 Concorde | Retrobike
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300EX spans the entire decade of the 1990s, so to narrow that down, you'd have to refer to the components date codes. The only 300EX Concorde model that I recall in North American was the early 1990s Europa. The Europa frame change quite a bit, going from lugged to TIG welded but I don't ever recall one with internal rear brake cable routing.
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Information on Concorde's is hard to come by, several Italian Co's made the higher end frames so Serial #'s are difficult to pinpoint a year and model.
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Concorde is a Dutch brand. The high end frames were build by Pelizzoli/Ciocc in Bergamo and Billato in Padova build the cheaper ones. In later years Martinelly in Belgium also build Concorde.