I need help to identify a vintage handlebar (bullmoose)
03-13-22, 12:21 PM
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I need help to identify a vintage handlebar (bullmoose)
i bought a new handlebar , i noticed that there is this little symbol near the text "minimum insert".
do you guys know what brand it is?
this is the logo
this is the full handlebar
do you guys know what brand it is?
this is the logo
this is the full handlebar
03-13-22, 12:38 PM
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try a sharpie in the logo so it shows up better
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LY=Lee Yuen, maybe?
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It appears to be the logo for K.Y. Star Enterprise, a Taiwanese handlebar and stem manufacturer.
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I wonder if they made Chang Star?
I must have 'Changnesia' (Community fans only)
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03-15-22, 12:39 PM
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I know very little about the brand. Based on what I've seen, they were around in at least the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their bars and stems are generally found on on smaller, marketing brand bicycles. A lot of Taiwanese companies seemed to surface around the time that ATBs became popular and this appears to be one of them.
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I know very little about the brand. Based on what I've seen, they were around in at least the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their bars and stems are generally found on on smaller, marketing brand bicycles. A lot of Taiwanese companies seemed to surface around the time that ATBs became popular and this appears to be one of them.
