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Daimondback Apex vintage?
Just inherited a black DB Apex and am wondering what the vintage is.
Seems like these were around for quite a while in the late 80s/early 90s. Has LX 7 speed with top shifters and LX cantilever brakes, some other Avenir stuff. Plan to clean her up and possibly go single speed. |
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Daimondback Apex vintage?
Clyde wrote:
Just inherited a black DB Apex and am wondering what the vintage is. Seems like these were around for quite a while in the late 80s/early 90s. Has LX 7 speed with top shifters and LX cantilever brakes, some other Avenir stuff. Plan to clean her up and possibly go single speed. I'm guessing yours may be a very late 80s, perhaps early 90s model. I've had two - one from 92, and my current one from 95/96. The 92 one had a True Temper double butted chromo frame, with a red, splatter-effect paint job. Sun / "Avenir" rims (I still have these wheels, although the rear is quite taco-d from when somebody tried to unsuccessfully steal it), 21 speed Deore DX throughout. I seem to recall from the brochure that the Axis at the time was available with some kind of black paint job - but I kinda thought that you could get an Apex from around then in black, too. My 95 has a True Temper TT Lite custom butted chromo frame, in dark matt blue, with Mavic 231 rims. Groupset is mostly Deore LX in 24 speed, the odd exception being a Sugino crankset. Also had aheadset headset, rather than the traditional, albeit oversize (1 1/8") that was on my '92 model. Lots of "Avenir" badged accessories on both, but some Bontrager stuff on my 95/96 (handlebars, saddle, that kind of thing). I've always liked the Apex models that Diamondback produced from around that time - they always seemed like very competent, steel framed hard tails (and fronts!). I did many miles on my '92 model, and was absolutely gutted when it was stolen. I've not done so many miles on my later one, and it's been sat idle for a couple of years, but hoping to change that shortly, when I move house and have better access to where I keep it. My newer one, seemed a step-up in price from around the level that my 92 one was. The frame looks to be well made and appears very light (I believe the bike weighed around 23lbs off the shelf, the 92 one would have been around 26). Although I haven't done as many miles on my newer Apex, I have been really pleased with how it rides, and how the equipment performs. |
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On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:22:53 -0700, Douglas Hall wrote:
Clyde wrote: Just inherited a black DB Apex and am wondering what the vintage is. Seems like these were around for quite a while in the late 80s/early 90s. Has LX 7 speed with top shifters and LX cantilever brakes, some other Avenir stuff. Plan to clean her up and possibly go single speed. I'm guessing yours may be a very late 80s, perhaps early 90s model. I've had two - one from 92, and my current one from 95/96. The 92 one had a True Temper double butted chromo frame, with a red, splatter-effect paint job. Sun / "Avenir" rims (I still have these wheels, although the rear is quite taco-d from when somebody tried to unsuccessfully steal it), 21 speed Deore DX throughout. I seem to recall from the brochure that the Axis at the time was available with some kind of black paint job - but I kinda thought that you could get an Apex from around then in black, too. My 95 has a True Temper TT Lite custom butted chromo frame, in dark matt blue, with Mavic 231 rims. Groupset is mostly Deore LX in 24 speed, the odd exception being a Sugino crankset. Also had aheadset headset, rather than the traditional, albeit oversize (1 1/8") that was on my '92 model. Lots of "Avenir" badged accessories on both, but some Bontrager stuff on my 95/96 (handlebars, saddle, that kind of thing). I've always liked the Apex models that Diamondback produced from around that time - they always seemed like very competent, steel framed hard tails (and fronts!). I had a '91 model that I rode for several years. It had all Deore DX. and steel seatpost, handlebars, and stem. I replaced a lot of that stuff, but the frame served me well until I wanted a 2.5" travel fork (the head angle was too slack to accommodate that). The Apex frame had exceptional tire clearance. More recent Diamondback frames, made of aluminum, are similar. I don't understand why other bike makers can't do the same. Matt O. |
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