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Postby windlessdog » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:19 pm
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Re: Protour frames
Postby 531db » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:16 pm
Built in Adelaide by Southcott in late 1980's and very early 1990's in straight gauge Tange Cromo (5) tubing. Reasonable frames for training, touring and audax type riding and the price was ok as well.windlessdog wrote:Hi i am just after any information on protour frames i have one that was bought around 1992 and built up i think its Tange 5 tubing but not sure of any details/info would be great thanks.
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Postby windlessdog » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:52 pm
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Re: protour
Postby biopace » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:08 am
I have some pics that I will try and figure out how to post up.windlessdog wrote:I would love to see a picture of the bike also pitures of any original decals as my frame has no decals on it thanks for the info so far.
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Postby windlessdog » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:08 pm
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Re: Protour frames
Postby windlessdog » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:26 pm
I hope that this has worked i finally hit ten posts so here is the bike i ve owned since i was 15 now I am 41 some parts like rims,tyres, frame,handle bars and seat have been renewed but groupset hubs seat post live on.
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Re: Protour frames
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Re: Protour frames
Postby penseleit » Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:44 am
It is black and white with SunTour components and 10 Speed gearing.
The frame has a decal which says it is made from Manganese Alloy, which is a type of steel made with Manganese rather than Chromium as far as I understand.
Not quite as light as Chromoly but:
"Mangalloy is a unique non-magnetic steel with extreme anti-wear properties. The material is very resistant to abrasion and will achieve up three times its surface hardness during conditions of impact, without any increase in brittleness which is usually associated with hardness.[2] This allows mangalloy to retain its toughness."
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalloy
So I guess it is tough.
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Re: Protour frames
Postby repcopete » Thu Sep 15, 2016 2:11 pm
I have 2 Protour men's road bikes, and they seem tough and reliable.
Cheers,
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Re: Protour frames
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Re: Protour frames
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Re: Protour frames
Postby P!N20 » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:02 pm
http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewt ... =6&t=23303KTMkaos wrote:How do I post pics? I have just got a 80's pro tour & wanted to post some pics of it.. Thanks.
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Re: Protour frames
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Re: Protour frames
Postby Dervish » Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:39 pm
My father's bike, a CRX-200. Gearing is all Suntour Accushift 2000, the rest of the equipment is unmarked, and unremarkable. He reckons it might've had drop bars but he asked for it to be converted to flat bars before it left the shop, he's not certain. At some point recently it has also had 700C wheels put on. It has enough braze-ons to make it a decent utility bike.
My mother's ProTour mixte. It has the same Suntour Accushift 2000 gear, but it also has a Sakae FX SLP crankset which seems out of place. Perhaps the bike shop had it spare and thought it looked good on the white bike. It has a Sanyo lighting setup as well, which I'm certain has never been used.
I find it incredible how wonky the stickers are on these frames, it seems odd to put so much effort into brazing together a frame and painting it to then slap stickers on blindfolded.
They make a good pair. Riding Dad's bike around this morning was a strange experience; thinking about how I would've been riding beside this very bike 30-odd years ago, initially with training wheels on!
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Re: Protour frames
Postby nemo57 » Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:22 pm
SunTour introduced Accushift in 1987-8; around that time they were taken over by Mori Industries, which already owned Sakae-RIngyo. So it wd make sense for SunTour derailleurs, sprockets & chain wheels to be sold with Sakae parts, where previously SunTour had allied with Sugino for cranks/BBs, Dia-Compe for brakes and so on. Unlike Shimano, which made all its own components, SunTour only ever manufactured its own drive train parts - anything else with its name on it came from another manufacturer.
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Re: Protour frames
Postby Roisin79 » Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:14 am
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Re: Protour frames
Postby WyvernRH » Sat Dec 25, 2021 3:19 pm
Frame No is 9314441N stamped (from the L/H side across) under bottom bracket with a rogue '2' stamped seemingly randomly at an angle on the r/h side well away from the main number.
It has been suggested to me by an ex-bike shop owner that the frame number can be read thus:
93 - year of manufacture
1 - month of manufacture
444 - sequence of manufacture (that month?)
1N (IN?) - model or builder
and the rogue 2 may be a painters mark to indicate the required colour scheme.
Now, I've seen a couple of ProTour Cavaliers since and their frame numbers end in 'C' which leads me to infer that maybe mine was meant to be a NovaLite (which AFAIK was the same frame with better components) but got built with the cheaper bits, then stickered and sold as a Cavalier, maybe cos there was more demand for that model? I know this sort of thing happened at the Dawes factory back home in the UK, both up and down the range....
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Re: Protour frames
Postby 80's Rider » Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:56 pm
A 1995 Protour Stealth.
Bought at the tip shop, tidied up and sold it (as it was slightly too big for me).
Bare frame was 2.64 kgs. Total bike weight was about 11.5 kgs.
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