I got this for $10 from my neighbor, who had it laying around for years. As you can see, the rear shock is gone, but the rest is there. It doesn't have any marks or model name, only a serial number at the bottom. It has Shimano Deore and Tranz X parts.
Can someone tell me which bike this might be, just by looking at the picture?
I believe it's based on a 90's Trek Y-33 with some heavy modifications or maybe a wanna-be bike. But I would stake a claim that's it came out around the time the Trek Y was popular.
Someone perhaps had field day welding it? Or it's just a replicated design. This image is a random Trek Y image.
Fairly common late 1990's 'copy' of the original Specialized FSR Stump jumper, using a single pivot rather than the Horst link Specialized used (which was patented back then). Several manufacturers toyed with this 'kinds a motorbike' frame design before falling back to more traditional 'tubes' design. Weight was always a problem as soon as you moved away from a triangle and had cantilevers with open ends or solid beams instead of rear triangle. Great thing about that era was frame designers were 'brave enough to be different' and so were consumers.
Shimano Deore indicates either a reasonable quality bike or it has been upgraded. Deore (on its own) was re-introduced as a name in 1999 with 9 speed.
Beyond that, it's not really possible to know the brand. Popular brands in your area, along with the front fork, could be used to trawl though the internet and find a likely match, but while I hold out hope we can help, I suspect finding the make/medel/brand will not be successful.
As far as the bike goes, based on year 2000+/-, best guess is Dual crown forks and Deore indicate it was probably built and marketed as a downhill bike. Single Pivot did not make great XC bikes back then with the shocks they had available. Deore quality indicates it is not a BSO from Walmart. Without actually inspecting the bike this is mostly speculation though.
Clearly the old shock was removed and replaced with a rigid link. Maybe the original failed, or maybe the frame design would bob unpleasantly while pedalling. Assuming the bolts are secure, this mod should be safe to ride. Effectively this is making the bike into an extra-heavy rigid frame.
Is the white paint original? Seems to go up the seat post suggesting not.
The dual-crown shocks on the front look like motorbike styling, do they actually move?
Disk brake front and rim brake rear is an interesting choice - that suggests it's not a BSO.
Clearly the saddle is a replacement, and the chain has been there for a long time. A clean and service, new brake pads and it should be good for a test ride. Enjoy your new bike !
