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NBD: Sampson Silverton
Not one we hear about very often...I spend way too much time on ebay searching for "titanium frame small" hoping a Moots or something will have fallen under the radar. Last summer a Seven Axiom popped up.
Today it was a Sampson Silverton, made by TST Sandvik right here in the US. Not quite sure of its date...it does have a 1 1/8th head tube, so its probably 2000 or slightly newer... From the three or four comments on the interwebs, it's supposed to be a nicely put together, nicely riding frame. Anyone have first hand experience?
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no experience...
but I do remember when those bikes were happening. I'd bet that thing is 25 years old.
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Never heard of one
Nice looking frame,hopefully you got it at a good price.Any idea who built these ?
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Kestrel EMS fork!
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I paid $450 shipped for the frame, fork and headset. The last one that sold, a complete bike, went for $375 shipped on eBay! They are nearly complete unknowns. My intention was to use it as a trainer rat...but it sounds like an awfully nice frame, and it might actually fit me better than the Seven I bought last summer (top tube is 1 cm or so too long on that one). We'll see...it might just turn out to be a retromod with a Record 12 build... Here's some info from another forum...
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Colnagi Seven Sampson Hot Tubes LiteSpeed SpeshFatboy Last edited by C40_guy; 02-26-2024 at 03:57 PM. |
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Kestrel’s forks were good afaik,i don’t recall any safety issues.I have a couple of original,non OS forks,on my 200ems and Merlin..nice handling but not a lot of clearance.
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We'll see... I love little known builders...had a Tesch for a whiie. I think it was an S-22...the chain and seat stays were so massive I was afraid to ride it.
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Colnagi Seven Sampson Hot Tubes LiteSpeed SpeshFatboy Last edited by C40_guy; 02-26-2024 at 03:57 PM. |
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I think that's a really nice looking frame, and I like the name on the down tube, 'Sampson.' You could use it in the My Bikes Are NBA Players thread as Ralph Sampson --an underrated all-time great that no one talks about anymore.
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The up close photos show some really nicely done welds. Looking forward to getting my hands on this frame, cleaning it up a bit, sizing it to see if it's going to be a trainer rat or a retromod roadie. I'm starting to lean towards the latter.
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the company still exists
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I think they used to make pedals too.
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Sampson Stratics! I ran those when I started racing, they were actually pretty nice pedals ones clipped in. Durability of the plastic cleat, however, OMG!
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Colnagi Seven Sampson Hot Tubes LiteSpeed SpeshFatboy Last edited by C40_guy; 02-26-2024 at 06:24 PM. |
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I would build it up for the road and give it a go.
Nice find! Enjoy. |
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