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| apollo:start [2022/03/31 16:47] – created mtbtimeline | apollo:start [2022/03/31 16:58] (current) – mtbtimeline |
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| {{26.png?380|26 is dead}} | {{26.png?380|26 is dead}} |
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| An empty street without cars, people, or bikes. This dark tunnel of trees frames the question //"Is 26" really dead?"//. With the sad answer that perhaps, maybe there could be a future for 26" as simply //"recreational mountain bike."// | An empty street without cars, people, or bikes. This dark tunnel of trees frames the question //"Is 26" really dead?"//. With the sad answer that perhaps, maybe there could be a future for 26" as simply a //"recreational mountain bike."// |
| From Apollo's 2016 [[https://www.apollobikes.com/bike-archive/|catalog]]. | From Apollo's 2016 [[https://www.apollobikes.com/bike-archive/|catalog]]. |
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| The "Apollo" logo tries out sitting on the top tube for this one model. The frame uses flat seat stay caps, which is different from all other Apollos, which use fast back seat stays.((For an overview of seat stay designs, see: [[https://raleigh-sb4059.com/2018/04/29/specialist-bicycle-development-unit-sbdu-ilkeston-seat-stay-design-and-seat-lug-attachment/|raleigh-sb4059]])) | The "Apollo" logo tries out sitting on the top tube for this one model. The frame uses flat seat stay caps, which is different from all other Apollos, which use fast back seat stays.((For an overview of seat stay designs, see: [[https://raleigh-sb4059.com/2018/04/29/specialist-bicycle-development-unit-sbdu-ilkeston-seat-stay-design-and-seat-lug-attachment/|raleigh-sb4059]])) |
| Shimano RD-M531 (1988) | Shimano RD-M531 (1988) |
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| | {{sticker.jpg?200|1988 Himalaya }} |
| Note the Apollo signature on the chainstay. | Note the Apollo signature on the chainstay. |
| | [[https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/apollo-himalaya-1980s-klunker-style.377453/|retrobike]] |
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| | ===== Fred Deeley Connection ===== |
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| | Fred Deeley imported Apollo bicycles from Australia to Vancouver, Canada. ((Fred Deeley Imports survives to this day as: [[https://www.trevdeeley.com/learn-more-about-us--xinfo|Trev Deeley Motorcyles]] and the [[https://www.deeleygroup.ca/|Deeley Group]])). He kept the Apollo head badge, put "Kuwahara" on the downtube and placed small "Fred Deeley" stickers on the seat tubes. Although they're triple branded, they're placed in this timeline under [[kuwahara:start|Kuwahara]]. |
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| | Perhaps Apollo didn't export these from Australia? All of the frames Apollo of Australia sold from 1984 -> 1987 used fast back seatstays. All of the Canadian Apollos used flat stay caps. The only pure [[kuwahara:start#unknown|Kuwahara]] we have, from 1983-4, differs significantly from the Australian and Canadian flavors. Interestingly, the Canadian Apollo headbadges differ from the Australian. The Australian Apollo looks quite similar to Kuwahara's, with twinned laurel branches surrounding the brand name. Perhaps Deeley's frames came straight from Kuwahara, especially made for Fred Deeley's specifications? |
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| | {{head1.jpg?260|1985 Kosciusko}} |
| | {{kuwahara:ebay2.jpg?260|1984 Kuwahara}} |
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| | 1985 Apollo Kosciusko [[https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/893493368070090/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Aaddc0594-38a2-407b-a71b-d259b1840f8e%7C|facebook]] |
| | **vs.** |
| | 1984 Kuwahara [[https://www.ebay.com/itm/393341028622|ebay]] |
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