Found a CYC Stormer Looptail. Want to know more about it. It has Ashtabula forks neck and bars.
Thanks, Blackwolf

Found it on Reilley1's thread.

That sounds like a CYC MX model. The Astabula forks came standard on them bikes. The front tri-frame is chromo and the back half mild steel. They also had MXR model which came with Tange TX 5000 forks, spider/sprocket etc. They were available in chrome, red and blue and later they had the black Panther which was an epoxied MXR frame, same metals. My brother had a Panther and all the black peeled off in about a week and CYC gave him the new all chromo frame ( in chrome) instead. Heavy bikes, but those old decals rock (lightning bolts model). I had the CYC "ames" frame which was a GT pedal's ready frame rebadged. So thats kinda the history in one paragraph. There is some debate on how CYC ended up with the Ames frame specs though... heehee
Our local bike shop had the CYC line and they sold a bazillion of them things in our little 25k populated city.

I hope this helps.

Great info. Yes, MX model. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. It needs chroming. I got it for the Ashtabula parts but it could be a cool ride.

Earlier MX Stormers are all mild steel

Your right Reilley they were indeed and his probably is just that (mild steel). I failed to mention that.

You could chrome it. Look for some literature in the museum if available. They had sweet red and blue finishes too. I'll have to check but I think the colored bikes were chromed first and the colors were a translucent epoxy or something like that or the chrome, because it would peel off and then chrome underneath, as I remember countless bikes doing that BITD. Let me find out about that one though... I guess in other words it looked like a "Chrome red or blue" color....

does anyone have the decals for these????? please??

I collect cyc bikes and would be interested in hearing the story behind the ames being a copy of (or rebadging) of the gt. cyc also had a jr stormer which looked similar to the torker, an old panda frame, and a j&g cheetah with the double top tube.

The Ames frame almost identical to the Pedal Ready frame. I was talking to somebody on this sire about it once and he said CYC kinda pulled a fast one on that deal... After I ditched my ames frame I was still 12yrs old and a smaller rider so I then bought a GT standard w/ euro BB and that to "geometry wise" was basically the same as the Ames too, so ya, I'lke to know more....

Good luck on the decals Sean. I had al kinds of those BITD and chances are they got tossed or there in Polly's attic...

BA

I had the chance to buy a NOS Ames frame from Haney'$ collection, but had to let that one go. It was worth the money he was asking but I couldn't justify it then... that was then

I found a CYC Stormer at a flea market in Denver this summer. It is a blue loop tail with the Tange pinched end forks,ashtabula neck and cranks,high black bars with Femco steel wheels. The serial number is something like 00002**. It is in pretty nice condition only really needs to be polished.

How can you date the bikes by the serial number?

Thats a great question. Is that the complete serial number?

I can tell you approximate dates. If it has the colorful "lightning bolt" decals then its 77-79-ish and then they came out with the "CYC" die cut style which just have a yellow colored sticker. Does that help. The new stickers were 80-83 I think. I'll have to check forsure.

Yes that is the complete serial number. I mean that it has about six digits....starting with the zero's. It has what looks like storm or cloud decals on the rear upper chain stays.....and a yellow STORMER decal on the bottom tube. The top tube says "competetion racing frame". The bike is at my shop so I can't give you the exact serial number....

Thanks
Rick

Let me see if I can find a Stormer decal for the years.

What are your resources? Do you have extra Stormer decals?

Rick

Here it is.

WOW!! Those are the first Stormer decals in the mid to late 70's ( 76-77-ish), then the lightning bolt decals were after that 77-79-ish and then the die cut logos which were yellow 80-83 years. My timeline isn't spot on either but I'm close. My brother and I had a few of these bikes so I'm using my memory, but I'm close on the years.

That bike is old man. Great find forsure. To be honest I kinda forgot about those decals until you posted them. Thanks for posting them though. I thought about those decals when I first saw your post, but thought you would never have those so I blew them off... and here they are.... sorry bout that.

any chance I get, i have to post CYC stuff!

Great examples Sean. Those ar the lightning bolt decals (red bike) and the chrome bike with the yellows were the most recent...

That red bike is cool.

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That red bike is cool.

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I dig it, too.

Here's my early MXR project, with the flat brake bridge.


The non-drive side dropout is stamped 229, and the drive side is stamped 12-16-76.