90's diamondback viper

[CWC]

I was at a friend of mines house today as it was on the way to goodwill and I had an ugly huge tv I was getting rid of and they guy next door overherd me saying I was going there to drop it off and he asked if it still worked and yes it did I just had no use for it and it was ugly to boot. I drive over to his place so me or him didn't have to carry the 200 pound ..... box over and he has a diamondback viper sitting by the trash and I ask if its getting tossed and he says yes so I ask if I can have it and sure enough he says yes so I load it up and bring it home and look at it and someone put a hoffman freecoaster wheelset on it! It's not really my thing so I think I might try and sell it or trade but who knows.

 

[dragnusa]

wish i could do a trade like that

 

[Fisch]

CWC curious if you still have the freecoaster setup from this? Do you have better pics of it?

 

[CWC]

I still do have the wheelset! I can take some pics of it in a little bit. its a Nankai Freecoaster in the back, an older one but still with the one piece aluminum shell and a gack front hub with hoffman high roller rims

 

[Fisch]

I still do have the wheelset! I can take some pics of it in a little bit. its a Nankai Freecoaster in the back, an older one but still with the one piece aluminum shell and a gack front hub with hoffman high roller rims

Sweet. I'd love to see it as I just bought a Hoffman EP that should have a 14T freecoaster, but has a 16T freewheel in a suzue hub laced in a Rhyno Lite rim. Beautiful rim set, but wrong for the build. (And a 44T crank instead of the 38t I need to install a 990 brake properly.)

Also is your freecoaster a 14T? Oh and does yours work?

 

[CWC]

Yes, it sure is a 14t some spraypaint on them and the chrome is flaking off the rims but the freecoaster works great on it

 

[Fisch]

Sweetness. Yes I've heard these Hoffman rims had terrible chrome. Are both flaking bad? Is the freecoaster flaking too or is that dirt/old paint that looks like flaking.

Are you interested in parting with with the wheelset, maybe just the freecoaster hub? We can take it to PM if you'd like.

Scott