1976 Race Inc. 
#1 2008-03-02 8:03am
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1976 Race Inc.
1976 Race Inc.
1976 Race Inc. frame (work in progress)
I got this for like $10.00 out of my pocket. He thought it was a Race Inc. and so did I till I discovered it had no brake bridge and a long gusset behind the seat post mast. It is a Race Inc. after all. 
Early 80's stuff-----Looking for Redline Micro-Line V bars blue preferred, Mini Bulldog Pro stem any color. Schwinn Pro Sting race fork in chrome, Blue Anno Tioga Maxy Cross crank set, Blue Tuff II's, Gold Anno MX 1000 rear with adjuster, Blue Comp III’s, Blue Anno KKT Lightnings, Gold Anno Fluted aluminum Post, Red Anno Excaliber clamp and blue Oakley 3's.
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#2 2008-03-02 9:13am
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
Does anyone have any idea what this frame might be worth?
It is not for sale either so don't try any funny buisness lol .
Early 80's stuff-----Looking for Redline Micro-Line V bars blue preferred, Mini Bulldog Pro stem any color. Schwinn Pro Sting race fork in chrome, Blue Anno Tioga Maxy Cross crank set, Blue Tuff II's, Gold Anno MX 1000 rear with adjuster, Blue Comp III’s, Blue Anno KKT Lightnings, Gold Anno Fluted aluminum Post, Red Anno Excaliber clamp and blue Oakley 3's.
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#3 2008-03-02 1:11pm
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
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Early 80's stuff-----Looking for Redline Micro-Line V bars blue preferred, Mini Bulldog Pro stem any color. Schwinn Pro Sting race fork in chrome, Blue Anno Tioga Maxy Cross crank set, Blue Tuff II's, Gold Anno MX 1000 rear with adjuster, Blue Comp III’s, Blue Anno KKT Lightnings, Gold Anno Fluted aluminum Post, Red Anno Excaliber clamp and blue Oakley 3's.
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#4 2008-03-02 4:39pm
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
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Early 80's stuff-----Looking for Redline Micro-Line V bars blue preferred, Mini Bulldog Pro stem any color. Schwinn Pro Sting race fork in chrome, Blue Anno Tioga Maxy Cross crank set, Blue Tuff II's, Gold Anno MX 1000 rear with adjuster, Blue Comp III’s, Blue Anno KKT Lightnings, Gold Anno Fluted aluminum Post, Red Anno Excaliber clamp and blue Oakley 3's.
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#5 2008-03-02 5:33pm
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
I have an FMF with the brake bridge.
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#6 2008-03-02 6:16pm
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
dont know how much it's worth but it's a dam nice score!!!!! love the way the whole bike is designed. dropouts are cool as hell too!!!
a cup of gatorade, a pair of jordans and a bike with no brakes
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#7 2008-03-02 9:26pm
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
What year is your frame whiskey?
whiskeydented wrote:
I have an FMF with the brake bridge.
Early 80's stuff-----Looking for Redline Micro-Line V bars blue preferred, Mini Bulldog Pro stem any color. Schwinn Pro Sting race fork in chrome, Blue Anno Tioga Maxy Cross crank set, Blue Tuff II's, Gold Anno MX 1000 rear with adjuster, Blue Comp III’s, Blue Anno KKT Lightnings, Gold Anno Fluted aluminum Post, Red Anno Excaliber clamp and blue Oakley 3's.
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#8 2008-03-02 9:28pm
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
I think Race Inc. frames are some of the most advanced frames of their day.
dannytrickstar wrote:
dont know how much it's worth but it's a dam nice score!!!!! love the way the whole bike is designed. dropouts are cool as hell too!!!
Early 80's stuff-----Looking for Redline Micro-Line V bars blue preferred, Mini Bulldog Pro stem any color. Schwinn Pro Sting race fork in chrome, Blue Anno Tioga Maxy Cross crank set, Blue Tuff II's, Gold Anno MX 1000 rear with adjuster, Blue Comp III’s, Blue Anno KKT Lightnings, Gold Anno Fluted aluminum Post, Red Anno Excaliber clamp and blue Oakley 3's.
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#9 2008-03-03 5:38pm
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
Chico_Bmx_Guy_1967 wrote:
What year is your frame whiskey?
whiskeydented wrote:
I have an FMF with the brake bridge.
I'm guessing late 70's but I don't know.
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#10 2008-03-04 10:51pm
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
Right on.
whiskeydented wrote:
Chico_Bmx_Guy_1967 wrote:
What year is your frame whiskey?
whiskeydented wrote:
I have an FMF with the brake bridge.
I'm guessing late 70's but I don't know.
Early 80's stuff-----Looking for Redline Micro-Line V bars blue preferred, Mini Bulldog Pro stem any color. Schwinn Pro Sting race fork in chrome, Blue Anno Tioga Maxy Cross crank set, Blue Tuff II's, Gold Anno MX 1000 rear with adjuster, Blue Comp III’s, Blue Anno KKT Lightnings, Gold Anno Fluted aluminum Post, Red Anno Excaliber clamp and blue Oakley 3's.
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#11 2008-03-14 6:27am
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
Are you going to repaint it??????? 
Upgrade your bike until it's exactly how you want it then go on to the next bike Offline
#12 2008-03-14 10:04am
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
Yes earnie I will, what color? I have no idea yet. What I will do for sure is dip it and clean it up then weld in the holes that the dumbass drilled in it then weld on a new seat post mast. So this frame wont be riden unless I absolutly positivly no sitting on the seat at all. Or a show bike strictly. This restore will be a spendy one lol. Looking at the year to make this a correct restore will take the highest end race stuff from the late 70's I am going to have to hunt the ends of the earth just to find em then give blood and limbs to pay for em lol.
earnie911 wrote:
Are you going to repaint it???????
Early 80's stuff-----Looking for Redline Micro-Line V bars blue preferred, Mini Bulldog Pro stem any color. Schwinn Pro Sting race fork in chrome, Blue Anno Tioga Maxy Cross crank set, Blue Tuff II's, Gold Anno MX 1000 rear with adjuster, Blue Comp III’s, Blue Anno KKT Lightnings, Gold Anno Fluted aluminum Post, Red Anno Excaliber clamp and blue Oakley 3's.
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#13 2008-03-31 10:29pm
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
First off....nice frame, I really dig the early Bill Bastian aluminum frames. Secondly, that's not an FMF. ALL FMF's were manufactured with an oval hole in the headtube gusset to differentiate them from the early Race Inc's. I believe what you have there is a '76-'77 Race Inc....
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#14 2008-04-23 9:25am
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
Right on, I am looking for more info on this frame. ty
abombone wrote:
First off....nice frame, I really dig the early Bill Bastian aluminum frames. Secondly, that's not an FMF. ALL FMF's were manufactured with an oval hole in the headtube gusset to differentiate them from the early Race Inc's. I believe what you have there is a '76-'77 Race Inc....
Early 80's stuff-----Looking for Redline Micro-Line V bars blue preferred, Mini Bulldog Pro stem any color. Schwinn Pro Sting race fork in chrome, Blue Anno Tioga Maxy Cross crank set, Blue Tuff II's, Gold Anno MX 1000 rear with adjuster, Blue Comp III’s, Blue Anno KKT Lightnings, Gold Anno Fluted aluminum Post, Red Anno Excaliber clamp and blue Oakley 3's.
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#15 2008-09-24 8:58pm
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
One of my old friends brought one of these frames from California. It had no brake bridge.
He sold it to another friend of mine and then Race Inc frames started showing up in our local bike shops.
Great old classic.
Good luck with the restore !!!!!!
John B
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#16 2008-09-24 9:03pm
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Message to ABOMBONE
I have seen a Cycle Pro Spoiler with an oval slot or cutout in the headtube gusset.
I have a Cycle Pro Spoiler but it does not have the cutout like the Early FMF or the Cycle Pro.
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#17 2008-12-03 10:25pm
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
My buddy had one without a brake bridge in 1978.
It had an aluminum clamp that bolted to the frame to run the brake
in the normal position.
John B
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#18 2010-04-25 6:02am
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
i think you will find that frame to be a LAGUNA i have a mate with one and it has no brake bridge like yours
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#19 2010-04-30 7:32am
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yeah its a laguna gt
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#21 2011-01-18 9:54am
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any updates
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#22 2011-09-14 1:03am
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
theirs one laguna GT in the museum to compare it to. looks just like yours. theirs a 76" race Inc that's completely different the gold one.yours is a laguna GT.
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#23 2012-01-02 7:52pm
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
Nice score
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#24 2012-02-21 8:23am
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
motomaster wrote:
theirs one laguna GT in the museum to compare it to. looks just like yours. theirs a 76" race Inc that's completely different the gold one.yours is a laguna GT.
Nice score !! so what is the difference between the laguna and the Race Inc. ? Laguna has an "L" in the serial # ?
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#25 2012-12-17 5:44am
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Re: 1976 Race Inc.
The Laguna has n rear brake bridge, I found this ones brother the other day with a set of Tange tx-700 b's on it, I'm so stoked. I can't find decal's anywhere tho
I got lots of stuff, what you need? lol
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