1981 Prodyne 26

First brief history on Prodyne

Prodyne was made by Larry Barker who owned and operated "Larry's precision welding" located a few doors down from JM Cyclery (JMC).  Larry was the guy that built the original JMC frame jigs and welded most of the early frames, he was very influential in the frame design.  If you look at the dropouts of the Prodyne they are the same as JMC along with the seat post mast.

Prodyne was basically a 26" JMC

Ok so here is mine

There is only 9 Prodyne cruisers accounted for

Mine is the ONLY 26" original chrome frame accounted for and it was NOS before I built it!

It is all original decals and chrome on the frame.

The parts list is of following

FRAME                         Prodyne 26 original finish (NOS prior to building it)
FORK                           Cook bros. 26" forks  (Rechromed with repop decals)
HEADSET                     Tange MX-3 red  (NOS prior to building)
HEADSET LOCK           Fully polished Tange headset lock
DIRT SKIRT                 SST (NOS prior to building)
STEM                            RED Tuf Neck Pro Model (NOS Prior to buiding)
HANDLEBARS               Early No Knurling GT cruiser bars (rechromed with repop decal)
GRIPS                           Original black Oakley 2's  w/ red crud plugs (NOS prior to building)
BRAKES                        RED Dia compe MX1000 with 81 stamped long Dia compe lever  (NOS prior to install)
BRAKE CABLE               Red with black boot Terry Cable  (NOS prior to install)
PADS                             Skyway pads with polished fins (NOS prior to install)
BOTTOM BRACKET        Hadley sealed chrome cups (NOS prior to Install)
CRANKS                         Redline 401 single pinch full wrap 185mm  (Rechromed with NOS decals installed)
SPIDER                          Phil wood 130 BCD   
CHAIN RING                  RED Shimano 39T 3/32"  F stamped 1981 (NOS Prior to install)
CHAIN RING BOLTS      Stamped Sugino
CHAIN                            Sedis sport 3/32"  (NOS prior to install)
FREEWHEEL                   Suntour 17T 3/32"   (NOS prior to install)
PEDALS                          Red KKT Magnesium 9/16  (NOS Prior to install)
SEAT POST CLAMP        Red Dia compe 2 pc
SEAT                               Black leather Elina Super-Pro
HUBS                              Campagnolo Record C hubs with track axles (axles NOS prior to install)
RIMS                               RED Araya 26 x 1.75 7x
TIRES                              Black IRC Racers X-1  26 x 1.75  (NOS prior to Install)
PADS                               Red Cal-lite Johar  (NOS prior to install)

PARTS PILE BEFORE INSTALL, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE NOS PARTS THAT WERE USED