Author Topic: Fate of Henrik Djernis's 955? (Read 9484 times)

Akagi · « **on:** February 12, 2010, 04:37:38 am »

So I was bored and surfing...

Then I stumbled upon this:

Forward to 0:55 to 1:12. Is this Henrik Djernis's 955 that he rode to his 1994 world cup victory?

What do you guys think?

shovelon · « **Reply #1 on:** February 12, 2010, 08:48:30 am »

Man, that is really close to what he rode. Cool find.

DugB · « **Reply #2 on:** February 12, 2010, 09:19:16 am »

Wow, at first I was like "fat chance", but it seems to be true after watching the segment you mentioned. I didn't listen to the audio...did the finder indicate that he knew it might be Henrik's actual bike, or was he psyched just to find a frame with old XTR stuff?

I bet if you contacted them they'd be able to put you in touch with the guy...would be an awesome piece of ProFlex and MTB history to own. Or, if you're not interested in doing it I'll try to see what I can find out about it.

- Doug

DugB · « **Reply #3 on:** February 12, 2010, 12:25:02 pm »

OK, I was bored, so I took it on myself to contact the Xtracycle rider who found this frame...he's willing to donate it for restoration or a build-up to the group (assuming Akagi has first dibs, if interested) if the recipient pays shipping from Oakland, CA...his only condition is that he'd like "bloggables" (story, images) of the build-up :-)

Akagi, if you're interested PM me and I'll send you the guy's email address so you can arrange shipping. I'll also PM you about it.

Wow, I'm still impressed that you put 2 and 2 together...to date I had watched that video 5 or 6 times, but it never occurred to me that the frame was anything but a standard production frame.

- Doug

orange · « **Reply #4 on:** February 12, 2010, 01:33:13 pm »

so either it's his frame or someone chose to build a replica - that's an amazing find if it was his!!

sammydog · « **Reply #5 on:** February 12, 2010, 02:54:54 pm »

Hopefully there is no cracks or anything in that frame, but replica or real, it still deserves to be restored.

Great find, but how does something like that just suddenly wind up in the street? Or, why doesn't it wind up in a street I am walking down.

shovelon · « **Reply #6 on:** February 12, 2010, 04:33:22 pm »

Quote from: sammydog on February 12, 2010, 02:54:54 pm

Hopefully there is no cracks or anything in that frame, but replica or real, it still deserves to be restored.

Great find, but how does something like that just suddenly wind up in the street? Or, why doesn't it wind up in a street I am walking down.

Cracks eh? I can take care of that part.

purple gerbil · « **Reply #7 on:** February 13, 2010, 08:30:49 am »

Henrik has a facebook site.. not sure if he visits the site or has anything to do with it but might be worth a look

It even look's the same size aswell looking at the top tube bend....so same size if it is a repo..

Akagi · « **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2010, 10:53:37 pm »

I'd love to see this bike restored to original specs.

I unfortunately do not have the time or resources to do so.

Well. Whos up for it?

DugB · « **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2010, 03:22:30 am »

OK, I did want to give you the first chance. I'll pay to have it shipped to me and then do some research on it. I'll try to contact Henrik via his Facebook page.

DugB · « **Reply #10 on:** February 17, 2010, 11:51:11 am »

More info:
I tried to contact Henrik via his FB page...we'll see how that goes. On fan pages there are no links to send the person a message, so all I was able to do was post to the wall.

From the Xtrabike guy: the frame looks to be Djernis', but also has a big crack where the pivot attaches to the frame. It includes the rear swingarm, seatpost, stem, fork, handlebar, etc. (none of the XTR components it was found with, though) and the guy is only asking for shipping costs. I figured, at least, I'd pick it up for the fork and other parts if not for the frame as a conversation piece.

Here are some pics the guy sent...I doubt Henrik would have applied all of the stickers, particularly the Chevy emblem on the stem ;-)

- Doug

DugB · « **Reply #11 on:** February 17, 2010, 11:51:43 am »

DugB · « **Reply #12 on:** February 17, 2010, 11:53:05 am »

last one

DugB · « **Reply #13 on:** February 17, 2010, 11:56:29 am »

oops, this is the last one, which shows the crack

shovelon · « **Reply #14 on:** February 17, 2010, 12:57:48 pm »

Quote from: DugB on February 17, 2010, 11:56:29 am

oops, this is the last one, which shows the crack

Hey there Doug.

Once again the photos are blocked. But if there is any way to repair that crack, you could have the guy send the bike to me, and I can resend it to you after the crack is fixed.

I could donate that much,
Terry

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