mrkawasaki
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What have I bought?
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Touring touring touring.
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hand to forehead - '' yes, yes its coming through, I see it now, racks, drops, bar-end levers and a smile...''
For more Cheese predictions, just add a bare frame
For more Cheese predictions, just add a bare frame
Orbit actually started in Dudley, nr Wolverhampton
I think it was started by the Clements family
That frame looks about 88-90- a coworker at the time had one in fluo fade. Were quite nice for the time- those were made pretty well, later bkes suffered badly from QC issues.
Once Simon took over he eventually moved the business to Sheffield- a very nice guy but probably ahead of his time. I remember his rep touring the UK with a custom made cycle trailer towing all the demo bikes behind him!!
Tyre clearance was rubbish from memory. As you can probably guess i sold these for a number of years
. Used to do a factory tour in Dudley every year or so.............
Andy
I think it was started by the Clements family
That frame looks about 88-90- a coworker at the time had one in fluo fade. Were quite nice for the time- those were made pretty well, later bkes suffered badly from QC issues.
Once Simon took over he eventually moved the business to Sheffield- a very nice guy but probably ahead of his time. I remember his rep touring the UK with a custom made cycle trailer towing all the demo bikes behind him!!
Tyre clearance was rubbish from memory. As you can probably guess i sold these for a number of years
. Used to do a factory tour in Dudley every year or so.............Andy
i raced a 653 orbit bitd, although mine came from truro cycles & was branded as their own. lovely frame, fillet brazed, rode well. had cables moved to top tube, roller for fr mech added & muddie &rack mounts removed, painted met torquoise with pink/ purple splatter.
was robbed in 94 while i was in basic training....... sniff..... sob
got some pics somewhere, in it's original purple/ dayglow pink paint.
was robbed in 94 while i was in basic training....... sniff..... sob
got some pics somewhere, in it's original purple/ dayglow pink paint.
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I went to the factory in Dudley to size up a cyclo-cross frame (didn't get it in the end - have a love of Allens), they had Roger Hammond's World Champ's winning bike sitting there; I went a bit starry eyed!
