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treacle
PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:03 pm 
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Teasing a new Roberts build which will happen soon. Bike is shown below in its current form (photo from original sale ad - hope previous owner does not mind?!), with what looks like the original parts fitted (a mix of XT and campag). Frame will undergo a respray from Roberts / Colourtech (Same colour again I reckon) and the parts will probably get sold on (check the Classifieds soon!). I have a new build spec in mind using parts left over from past conquests which although pre 1998, won't necessarily be all from 1990.

This bike was bought on a whim recently, but I am pretty excited about it, as the frame is so beautiful... and once built up will become my everyday run around....

...watch this space!


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al. :D
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Going to be interesting this one. Can't wait to see the progress :)

Have you spoken to Colourtech about the respray? I need to get my D.O.G.S B.O.L.X done so would be interested to see what you think of the paint job when its done.
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this is lovely, and i am really glad someone here bought it.

All but the tubing, its near identical to look at to my Whitespider Ultralight.
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treacle
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Spoke to Colourtech this afternoon. Going for same colour, sprayed decals (instead of transfers) all for a not too bad sum of money. Quoted a 2 - 3 week turnaround.

Now to find a suitable seatpost and stem to complete my build....
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very nice.

My eye's keep getting drawn to that seat tube lug... 8)
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Headtube fillets for me.....
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Been having some inner turmoil in the last week or so. An opportunity has come up for another 'unicorn' bike for me and I really can't afford to gain a fourth bike, having recently cutting my fleet down to 2, which became 3 with this Roberts.

So it is a sad day but I am going to have to let this bike go before it even began.

Some parts have already been sold, so will be adding a sale thread for the remaining parts and another for the frame and forks (and headset) in due course.

</end roberts>
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That's a great shame on two counts.

Shame you can't complete your project and also a shame you had started to break it up before you decided not to go ahead.

Giom6, another Roberts for the fleet? :wink:
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