British Made Italian Tubes....guesses please

Can you guess what's just landed at Chez H?

This beauty was collected by me the other night from down south, it goes without saying that I'm pretty excited.

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I can't contain my delight. Here she is in full, minus all the modern stuff that was fixed to it and ready for the Humbrol. She rode nice too, prior to me getting busy with the tools. H.

That's a Rare site these days,...you wont find many flaws with that. Lovely score.

That looks stunning. Love the bid seat tube extension, and Max OR......say no more

No matching fork?

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What a find. Max OR all over, looking at those chainstays.

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Thats fantastic. Not heard of Neil Orrell before.

Was that on eBay?

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Yep, bought of fleabay two days ago. I got it with a mixture of retro and modern parts on; all of which are up for grabs once cleaned and checked, so watch this space. For the moment, I'll be running it single speed as my paypal is bare. That said, the Judy SL's I've got are sadly a fraction too flipping short!

As far as I know Neil Orrell was a custom builder with a retail bike business in Manchester. His enviable reputation was founded on road, touring, track and cyclo-x frames, where he used both Columbus and Reynolds tubes. I remember his triple diamond track frames from when I was going round in circles in the Birmingham track league BITD. Apparently, he built very few MTB's, so I consider myself very, very lucky. Nowadays, Neil is retired as he sold his business a while back, that said he still runs frame building.

Thanks for the comments guys, it is much appreciated. My purchases are are like Indiana Jones meets American Pickers as my means are slight owing to changing career and becoming a mature student. See you out on the trail guys. H

Lovely, looking forward to seeing it built up. Not heard of the make before, but I love Columbus Max bikes - they deserve their own thread on here!

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Sounds interesting, I'm in once I can add some pics. H

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Me too, can add a Yates to the Max OR clan.
Back to this ... Sounds like a rare find. Any idea of year (head tube diameter etc)? Would some RC30s suit?