Dave Yates and Orange Prestige.....Both finished builds p.5

I have been having a dilema over a suitable choice for saddles and tyres.

For saddles my choice would be either a flite or a turbo, my head says flite, but my fat ass says turbo...... :?
 

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Been having a bit of a drama with the correct choice of tyres too. The old faithfull for me is the Panaracer Timbuk II, but by the 92/93 model year Ritchey was suppling the excellent Z-max.

Thanks to Jeff, (first flight bikes)....the retro world can rest easy, as im sure most of the retro community know, he has thankfully been the contributing factor of the re-introduction of both types of tyres.

The Z-Max evolution looks like a great tyre, (although i have yet to use the new evo)...its light and foldable kevlar.

To my mind the Z-MAX could be the more obvious choice...... :?
 

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Looking forward to seeing both these finished bud. . . . . . particularly the Yates ;)
 
Thank you for your continued support fellas, means a lot coming from you guys, your builds speak volumes........ :cool:
 
Just wanted to add this to this thread, due to the relevance of it...!!!

Wanted to say a big thankyou to Nevadasmith for scanning this and posting it......top fella, and fellow RETRO biker and steel horse fan.... :D :cool:

A good period read for any fan of steel horses...., LEGENDS like salsa, Chas Roberts, Dave Yates, and Serotta.
 

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..........CAN ANYONE HELP WITH A REVIEW ON THE ORANGE PRESTIGE,...???? :? :?
 
sinnerman":tr7oj4ci said:
..........CAN ANYONE HELP WITH A REVIEW ON THE ORANGE PRESTIGE,...???? :? :?

These are looking promising builds...! :cool:

Got a review of the Prestige from MBUK November '92 if it's any use? Apologies for the poor photos, hopefully it's still readable -

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And some from the Orange '92 catalogue (I realise yours is a '91, though!)

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Will be keeping a close eye on your Prestige in particular as I'm near completing mine...

Cheers,

Matty :D
 
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