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Racin'snake
PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:43 pm 
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After a year of searching for a minty one to replace my battered 1993 sil/turq fade Clockwork I have found one!

This came from ebay and I'm amazed by the condition. The seller said it had been raced (briefly) bitd and had marks to show....it has the odd 1mm chip but is mint in my opinion! There are a couple of nics to the decals but we all know a man who can resolve this!

It came with a mint XT sharkfin, Rich Tea headset & a UN91 BB.
This is gonna get plenty of M900 treatment as it deserves plus other shiny bits from my old clockwork frame (that I'm glad to say has found a new home on here :-))

Will post up pics in a few days when my new wheels are all put together.


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minta :D
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Wold Ranger
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Beauty!!! 1994?
Get a proper seat bolt though! Needs the internal barrel type, with Allen heads at both sides, it will have a slot in one side to hold it.
It's common for folks to fit a QR or external bolt, then apply too much torque and twist the lugs inwards permanently. Which is a big error and will damage the frame for good.


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minty!......a great start for a build.....in the kitchen too, with other bikes lurking to create the right atmosphere to build!.....i'm going to show my other half that despite her protests i'm not alone and it is normal behaviour around the world!..... :lol:


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That was money well spent! Just viewing the decals - I didn't know Clockworks were series 7 tubing, I thought the 93 ones were Tange Infinity?

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Racin'snake
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Wold Ranger wrote:
Beauty!!! 1994?
Get a proper seat bolt though! Needs the internal barrel type, with Allen heads at both sides, it will have a slot in one side to hold it.
It's common for folks to fit a QR or external bolt, then apply too much torque and twist the lugs inwards permanently. Which is a big error and will damage the frame for good.


1994 for sure....Gold star! As for the internal barrel....I agree...anyone?..!
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dnbmatt28 wrote:
That was money well spent! Just viewing the decals - I didn't know Clockworks were series 7 tubing, I thought the 93 ones were Tange Infinity?

Matt


This is a 94 my old one was/is a 93!
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Racin'snake
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One thing I did't expect was the seat tube on the 94 is 31.8 not 28.6 like the 93....hence new front mech needed :x
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ive got the seat bolt you require, i am certain....pm me so i dont forget to look!.... :D ......in fact, include your address and i will send it to you....darren :D
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Get a proper seat bolt though! Needs the internal barrel type, with Allen heads at both sides, it will have a slot in one side to hold it.
It's common for folks to fit a QR or external bolt, then apply too much torque and twist the lugs inwards permanently. Which is a big error and will damage the frame for good.



Oh dear...I had better join you in the search for an internal barrel then!
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dnbmatt28 wrote:
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Get a proper seat bolt though! Needs the internal barrel type, with Allen heads at both sides, it will have a slot in one side to hold it.
It's common for folks to fit a QR or external bolt, then apply too much torque and twist the lugs inwards permanently. Which is a big error and will damage the frame for good.



Oh dear...I had better join you in the search for an internal barrel then!


got mine from Ebay.
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Jussa
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WOW :shock: Thats a pretty special frame, love it, very good condition, no neeed to do much just dress it up and you got one very nice Clockwork :)

Oh best i search for an Internal Barrel Seatpost Bolt for my 1993 Clockwork.

Love this site, everyday is a school day :D

Jussa :)
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dnbmatt28 wrote:
I didn't know Clockworks were series 7 tubing, I thought the 93 ones were Tange Infinity?

Racin'snake wrote:
One thing I did't expect was the seat tube on the 94 is 31.8 not 28.6 like the 93....hence new front mech needed :x


This looks like another of the "cross over models" C16R frames that were stickered as clockwork before the official launch of the C16R.

Speculation has it they ran out of Infinity tubed clockworks before the launch of the new model, so they stickered up new C16R frames as clockwork! There's a couple of these on here.

Anyway its a lovely frame!
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was8v wrote:
dnbmatt28 wrote:
I didn't know Clockworks were series 7 tubing, I thought the 93 ones were Tange Infinity?

Racin'snake wrote:
One thing I did't expect was the seat tube on the 94 is 31.8 not 28.6 like the 93....hence new front mech needed :x

This looks like another of the "cross over models" C16R frames that were stickered as clockwork before the official launch of the C16R.
Speculation has it they ran out of Infinity tubed clockworks before the launch of the new model, so they stickered up new C16R frames as clockwork! There's a couple of these on here.

I don't see any reason to think in terms of cross-over models. All 1994 Clockworks had Series 7 tubing and 31.8 seat tubes as far as I am aware, and this is simply a standard 1994 Clockwork.
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