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M-Power
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Love these Zinns. The best mountainbikes ever made in Blighty. One day maybe il get to ride a Centaur 753 :|
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restorich
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Can't wait to see it finished. They are great bikes!
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was looking through an old 1991 mountain bike mag and came across this advert:

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anyone identify the seatpost they are using on their stock build?

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Si_33
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 10:23 pm 
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Great find Rob :-) I'm not sure on the seatpost... Kalloy maybe?
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mfhxgram
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my thoughts were kalloy - but ive seen this type before but just cant think where! not sure where kalloy was made - but the spec of these bikes tended to be European if I remember rightly


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Looks like a Kalloy 4130, got one on my Dynatech Mission.


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mfhxgram
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DynaCol wrote:
Looks like a Kalloy 4130, got one on my Dynatech Mission.



and the prize goes to DynaCol! yep looks like a match to me......and so the hunt begins! :facepalm:

Thanks

This is what I need

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Took me a while to find mine but have seen a couple come up on eBay though, good luck with the search.
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Si_33
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Well done Colin - good work :-)
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