‘96/‘97 Orange P7, nickel, XT, XTR

[NotThatOld]

Hi all,

Thought I’d share my Orange P7 with you all. I’ve just finished bringing it back to life, I’m just waiting for the elastomers to arrive so I can rebuild the fork and it’ll be good to go.

I’m an absolute bike nut and wanted something I could use day to day for short trips instead of jumping in the car. The plan was to get something old thinking that it would still be there if I locked it up outside the shops but now I’ve finished it, it looks a bit too good. Oh well, might need to look for another project as a shopper now.

Cheers, JD.

 

[Joe_Rides]

Absolutely cracking, and great photos too.

Roll on the 'new' shopping bike!

 

[NotThatOld]

Absolutely cracking, and great photos too.

Roll on the 'new' shopping bike!

Thanks!

 

[Joe*Pro]

Lovely looking, how did you bring the frame back to life? Did you coat it with something to prevent the corrosion?

 

[NotThatOld]

Lovely looking, how did you bring the frame back to life? Did you cost it with something to prevent the corrosion?

I was lucky with the frame, it was already it great condition. It has a few scars and a bit of surface rust but WD40, some Brasso and a bit of time and it was good

 

[Joe*Pro]

A heads up then via this thread if you’ve not clear coated it with something yet:

Orange P7 Nickel Finish Options....

After some advice if possible please.... ok I’m pretty surprised that I’ve been able to pull back the finish on my P7 as well as it has turned out despite thinking the frame was beyond doing due to heavy amounts of rust and corrosion especially around some of the welds and bottom bracket areas...

www.retrobike.co.uk

 

[NotThatOld]

A heads up then via this thread if you’ve not clear coated it with something yet:

Orange P7 Nickel Finish Options....

After some advice if possible please.... ok I’m pretty surprised that I’ve been able to pull back the finish on my P7 as well as it has turned out despite thinking the frame was beyond doing due to heavy amounts of rust and corrosion especially around some of the welds and bottom bracket areas...

www.retrobike.co.uk

Nice one, thanks for the heads up

 

[moonlite]

Beauty!

 

[NotThatOld]

Beauty!

Thanks!

 

[goshow]

Very nice looking bike. Good job.