In preparation for the bikes arrival today I thought I'd get a thread started, bought this hybrid from a Bristol auction house for £212 including shipping the other week.
The frame matches up geometrically almost exactly with the Pioneer, despite the wheel size I see this as an off road bike and although it isn't a traditional 26er I hope it will be welcome in the classic MTB section.
Currently not much is known about it except that it looks to be in very good condition for its age, I'll have to wait for the bike to arrive before I can assess everything and decide how to proceed. It was probably a one off custom build for a customer who wanted the bike for rough stuff type adventuring, the wheel rims are of a particularly durable design and were specifically intended for either tandems or expedition bikes.
I'll post more pics when I get it, and would be interested to hear from any Overbury's experts, I've done a lot of digging and can find no record of Overbury's ever building a 'hybrid', so it looks to me like it's probably a Pioneer frameset with brake mount positioning adjusted to accommodate the larger 700c wheels. Here is an image of this bikes frame superimposed over a 1988 pioneer (18.5'') to show just how close they are...
The only major differences seem to be seat post height (1/2'' shorter) and fork length (1/2'' longer). Although this is far from scientific, combined with the Columbus Off Road tubing it pretty much confirms that the main triangle and the stays are at least Pioneer inspired.
The frame matches up geometrically almost exactly with the Pioneer, despite the wheel size I see this as an off road bike and although it isn't a traditional 26er I hope it will be welcome in the classic MTB section.
Currently not much is known about it except that it looks to be in very good condition for its age, I'll have to wait for the bike to arrive before I can assess everything and decide how to proceed. It was probably a one off custom build for a customer who wanted the bike for rough stuff type adventuring, the wheel rims are of a particularly durable design and were specifically intended for either tandems or expedition bikes.
I'll post more pics when I get it, and would be interested to hear from any Overbury's experts, I've done a lot of digging and can find no record of Overbury's ever building a 'hybrid', so it looks to me like it's probably a Pioneer frameset with brake mount positioning adjusted to accommodate the larger 700c wheels. Here is an image of this bikes frame superimposed over a 1988 pioneer (18.5'') to show just how close they are...
The only major differences seem to be seat post height (1/2'' shorter) and fork length (1/2'' longer). Although this is far from scientific, combined with the Columbus Off Road tubing it pretty much confirms that the main triangle and the stays are at least Pioneer inspired.
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