For Sale Raleigh John Tomac Reynolds 653 with 753 forks

[velofrog]

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Certainly had no respray

I'd say different.... looks a wee bit fluo pink in the BB area to me....

 

[RotterdamSteel]

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That means its maybe a moonshine but those have the eyelets...
Cheers

 

[Remko]

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I don't think it's a Moonshine, because that had the 531 tubing and as you write, the eyelets.

 

[Retro Spud]

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That means its maybe a moonshine but those have the eyelets...
Cheers

I had a 1993/94 clockwork once that was Blue and Silver...... Nice bike and about 1999/2000 I had it re-painted


and guess what


The Painter let me choose the colour..... seriously he did !

Get this - he said "Mr Potato if you pay you can have whatever colour you like" - :shock: so I got all brave junked the blue and went with Green along with new decals from ebay that were real ones

And whilst I was at it I even had them chop off the rear eyelets....back then I was living life on the edge like a wild young Bohemian, I was creating ART a one off master piece, so BEFORE they painted it off they came in order for it to look more racey and less like a basic Clockwork that could host mud guards :shock: and when the dastardly deed was done a quick going over with a file and all traces of their existence were gone for good.


Come on smell that "Rare Tomac coffee", theres PINK paint in the BB Shell to its been painted [Period], and even a monkey with a €2 hacksaw could mod the rear end.... I know I've done it

So rife is the past time of creating a pastiche / facsimile that it seems every second GT posted for sale claims to be a Zaskar, its what creative people do when their pockets aren't deep enough - Some are just a little more convincing/better done that others so all in all if you hadn't guessed, I agree with this Dude

It means it is just an ordinary steel Raleigh with John Tomac stickers. It's not legit.

or to be little kinder, it’s a celebration of the real deal a bonafide Pastiche paying homage to Mr T and the exploits of Raleigh U.S.A.



Anyway

I know you all want to see the "Unique Orange Proto type/ one off factory Lemon that I created

So here's the result, proper puka paint by Argos - Genuine old stock decals from Orange with the 10th Anniversary writing cut off and it looks convincing until you look at a catalogue and find out they never sold a green one let alone a green one WITHOUT mudguard eyelets





Look at the silky smooth arse end








Bizarrely Orange have never contacted me asking me to join their in house styling team

and the guy who bought it off ebay left me negative feedback claiming he got a wet arse when riding it to work as the clip on mud guard he was forced to use didn't work all that well on the round seat post. some people just don't understand that sacrifices need to be made when you select form over function and create your very own thoroughbred racing machine
:facepalm:

 

[legrandefromage]

Its identical to this little fella, can even see where the eyelets have been filed off the rear stays?

 

[legrandefromage]

And then theres this - cant see the top tube cable guides though

 

[Retro Spud]

Nice Detective work... however the forks on the last pic DON’T have eyelets :facepalm:

The ones on “the unknown bike for sale” DO, so in all fairness it could be the frame above with a lower spec fork from god knows where - hense the need for a less expensive single colour respray and quick visit to Velocal.com for a Reynolds sticker set.

Althouht as LGF points out it could also be the Mountain Bike Team - nice play on words BTW with a slightly straighter fork for that more elegant racey look.

 

[legrandefromage]

It DOESN'T matter what forks either frames HAVE as they can be CHANGED or ALTERED by whomever to MAKE it into WHATEVER they want.

You do know that forks are interchangeable, undo the headset and they appear on the kitchen floor as if by MAGIC. And weirdly so does the missus investigating the NOISE.

 

[Retro Spud]

It DOESN'T matter what forks either frames HAVE as they can be CHANGED or ALTERED by whomever to MAKE it into WHATEVER they want.

You do know that forks are interchangeable, undo the headset and they appear on the kitchen floor as if by MAGIC. And weirdly so does the missus investigating the NOISE.

^ your spot on

That’s the point I was trying to convey (poorly) ....it’s a mongrel made up with mix and match parts from donars and camouflaged with a lick of paint, rather than a 100% (complete) bonifide Raleigh USA Tomac replica.

BTW When carrying out surgery I prefer to wait until the misses has gone to bed or better still goes out as it gives you longer to clear up the mess or hunt for runaway bearings under the table.


On another note here’s a very rare URT Yeti, viewers discression advised


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[regan_ev]