It was the 1980's... Emmelle Dolomite 'King Ace' cro-mo

[legrandefromage]

A quick sprint down the newly finished A14/M6 interchange had me in Rugby fairly quickly. I didnt mention the shill bidding up to a whopping £40 but was a bit worried about stuffing a large bicycle into a small fiesta van...

Proper gentleman's sized, 'Araya' on the downtube and the Emmelle label over the original red decals. A Gippiemme/ Dura-Ace mix headset, lovely high flange Suzie sealed hubs on Araya rims, early Shimano MTB, Sugino chainset and the all important 'why did you buy that POS!' factor - the double u-brake.

One on the back, one on the front, both MT-60.

King Ace seamless cro-mo tubing. At least one of them anyway. Not a lot on the Google but maybe used on the BMX scene.

Plans... Plans, plans... erm. A clean up and polish. I have some spare MT-60 bits to fit and some reasonable tyres to add.

Very please with it, cost less than a good round of drinks!

Night time pics for now.

 

[street]

That is, to quote your seat tube, 'king ace!

 

[legrandefromage]

Cheers!

Looks to be the deepest darkest depths of 1986.

 

[raidan73]

I'm glad you got that Mark. Look forward to seeing it get a bit of spit and polish

 

[al]

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I'm liking the teaser... now show us what you've got big boy!



al.

 

[Antstark]

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class!

and cost the same as a bad round of drinks where I live.

 

[longun]

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Emmelle fwends!!!!!

Well done dude, twill be a cracker

 

[legrandefromage]

Truly retro 21.1mm stem hinting more at the then scene of BMX and early 'foreign' built MTBs. I got my first 'All Terrain' bicycle for my birthday in 1986. Its quite fun to go back there to when I was the only one with fat tyres down my street.

 

[legrandefromage]

Daylight or what passes for it on a dank February evening

Cateye toeclips anyone?

 

[longun]

shazam!!!!!!