Which Orange?
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Stick Legs
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I would bet a lot of money on that being a Clockwork...
Just have a feeling. Prestige frames are muy rare now anyway.
Just have a feeling. Prestige frames are muy rare now anyway.
Wold Ranger
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Yes but this was the very thin road diameter Prestige, not the fat stuff Charge bikes are made from. The sales literature did have a weight warning on it at the time, I remember it well!.
Neil G":2ok13mpc said:OrangeRetro":2ok13mpc said:Ahem... Its a clockwork frame.. The prestige was a purple silver fade and the P7 was never done it the colour scheme. The real give away... the 'C' on the headtube badge!
As for the weight issue... Its a big frame, even if it were a prestige it would hold 15 stone. Blimey, orange didn't sell prestiges with a warning BITD. Just build it up, get out and ride it!
Hope this helps!
Agree, probably stronger than a lot of alloy frames kicking around now
What about all the presige frames around now i.e Charge....they're made from Prestige and I don't think they've had a single one back
Yes but this was the very thin road diameter Prestige, not the fat stuff Charge bikes are made from. The sales literature did have a weight warning on it at the time, I remember it well!.
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I don't have a photo of a seat tube decal on a Prestige, but I'm pretty sure that they had the Ultimate Superlight MTB decal. In any case, you can see the difference visually. The road tubeset had a 25.4 x 6-3-6 top tube and a 28.6 x 6-3-6 downtube. The MTB tubeset had a 28.6 or 31.8 x 8-5-8 top tube and a 31.8 or 34.9 x 8-5-8 downtube. You would spot it straight away if a MTB had a 25.4 top tube and 28.6 down tube. No Orange Prestige that I've ever seen had tubes as skinny as that. It wouldn't be stiff enough for mtb purposes anyway, irrespective of whether it was strong enough.
And I don't think anybody need be concerned about Superlight MTB either. 8-5-8 isn't all that thin for a heat-treated tube. My Kilauea has a 7-4-7 Columbus Cyber top tube and they made them with that tube in all sizes, including the largest sizes which would be expected to have 15st riders.
I think we've established that this isn't a Prestige anyway, but I don't think that owners of Prestige frames should be worried as you're suggesting they should be.Wold Ranger":13sbtqi2 said:
I don't have a photo of a seat tube decal on a Prestige, but I'm pretty sure that they had the Ultimate Superlight MTB decal. In any case, you can see the difference visually. The road tubeset had a 25.4 x 6-3-6 top tube and a 28.6 x 6-3-6 downtube. The MTB tubeset had a 28.6 or 31.8 x 8-5-8 top tube and a 31.8 or 34.9 x 8-5-8 downtube. You would spot it straight away if a MTB had a 25.4 top tube and 28.6 down tube. No Orange Prestige that I've ever seen had tubes as skinny as that. It wouldn't be stiff enough for mtb purposes anyway, irrespective of whether it was strong enough.
And I don't think anybody need be concerned about Superlight MTB either. 8-5-8 isn't all that thin for a heat-treated tube. My Kilauea has a 7-4-7 Columbus Cyber top tube and they made them with that tube in all sizes, including the largest sizes which would be expected to have 15st riders.
just to add my tuppence, here's my 94 clockwork with original decals; dunno when they changed the orange to purple. regarding serial number, the first number after the A should be the last number of the year, then the 0*/1* is month.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3332/3199561653_d43e6cd4be.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3332/3199561653_d43e6cd4be.jpg
the-nasher
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to add another 2p to you 2p here's my never used '94 clockwork that I sold last year:
with the purple decals
with the purple decals
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dont worry if its a prestige wold is always a scare monger of doom i used mine for every thing before i sold it including trials just cos i can as fast as i could and as hard as i could ask mad cow kev about the beast at thetford with a tail whip or two from me it'll take it ps it looks like a clockwork
i used mine for every thing before i sold it including trials just cos i can as fast as i could and as hard as i could ask mad cow kev about the beast at thetford with a tail whip or two from me it'll take it ps it looks like a clockwork yeah an Orange prestige could really take the hits :? http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv50 ... 1233511534
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