Corduroyboy
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Some may remember this frame (a 1997 Fuquay FZ1 'Dexter' full suspension frame) when it came up on eBay:
viewtopic.php?t=115046&highlight=fuquay
I went on record as saying I didn't like it.
However, it was listed with some interesting parts, so I figured that if it went cheap enough, I could build it, have a bit of fun with it, then get my money back and keep a few parts for myself. Well, cheap it went, so it was going to be mine! How could I resist! Being listed as 'pick-up only' from Bournemouth obviously kept the price down.
A quick search of Retrobikes' finest revealed that a certain gentleman 'Makster' was in the vacinity. A PM later and he very kindly agreed to collect on my behalf and post up at cost. Massive thanks to him for that!
The package arrived after I had been advised by Makster that it was a thing of beauty. And boy was he right! I was a little concerned about the 'busy-ness' of the frame design but it's actually very interesting, indeed pleasing, to look at! I certainly will have fun building it up:
Original magazine scan (courtesy of Wu-Tangled):
viewtopic.php?t=11502&highlight=fuquay+full
I don't think I'll try to replicate that build - the Amp forks don't help the aesthetic IMO. And rest assured, it will be as slow in progress as ever!
viewtopic.php?t=115046&highlight=fuquay
I went on record as saying I didn't like it.
However, it was listed with some interesting parts, so I figured that if it went cheap enough, I could build it, have a bit of fun with it, then get my money back and keep a few parts for myself. Well, cheap it went, so it was going to be mine! How could I resist! Being listed as 'pick-up only' from Bournemouth obviously kept the price down.
A quick search of Retrobikes' finest revealed that a certain gentleman 'Makster' was in the vacinity. A PM later and he very kindly agreed to collect on my behalf and post up at cost. Massive thanks to him for that!
The package arrived after I had been advised by Makster that it was a thing of beauty. And boy was he right! I was a little concerned about the 'busy-ness' of the frame design but it's actually very interesting, indeed pleasing, to look at! I certainly will have fun building it up:
Original magazine scan (courtesy of Wu-Tangled):
viewtopic.php?t=11502&highlight=fuquay+full
I don't think I'll try to replicate that build - the Amp forks don't help the aesthetic IMO. And rest assured, it will be as slow in progress as ever!
(riding mine tomorrow at 3 Tribes)
You hypocrite 
