Recent content by brocklanders023

Diamond Back did a nice 700c bike and Marin did a few.

Probably going to move on my huge orange/white mate if that's any use?

Unfortunately not mate, they didn't make hybrid bikes back then. Closest you'd get would be a Dynamo road bike with flat bars. You need to go much later to get a hybrid, think the first was the ExpressO?

In the absence of a standout bike for me I've gone for the one I'd have liked the colour of in 1990.

Yeah, they obviously made the decision to change their naming structure to letters and numbers. P7 first, then C16 which they reckoned was the 16th revision of the Clockwork design. Strange though as the P7 was not the 7th Prestige, it was a completely different bike. E2, E3, and O2 followed...

I'm calling Prestige as the 93 catalogue shows the correct top tube cabling and sleeved seat tube. The P7, which was an extremely early bike, possibly pre production does not have the sleeve. https://www.retrobike.co.uk/archive/1993-94-orange-catalogue.145/version/379/download?file=760664

Although the Prestige and P7 were completely different bikes, unlike the Clockwork and C16 so less chance of a hybrid? The size of the band on the front mech should reveal all as the P7 was wider than the Prestige.

Was thinking the same but wasn't sure on the very early ones, which this would be. Did the Prestige ever have that cable routing along the top tube? Got a feeling it did but it must have been the last batch of them?

It's defo not a Clockwork with a rear canti mount like that. P7 is the obvious answer but A303 would suggest March 93 which would make it an early P7 and I don't think they were doing the nickle finish until 94? What do the bottle bolt holes look like?

I'm not that close but possibly could if it's something special and you get desperate although there are members closer for sure.

It'll be a 99 as it was the 10 year anniversary special. The decals on these were extremely fragile so yours has probably gone the way of most of em.

Shocktech I reckon?

Mark bought some forks from me and was a pleasure to deal with. Recommended retrobiker!

Pretty sure I have some spare canti's so will have a look.

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/archive/1998-orange-catalogue.1461/ Possibly a 98 actually. 97/8 for those deacal. See Gil_M on here for replacements.