Recent content by scarymonster

Re: Re: Nice ride. :D One thing about Roberts, I've not seen two bikes that look the same. They all seem to be so individual. A friend of mine bought a MB from them a year after I got mine. I don't think they did the White Spider at that time and he had what I think was called a Genesis in...

Re: Re: Excellent! That first add it the one which found me ending up at cycle systems. I'd forgotten how I ended up there at the time and not at Roberts HQ.

That's a yes, a no and a kind of. They are in the hedge 'behind the shed' at the bottom of the garden where they have been for about 20 years. :facepalm:

I can remember some discussions and agreement on the subject following the order being made but can't remember specifics. I was taking advice on what was best for my price point and for my remit of having a fast and light bike (and they certainly delivered on that). I can remember at the time...

Thanks for all the comments guys. God only knows. :lol: I'll attempt to get it off on the next wash. Hopefully it will peel straight off.

Hi sinnerman, thanks for the reply. Finding this forum has spurned me on to collect the bike from storage and give it a good clean and get back in the saddle. I'm not sure if I should be riding it around with 20 year old inner tubes but they seem to have inflated OK. Maybe I'll take it in for a...

Hi all, ended up here after searching for info on my old Roberts White Spider bike I had made for me back in 1989. I ordered it at a place called Cycle Systems in Harrow after riding a prototype they had there. I now know the prototype was the Roberts Stratos (as per thread by sinnerman). I had...

Re: REQUIEM.......25th Anniversary. I had a test ride of a Stratos back in 1988 or 1989 at a place in Harrow I think called Cycle Systems. I can remember the chap telling me it was a prototype. I ordered a white spider II on the same trip to the store and still have it in storage. Hopefully...