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Hello all. Here I have another segment of Orange, recently won on ebay.
I'd had the bike on my watch list for a while as the description said it was in superb condition and the pictures looked good. Saying that, having been stung before with supposedly mint items and with the listing not having much info + a strong start price I didn't pay much attention.
It was then relisted at a more realistic price so I contacted the buyer for more pictures. These were provided and seemed to back up the fact it was in very good nick. My interested was also pricked by the lack of a model name, the lack of a tubing decal and the use of a Orange decal that I've only ever seen on early or prototype frames before. I decided it was worth a bid just to find out if it was something other than a standard Clockwork/Prestige. With that single bid I won so off up to Bishop Auckland I went!
To my surprise the bike turned out to be just about the best example of an original retro bike I've seen or owned. It really is box fresh with virtually no markes to the paint work, little wear to the rims (The coating has not even worn through on the rear!) and with a drivetrain that looks like it hasn't done more than a handful of miles. Even the stem and bar look freshly painted and these are usually the first to deteriorate. My orange/white fade 1992 is in great condition but this is another world.
I'd had the bike on my watch list for a while as the description said it was in superb condition and the pictures looked good. Saying that, having been stung before with supposedly mint items and with the listing not having much info + a strong start price I didn't pay much attention.
It was then relisted at a more realistic price so I contacted the buyer for more pictures. These were provided and seemed to back up the fact it was in very good nick. My interested was also pricked by the lack of a model name, the lack of a tubing decal and the use of a Orange decal that I've only ever seen on early or prototype frames before. I decided it was worth a bid just to find out if it was something other than a standard Clockwork/Prestige. With that single bid I won so off up to Bishop Auckland I went!
To my surprise the bike turned out to be just about the best example of an original retro bike I've seen or owned. It really is box fresh with virtually no markes to the paint work, little wear to the rims (The coating has not even worn through on the rear!) and with a drivetrain that looks like it hasn't done more than a handful of miles. Even the stem and bar look freshly painted and these are usually the first to deteriorate. My orange/white fade 1992 is in great condition but this is another world.
