1990 Overbury's Pioneer E-stay

[Giom6]

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Super cool

Great build, great bike, what more can you say...

 

[Ollie]

Looks Ace!

 

[Mike Muz]

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Looks great, well done mister, Some nice photos too.
Bet you're glad you went out yesterday, been sh-te in West Sussex all day today ! :evil:

Mike

 

[sinnerman]

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Just back from my first ever ride on an Overbury's Pioneer e-stay
The build really stalled while I waited for the seat post. It sat in customs for 10 days :evil:
Anyway, while I waited for that I managed to find a NOS Hyperglide cassette and a re-issue suede Turbo saddle.



The seat post finally arrived yesterday, and I manged to slope away from work early, so I got cracking with the last few bits I needed to do to get finished.



There are still a couple of things that I'll change, as I locate the bits I want, but it's pretty much exactly as I want it now.
It was a lovely feeling wheeling this out of my flat for it's maiden (for me) voyage.
It was just a gentle spin along the prom, and around Poole Harbour, today as an easy shake-down ride.





















My feedback after the first ride.... it's a bit too small for me
It's not so small that I can't ride it, but if only it was a size bigger then I'd be able to give a fair comparison against my other Pioneer.
Maybe as I grow older and shrink, it will fit me better!

Far Too COOL for Skool...

Take it to "Rockets and Rascals" for coffee and cake, and ill be amazed if its not the talk of the town...!

Excellent.

 

[makster]

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Thanks for all the nice comments.
It was an absolute pleasure sourcing the parts and building this up.
I've sent pics to the original owner all the way through the build, and he's really happy with the end result too.

I've just located one of the last bits I wanted for this...some NOS Shimano yokes for the cantis.
I hope these arrive from the US quicker than the seat post :roll:

 

[Jamis Diablo]

Wow Mark, what a beauty!!
Very very classy.

 

[makster]

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I've sourced the original Columbus decals but I'm not sure about fitting them :?
The decals that are on there were really starting to come off in places, due to the usual Overbury's practice of applying them after the paint was finished.
I decided to try and preserve the originals rather than get replacements made.
I traced the originals (now THAT'S old skool ) and then used the tracing as a template to cut some thin helicopter tape to cover an area just larger than each decal.
This has pressed the orginals back into place and should protect them from any further damage.

 

[Mike Muz]

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I've sourced the original Columbus decals but I'm not sure about fitting them :?
The decals that are on there were really starting to come off in places, due to the usual Overbury's practice of applying them after the paint was finished.
I decided to try and preserve the originals rather than get replacements made.
I traced the originals (now THAT'S old skool ) and then used the tracing as a template to cut some thin helicopter tape to cover an area just larger than each decal.
This has pressed the orginals back into place and should protect them from any further damage.

Great idea Mark , one more tip for future builds, and originals preserved, sound

Mike

 

[Ronnie]

And there was me thinking I was one of the few with an Overbury's in Dorset! LOL

I have a Pioneer, Bmth area.

Lovely bike there.

 

[makster]

And there was me thinking I was one of the few with an Overbury's in Dorset! LOL

I have a Pioneer, Bmth area.

Lovely bike there.

Excellent!
If you ever fancy an Overbury's spin over the purbecks then drop me a pm.
There are a few locals on here who meet up sometimes