Evening chaps, here's a few piccys of my 1991 Alu O (frame number A108 6907 - August 1991, right..?) which I thought I'd show you all..
Picked it up off ebay the tail end of last year (October/November time IIRC) and I think a couple of you on here may remember it as I saw it mentioned in the marketplace thread - it was the one that was based in Hartlepool and stayed at 50.00 quid for days.
The lad I bought it off was sound, met him halfway-ish in Yorkshire which helped me out a lot as I was dreading a schlepp up to Hartlepool! He was the second owner having bought it off a mate who worked in a bike shop but wasn't really that arsed about bikes which is fair enough I suppose.
The condition was pretty good and, to be fair, I didn't have to do a lot to it. Apart from washing off about 20yrs of grime, I ordered some replacement decals from Gil (the bike originally had the BLOCK CAPS logos which don't look as good as the ones fitted to it now IMO), a new chain (SRAM PC-870), new cassette (HG 30), Easton EA 50 handlebar, NOS X-Lite Alto I bar ends, Yeti Speed grips, Aztec control blocks, PD-M520 pedals and a mint pair of Ritchey Alpha and Omega tyres. Topped off with a NOS Avocet 30 and a dinky little 'Stif' decal!
It's mainly STX equipped, with an XT rear mech and Suntour XC Pro front mech. Just 're-wired' it as well with some Clark's Tectra Extreme 2000 gear cables and Clarks Premium brake cables. Been clocking up the miles in it off late and its even seen action at Cannock! I'll put my name down for the NW area and hopefully see some of you soon (lungs permitting!)
I've also got all the matching Orange gear to go with it which I'll post up soon, quite a sight over my beer belly I tell ya!
Cheers,
Matty
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EDIT: Just found the original eBay pics -
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Picked it up off ebay the tail end of last year (October/November time IIRC) and I think a couple of you on here may remember it as I saw it mentioned in the marketplace thread - it was the one that was based in Hartlepool and stayed at 50.00 quid for days.
The lad I bought it off was sound, met him halfway-ish in Yorkshire which helped me out a lot as I was dreading a schlepp up to Hartlepool! He was the second owner having bought it off a mate who worked in a bike shop but wasn't really that arsed about bikes which is fair enough I suppose.
The condition was pretty good and, to be fair, I didn't have to do a lot to it. Apart from washing off about 20yrs of grime, I ordered some replacement decals from Gil (the bike originally had the BLOCK CAPS logos which don't look as good as the ones fitted to it now IMO), a new chain (SRAM PC-870), new cassette (HG 30), Easton EA 50 handlebar, NOS X-Lite Alto I bar ends, Yeti Speed grips, Aztec control blocks, PD-M520 pedals and a mint pair of Ritchey Alpha and Omega tyres. Topped off with a NOS Avocet 30 and a dinky little 'Stif' decal!
It's mainly STX equipped, with an XT rear mech and Suntour XC Pro front mech. Just 're-wired' it as well with some Clark's Tectra Extreme 2000 gear cables and Clarks Premium brake cables. Been clocking up the miles in it off late and its even seen action at Cannock! I'll put my name down for the NW area and hopefully see some of you soon (lungs permitting!)
I've also got all the matching Orange gear to go with it which I'll post up soon, quite a sight over my beer belly I tell ya!
Cheers,
Matty
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EDIT: Just found the original eBay pics -
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