Information need for a Orange Clockwork

[LEIGH311272]

After some information as to what model and year this bike is.Bought it a few months ago and have push it to one side in my shed.Seat post is stuck in at the moment.Have purchased new rubbers for the forks.

 

[hamster]

Looks like a P7 to me, where someone has removed the lacquer and polished the nickel plating. My guess is 1994, the decals are wrong, but you know that already. 1" headset I presume? However I'm not sure about the seat clamp / seat cluster detail, which looks earlier. Have a look in the Archive for the catalogues.

Unless somebody chromed a Clockwork?

 

[brocklanders023]

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?

 

[markoc]

Rear brake hanger and stepped seat tube looks very Prestige?

Chrome finish looks fab. Some of the finishing kit is younger than the frame

 

[markoc]

Looks like a Ringle bottle cage too but not quite right. Might be the light

 

[hamster]

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 agree, not sure the sleeved seat tube is right for a P7.

 

[brocklanders023]

I agree, not sure the sleeved seat tube is right for a P7.

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?

 

[hamster]

Certainly there are also transition models - clearly they evolved stuff with small differences between production batches. My P7 has 96 decals (round orange script) and date code but a canti hanger like a 95.

So I agree, it may well be some kind of halfway model.

 

[brocklanders023]

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.

 

[brocklanders023]

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