Bought an Orange C16R on eBay this week and started the strip down today.
She is in a bit of a mess, but someone, once upon a time, loved her.
Lots of blue and red anodised parts. Even the cable ferrules are blue on one end and red on the other. This theme is also on the seat clap and the wheel skewer ends.
FiR Impes (I found out today) rims on LX Parallax hubs, XT V brake rear, XT canti up front. Orange Sk8 stem and Hyperlite bars. STX FCM31 cranks and some nice blue Avid SD 2 levers and blue anodised pedals.
Here she is from the auction listing.
I've just stripped her down ready for a clean, got some surface rust but I will take care of that. The stem is pretty rusted but hoping its just surface rust. The rest of bike and crank arms are just pure dirt so hoping a through clean will do the trick.
I've had to soak the grip shift locking bolts in Plus Gas as they are stuck.
More pix and updates to follow.
She is in a bit of a mess, but someone, once upon a time, loved her.
Lots of blue and red anodised parts. Even the cable ferrules are blue on one end and red on the other. This theme is also on the seat clap and the wheel skewer ends.
FiR Impes (I found out today) rims on LX Parallax hubs, XT V brake rear, XT canti up front. Orange Sk8 stem and Hyperlite bars. STX FCM31 cranks and some nice blue Avid SD 2 levers and blue anodised pedals.
Here she is from the auction listing.
I've just stripped her down ready for a clean, got some surface rust but I will take care of that. The stem is pretty rusted but hoping its just surface rust. The rest of bike and crank arms are just pure dirt so hoping a through clean will do the trick.
I've had to soak the grip shift locking bolts in Plus Gas as they are stuck.
More pix and updates to follow.