This project all started from a conversation with PeteMcc, we were discussing paintwork on different frames, and how best to show the fillet brazing on a steel frame, whilst still having it look period correct......
Anyway....we bounced ideas around and around, and in the end we wanted something that screamed of its time, and complemented the company and frame builder who fabricated the frame.
Two fellas with a similar taste in steel, i guess its quite obvious which brand we both felt would be the right choice.
Roberts.
So rewinding a little bit to BITD.....
As we all know or have heard by now, the early 90s saw the birth of a frame Called the D.O.G.S.B.O.L.O.X....the press went wild for it with its combination of beautifully crafted and lightweight mix of tubes, silver soldered two piece seat stays, Max and 753, machined, lightened, manipulated and perfectly fillet brazed in an attempt to create, the best performing thoroughbred race bike that the world had ever seen.......
And in my book, it was just that......
But what if you were a little hard on your bike, a little heavier set than most, or you were going to be giving it a little more abuse or throwing it down the Bomb holes in this new race category developing that they were calling Downhill.........., The D.O.G.S B.O.L.O.X wasnt ment for everyone.....!
If this was the case, then you would have been steered toward its Stable mate at the time....., The White Spider II.
Whilst the D.O.G.S was the featherweight contender, the White Spider II was the welterweight contender....., A careful mix of Reynolds 531 and Tange prestige all fillet brazed, but with nod toward strength before weight.
So for Pete and I, this was to become the base for the project......
After some serious consideration...., and given the team colours of Roberts at the time.... I suggested Zebra..., Pete elaborated further with the Simple word............Etto.
Anyway....we bounced ideas around and around, and in the end we wanted something that screamed of its time, and complemented the company and frame builder who fabricated the frame.
Two fellas with a similar taste in steel, i guess its quite obvious which brand we both felt would be the right choice.
Roberts.
So rewinding a little bit to BITD.....
As we all know or have heard by now, the early 90s saw the birth of a frame Called the D.O.G.S.B.O.L.O.X....the press went wild for it with its combination of beautifully crafted and lightweight mix of tubes, silver soldered two piece seat stays, Max and 753, machined, lightened, manipulated and perfectly fillet brazed in an attempt to create, the best performing thoroughbred race bike that the world had ever seen.......
And in my book, it was just that......
But what if you were a little hard on your bike, a little heavier set than most, or you were going to be giving it a little more abuse or throwing it down the Bomb holes in this new race category developing that they were calling Downhill.........., The D.O.G.S B.O.L.O.X wasnt ment for everyone.....!
If this was the case, then you would have been steered toward its Stable mate at the time....., The White Spider II.
Whilst the D.O.G.S was the featherweight contender, the White Spider II was the welterweight contender....., A careful mix of Reynolds 531 and Tange prestige all fillet brazed, but with nod toward strength before weight.
So for Pete and I, this was to become the base for the project......
After some serious consideration...., and given the team colours of Roberts at the time.... I suggested Zebra..., Pete elaborated further with the Simple word............Etto.