Tosh,I'm so jealous! That is a real beauty
Very cool bicycle mate
Cheers for all the well wishes guys I can't believe its actually mine - what a show stopper!!Here's the ad description...
Quote from: tosh on January 31, 2015, 03:28:35 PMCheers for all the well wishes guys I can't believe its actually mine - what a show stopper!!Here's the ad description...I don't know if it's of much concern to you, but the STXrc component group is one of my all time favorites, it's worked just about as well as my much more expensive parts but with a whole lot less headaches. They really don't go out of tune frequently at all. Congrats!
Quote from: Higgins617 on January 31, 2015, 03:53:31 PMQuote from: tosh on January 31, 2015, 03:28:35 PMCheers for all the well wishes guys I can't believe its actually mine - what a show stopper!!Here's the ad description...I don't know if it's of much concern to you, but the STXrc component group is one of my all time favorites, it's worked just about as well as my much more expensive parts but with a whole lot less headaches. They really don't go out of tune frequently at all. Congrats!Cheers That pretty much sums up exactly why I wanted this bike - back in its day this was it!!I love the modern stuff, but I really just want something that I can ride daily and is ridiculously reliable.Really hoping this proves to be my answer.What do you think of the fenders?? Can you think of anything better?? I've got to have mudguards, otherwise I'll arrive at work soaked!!
My brand new bike and everything I have strapped to it cost less than that I know nothing about old bikes and this model (and your other one) mean nothing to me at all so I'm not going to start drooling over it, but I hope it rides well and you're happy with it once it lands
Quote from: 50ft-trad on January 31, 2015, 03:20:34 PMMy brand new bike and everything I have strapped to it cost less than that I know nothing about old bikes and this model (and your other one) mean nothing to me at all so I'm not going to start drooling over it, but I hope it rides well and you're happy with it once it lands Al,Oranges,especially of that period, are the MTB equivalent of getting a custom built Sheffield knive. The big thing about Oranges is that all other mountain bikes of the period were built for American terrain. Oranges are British bikes built for British trails
Great looking bike. What size is it?Fenders look great. Think they work in lower speeds good. Little faster, and you might be muddy back and forth. I can be wrong in this. I have old aluminium frame Tunturi Scambo mtb, with front suspension. It is way too small for me, but have had good rides on it. Bought it well used, and still going strong.
Quote from: Crow on January 31, 2015, 04:24:22 PMGreat looking bike. What size is it?Fenders look great. Think they work in lower speeds good. Little faster, and you might be muddy back and forth. I can be wrong in this. I have old aluminium frame Tunturi Scambo mtb, with front suspension. It is way too small for me, but have had good rides on it. Bought it well used, and still going strong.Frame is 17" same size as my GT Tequesta (I'm 5'8"......short arse I know)As for fenders, I just ordered a pair. Need to slow down on the spending bit - otherwise I'll be selling parts of my collection to fund this MTB madness
Quote from: kirk13 on January 31, 2015, 04:17:58 PMQuote from: 50ft-trad on January 31, 2015, 03:20:34 PMMy brand new bike and everything I have strapped to it cost less than that I know nothing about old bikes and this model (and your other one) mean nothing to me at all so I'm not going to start drooling over it, but I hope it rides well and you're happy with it once it lands Al,Oranges,especially of that period, are the MTB equivalent of getting a custom built Sheffield knive. The big thing about Oranges is that all other mountain bikes of the period were built for American terrain. Oranges are British bikes built for British trails Still are, aren't they?
Quote from: tosh on January 31, 2015, 04:31:03 PMQuote from: Crow on January 31, 2015, 04:24:22 PMGreat looking bike. What size is it?Fenders look great. Think they work in lower speeds good. Little faster, and you might be muddy back and forth. I can be wrong in this. I have old aluminium frame Tunturi Scambo mtb, with front suspension. It is way too small for me, but have had good rides on it. Bought it well used, and still going strong.Frame is 17" same size as my GT Tequesta (I'm 5'8"......short arse I know)As for fenders, I just ordered a pair. Need to slow down on the spending bit - otherwise I'll be selling parts of my collection to fund this MTB madness Bikes can be worse than tools, I should know I have at least a dozen.....
Quote from: Higgins617 on January 31, 2015, 04:34:26 PMQuote from: tosh on January 31, 2015, 04:31:03 PMQuote from: Crow on January 31, 2015, 04:24:22 PMGreat looking bike. What size is it?Fenders look great. Think they work in lower speeds good. Little faster, and you might be muddy back and forth. I can be wrong in this. I have old aluminium frame Tunturi Scambo mtb, with front suspension. It is way too small for me, but have had good rides on it. Bought it well used, and still going strong.Frame is 17" same size as my GT Tequesta (I'm 5'8"......short arse I know)As for fenders, I just ordered a pair. Need to slow down on the spending bit - otherwise I'll be selling parts of my collection to fund this MTB madness Bikes can be worse than tools, I should know I have at least a dozen.....A dozen!! What...all up and running??C'mon give us a group shot.As for me.... I'm satisfied now. The Orange is gonna be my daily commute (fancy some fatish road tyres to fill out those gorgeous fenders) the GT will remain my off roading choice.I'm at peace with myself now.....sigh!
Very nice tosh i wanted a orange clockwork back in the late 80's early 90's but got a kona explosive instead,had so many since but still miss my first mtb,it was stollen and i replaced it with a 94 kona kilauea that i stupidly sold about 4 years ago too a collector,nice collection higgins ive got 3 users and about 6 in bits including my 92 gt zaskar project that never got finnished looks like you have a great daily user tosh enjoy
Quote from: Zed on January 31, 2015, 06:33:31 PMVery nice tosh i wanted a orange clockwork back in the late 80's early 90's but got a kona explosive instead,had so many since but still miss my first mtb,it was stollen and i replaced it with a 94 kona kilauea that i stupidly sold about 4 years ago too a collector,nice collection higgins ive got 3 users and about 6 in bits including my 92 gt zaskar project that never got finnished looks like you have a great daily user tosh enjoy Did you post the Zaskar here before? Just about all of our bikes get used, some more than others though. I really enjoy it, I enjoy stripping them down cleaning and tuning them almost as much as I like riding!Tosh you gotta make sure to share plenty of pics when you get it!