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I had a White Spider in 1989 that was painted metallic pink, a colour offered by Roberts. The colour was called “Hot Pink”. It is a bit darker than the photos suggest and the colour in metallic has quite a nice richness and depth to it. There will be frame sprayers who worked for Roberts that...

Yes. SRP’s CNC machining at it’s best.

My friend Mike died a few months ago. In the 1990’s I would go riding at least twice a week with him and his wife in the West Surrey Hills area. I thought I would post this photo in honour of our friendship. This was taken on a weekend trip to the Isle of Wight in 1992/3. We (myself on a Roberts...

Thanks for the reminding me it was Declan Hicks. I also remember James Tatlow. I may be wrong but if James is now fitting bathrooms and kitchens then he did mine a few years back. We would reminisce about Smithbrook kilns mountain bike shop during his lunch breaks. He did an amazing job...

Here is the back story explaining the decisions taken when ordering and building the Roberts Dogsbolox in 1994. I had owned a few mountain bikes before this one. An Overburys Pioneer (that got stolen), a Roberts Rough Stuff and a Roberts White Spider. I also spent most Sundays from 1987 to 1992...

Back in 1994while building my bike I replaced as many steel nuts, bolts and spindles with SRP titanium parts. Their quality of machining is incredible as seen in these brake cable adjusters.

I have more photos of components to post. This is the original Royce Bottom Bracket. These last forever and are amazing pieces of kit. Mine failed due to my own stupidity and it was nothing to do with the quality of the components. I failed to follow the installation instructions and did not...

The paint was an option offered by Chas Roberts, Pearl white. I guess many here will recognise the Uffington White horse is from an MBUK sticker sheet from 1994 (the same year I built this bike) drawn by the man himself Jo Burt.