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    British Steel

    LOL put up with my Zinn another cool bike then and now, the list of bikes you guys have is amazing remember most of them well any one of these would have been on most people's wish list at the time and yes I realise I'm very lucky to have the bike I have but it is just my one and only every day...
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    British Steel

    I remember when I got the frame I had to ring chas because I got some of the parts from him as well( IRD seat post, campag wheels rear mec and shifters) and one of the shifters was missing and he told me that the frame and paint work had drawn a lot of attention in the shop: ) only the...
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    British Steel

    I know there's nothing wrong with a Yates there were quite a few in the Yorkshire Mountain Bike Club that I used to ride with:) and he was also nearer to where I live. it was probably going to be a Yates frame for me too but when chas did his version of MBA Ultimate that was the frame for me
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    British Steel

    Bet your glad I didn't get a Dave Yates it was a toss up between Dave and Chas as to who I would have gone to until one day a friend asked me if I would take one of there friends out mountain biking who was coming up from London to stay with them.I was riding a Ridgeback 604 at the time (one of...
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    British Steel

    I am right in thinking you knew of 4 others including the one you own (I'm normally on here in the middle of the night when I can't sleep and I could have missed read some of the posts lol) I will try and find some old photos of it when I first set it up and with a bit of luck 1 with another Roberts
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    British Steel

    Bike as it is now ready to cycle to Holme Moss to watch this years Tour of France,even had 4 miles of off road riding to get there :)
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    British Steel

    Picture of forks after recently applying Columbus Max OR decals. The Red to Yellow to White fade was better than my wildest dreams when it turned up
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    British Steel

    I'll try and post some more photos later (laptop gone down recently so I'm having to get pictures of my Facebook page to my new tablet to post on here)
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    British Steel

    When I got the frame there was a tange preatege decal on the down tube and recently I added columbus decals to the forks (covered up a bad rub mark from when it was on a bike carrier many years ago) these are definitely the 2 materials that I asked chas to make the bike from. I remember chas...
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    British Steel

    Hi sinnerman it was your bike on the Roberts web site that got me to this site I'm from Huddersfield Yorkshire. I went to see Chas Roberts in December 1989 to get the frame built for me (tange prestige rear triangle and the rest is Columbus Max OR including the forks) I received the frame in...
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    British Steel

    Thanks for the welcome I didn't post to make anyone envious but after I read that there was only 4 known to still exist I thought I better join and post some picks of a fifth one. Can I also take the opportunity to say that there's some amazing bikes on here (not just on this subject) its...
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    British Steel

    Another pic of the bike in snow. Never knew how rare the bike was until I followed the link from the Roberts web site. Just thought of it as my old bike that I love to ride and it still feels like the first time I rode it every time I'm on it
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    British Steel

    Yes its a recent picture taken in the summer .I am the original owner and no way would I ever part with this bike. Most of the bike is how I put it together in spring 1990 the only changes are the wheels and brakes
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    British Steel

    Unicorn no 5
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