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Having been hating myself for throwing it all away, I just found what remains of original parts: XT thumbies 8) and rear mech X-Lite bar ends 2x right-hand LX brake callipers (Bizarrely, I seem to have thrown away the left-hand callipers but kept these and all the bolts nicelt bagged -...

Re: These are the colours I originally wanted, and I think will try to recreate this time round. Am pondering having the 'O's on the head and down tubes picked out in the yellow, with the lettering done in the white of the number plates. I also wanted XT when I ordered the bike, but...

That's a good point - I'm currently torn between that and restoring it to BRG (although actually a metallic version of it as per old Aston Martin racing colours, which is the colour I really wanted originally. When I asked about BRG, they told me they took their spec for that colour from...

That's what I have in mind 8)

I seem to remember them asking me if I wanted the apostrophe or not when it was resprayed, and said they'd dropped it for a cleaner (more modern?) look. Hopefully my mum hasn't thrown away all the pics I had of it in the original colours - different typeface, apostrophe present, I think. I'll...

Re: sinnerman - thanks so much for posting that ad and the 'Black Max' - I don't remember ever seeing that. Any chance you can share a hi-res version? I'd quite like to use it as reference. What chance of getting hold of the right Campag groupset from the time? (The ad I can remember is the...

Originally British Racing Green with yellow graphics, I got it resprayed in '94 at the Ashley Road shop along with much delay and chasing. Must've been one of the last Pioneers they made I think, things had moved on since I first saw one in about '89 and fell in love, then spent a couple of...

Re: Trying again...

Currently looking like this in the garage. Still beautiful I think. 1991/2, Columbus Max OR tubes. That stem's not original. I still have the XT thumbshifters but stupidly have lost/binned the various other parts. Still, a nice project for me next year. 8 https://flic.kr/p/MDEUY8