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New cups in place...

ah ffs how does picture upload work around here?

Re: Progress was made this weekend. I decided to do the headset myself, properly, with the correct tools. So the old one came out with one tap, and the new one pressed in straight and true after a bit of juggling with the tool. Because the head tube is so long, I had to do the top cups first...

Very sad to hear.

This thread! What happened to it though? I hope everything ended well.

Re: In its original BRG-and-yellow livery. Not sure why I look so grumpy but it does look cold.

So why do I have such unreasonable love for this bike? It stands for everything that I love about bikes in general and mountain bikes in particular. When I was little I did BMX, but I got tall and felt stupid on the little frames. What I wanted was a bigger BMX, perhaps with gears and decent...

Ah thanks for the decal link, can see a purchase being made there! Ref chainstay - yep, I keep looking at that ...

Re: Ah thanks for doing that. Yeah - they're looking even better after about the 6th or 7th coat of Auto Glym 'maximum shine' wax :) Apparently Mum has found some better pics of the bike in its original BRG-and-yellow paint, with serif Overbury's font and apostrophe. Also 'Pioneer' on the...

(need to sort out image posting, sorry)

Re: Thread resumes... The bike is now up on the stand ready to receive parts! I've decided to keep these colours, seemed a shame to strip them off and lose all the decals etc as they left the shop. Original groupset was LX as I couldn't afford XT at the time having saved for 2 years just to...

Ha, I'll get a better scan of it and let you have it! Still haven't made it down to Rockets & Rascals, but hopefully will do soon - seeing your bike now an added incentive!

Me and the bike in tangerine-and-red, Autumn Polaris, '96, I think:

Me racing the bike in its original BRG livery, complete with 'Biopace Knee' support. Can't remember where this was taken.

Another of Enid's glorious hand-written receipts, this one for the '96 respray:

And if you went ahead and ordered one, this is the receipt you'd get:

Press release type thing for the Pioneer Delta...

A few pics... If you wrote to Overbury's in 1992 asking for more info, this is what you got back.

Re: Shimano XT M730/2/5/9/70/50/51 Shifters/Brakes/Mechs + More M735 front mech please!

…or is that 1 right- and 1 left-hand caliper? Whatevs..