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Having recently got back to riding my other MB Dronfield, I realised that I actually have enough 'spare' parts to put together a restomod build with my 1990 MB frame. As much as anything it's out of curiosity to see how the two will compare, seeing as the other one is an almost totally original spec 1994 bike. The 1994 MB is smaller (56cm vs 59cm), but that's probably the only functional difference, so it feels like a good candidate for a restomod.
Just like my other one, this 1990 bike was bought from someone in Dronfield, so it hadn't travelled far. It had a fairly unusal mix of parts rather than a whole groupset, so I would guess it was originally bought as a frame and forks rather than a full bike. Unlike the other one, this one has had a pretty hard life.
It had a mix of Shimano 600 and 105 parts, with a Suntour GPX crankset (possibly the last groupset the original Suntour made?), Modolo brakes and Sachs levers. The saddle is interesting, as firstly it has titanium rails and is seriously light at 215g, and secondly it is made by 'Velo' but had 'Kingfisher' branding on it, which I've not managed to find any reference to anywhere on the web. The saddle is pretty worn with a small hole on one side, but I might try restoring it at some point.
I am actually going to keep the original brakes as they have cleaned up well and they seem decent, so I suppose this will actually be a partial 'mod' build.
The frame has cleaned up okay, though it is fairly rough, in reality (it looks better in photos). I want to keep it as it is, though, seeing as the decals are all decent and it's only original once, after all. I've left the very rough white brush paint touch-ups that someone has done for now, but I might have to take another look at those before actually building it up. It's not visable in this photo, but the paint finish is a rather nice pearlescent one, rather than a flat white.
Just like my other one, this 1990 bike was bought from someone in Dronfield, so it hadn't travelled far. It had a fairly unusal mix of parts rather than a whole groupset, so I would guess it was originally bought as a frame and forks rather than a full bike. Unlike the other one, this one has had a pretty hard life.
It had a mix of Shimano 600 and 105 parts, with a Suntour GPX crankset (possibly the last groupset the original Suntour made?), Modolo brakes and Sachs levers. The saddle is interesting, as firstly it has titanium rails and is seriously light at 215g, and secondly it is made by 'Velo' but had 'Kingfisher' branding on it, which I've not managed to find any reference to anywhere on the web. The saddle is pretty worn with a small hole on one side, but I might try restoring it at some point.
I am actually going to keep the original brakes as they have cleaned up well and they seem decent, so I suppose this will actually be a partial 'mod' build.
The frame has cleaned up okay, though it is fairly rough, in reality (it looks better in photos). I want to keep it as it is, though, seeing as the decals are all decent and it's only original once, after all. I've left the very rough white brush paint touch-ups that someone has done for now, but I might have to take another look at those before actually building it up. It's not visable in this photo, but the paint finish is a rather nice pearlescent one, rather than a flat white.
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