1990 MB Dronfield restomod build

[wafter]

The shifters are the 4600 series ones, which is when they went to 10-speed, I guess, and 4700 is when they went to the concealed shifter cables. The 4700 ones are certainly nicer looking, but I already had the 4600 ones in the parts drawer...

Ahh, cool - I stand corrected

Might be worth keeping an eye out for a used set of 4700s..? The price of bits seems to be reasonable suppressed currently..

 

[sjcprojects]

I've been looking into the connection between MB and Malcolm Elliott, which confused me for a while until I realised that the bikes he rode which were made by MB had 'ME' on the head-tube and 'Malcolm Elliott' decals rather than the usual MB Dronfield ones.

He rode an MB for the 1983 Milk Race where he came third and won 6 stages. As far as I know MB started in 1979, so this was still fairly early in their history.

This is the best image I've found showing the 'ME' badge – this was in 1984, maybe just before he turned pro, seeing as he joined the ANC-Halfords team at some point in '84?

 

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