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Devout Dirtbag
Keep meaning to start a build thread for this as I am hoping for some advice and opinions on it. Bought recently, built by Winston Vaz in 1990 (confirmed by himself), one owner since new and ridden all over the world.. and you can tell! Was fitted with a mix of pretty used parts but all up for sale on ebay to hopefully make some money back on the complete bike.
I have been really enjoying riding this Trek 7000 I have for sale atm and have always wanted a Roberts but don't need another sunday best or flashy ride. Main idea is to have it as a casual understated commuter with understated quality parts. When I first got it the plan was originally to respray it myself in a dark metallic grey faded into a dark violet with custom silver inside - black outlined Roberts decals.. even managed to find a set of original Columbus Off Road tubing decals but I am now definitely leaning more to the "sleeper" aesthetic.
Anyways - with repainting out of the question atm I think sanding back some of the more mashed up bits, new decals and some 2k lacquer would maintain the originality and protect the frame from further rust.
For parts, as much as I love the look of the XTR from 1994 it was always going to be too expensive for this so settled for Deore LX M560 8 Speed series which I've sourced off a donor bike the other day. Rest of the components will be mainly all black with touches of anodized purple.
Will update with more photos tomorrow but heres the frame before I sent it off to Winston to have the seatpost burned out. After a week of all the tricks it was safe to say it was stuck.
I have been really enjoying riding this Trek 7000 I have for sale atm and have always wanted a Roberts but don't need another sunday best or flashy ride. Main idea is to have it as a casual understated commuter with understated quality parts. When I first got it the plan was originally to respray it myself in a dark metallic grey faded into a dark violet with custom silver inside - black outlined Roberts decals.. even managed to find a set of original Columbus Off Road tubing decals but I am now definitely leaning more to the "sleeper" aesthetic.
Anyways - with repainting out of the question atm I think sanding back some of the more mashed up bits, new decals and some 2k lacquer would maintain the originality and protect the frame from further rust.
For parts, as much as I love the look of the XTR from 1994 it was always going to be too expensive for this so settled for Deore LX M560 8 Speed series which I've sourced off a donor bike the other day. Rest of the components will be mainly all black with touches of anodized purple.
Will update with more photos tomorrow but heres the frame before I sent it off to Winston to have the seatpost burned out. After a week of all the tricks it was safe to say it was stuck.
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