1991 Orange Aluminium O

[clockwork davo]

So as well as the Elite I’ve also managed to get my hands on this gem!, thanks to Cal Cheshire, we’ve done a little bit of trading he got a 89 Lemon Clockwork and I got this beast

it’s a little faded (we know how bad ally O paint was) but I’d much rather have a genuine paint frame over a re sprayed bike all day, I had some aluminium forks knocking around as you do so they’ve gone on and then been built in pretty standard form with period XT,


1991 19” Aluminium O
XT headset 1 1/4
Orange Aluminium Fork
Stalk Stem
Standard bars
Grab on grips
Kalloy seatpost
Rolls saddle
Shimano XT Thumbshifters M732
Shimano XT Brake lever M733
Shimano XT Cantilevers M734
Shimano XT Rear Mech M735
Shimano XT Front Mech M732
Shimano XT Chain set 175mm arms M730 with SG rings
Shimano PD-M735 pedals
Shimano HG70 7 speed cassette
Shimano HG Chain
Shimano XT m730/M732 Hubs
Shimano XT M730 skewers
Mavic 321 CD
Specialized Ground Control Extremes
Elite bottle cage

 

[Synthiaks]

Thats a beautiful looking thing, the forks work well.....perfect patina on the frame, original is always nicer IMO....same with classic cars, the used look is always preferable to me.

 

[ibbz]

Gorgeous! Really like the black components and silver forks and how they highlight the orange

 

[clockwork davo]

After seeing Boy”O”boys O thread it reminded me to update this,
so what’s new ??!!
MK1 RC30’s as the polished forks bug me
M730 Black chainset
M730 long cage rear mech
M730 black seatpost i have a think about
M737 Spuds
black components at the moment

 

[Cheshire1980]

Great work Davo , reminds me, need to finish my 92 O off. Although I do like s silver crankset.. but black does look magic

 

[clockwork davo]

Great work Davo , reminds me, need to finish my 92 O off. Although I do like s silver crankset.. but black does look magic

You really do need to finish yours !! I’m all about black XT at the mo !!

 

[Cheshire1980]

I only have silver, so that’s what it will be built with

 

[boy"O"boy]

After seeing Boy”O”boys O thread it reminded me to update this,
so what’s new ??!!
MK1 RC30’s as the polished forks bug me
M730 Black chainset
M730 long cage rear mech
M730 black seatpost i have a think about
M737 Spuds
black components at the moment

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Looks ace! The trade mark RC30's for your builds sit really well on all your Oranges!
What you have confirmed is the need for black XT on my prot"O"type build. Looks absolutely at home on an orange/white fade.
That's bang on for me....I'll be squeezing citrus inspiration from this one!

boy"O"boy

 

[clockwork davo]

Looks ace! The trade mark RC30's for your builds sit really well on all your Oranges!
What you have confirmed is the need for black XT on my prot"O"type build. Looks absolutely at home on an orange/white fade.
That's bang on for me....I'll be squeezing citrus inspiration from this one!

boy"O"boy

Kind words thanks buddy Black group sets are my current love 9 out of the current 10 oranges have black XT of DX groups new signature build style