Captain Stupido
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Recently treated myself to this lovely earlyish Clockwork in rare colours.
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Thanks to brocklanders who passed it on for a very reasonable price and did a great job packing it up safely. Here's how it arrived (at least once I'd put it back together):
It's mostly LX, which is fine by me, and very original. The details of the spec. were really appealing, as was the colour, it's pretty much what I'd choose myself for a sensible/rider build, aside from the Ram Rod bars which are actually really cool and make a nice change. The condition is generally nice, but not too good to use. I have ridden it a couple of times and it's great, just as I expected really, faster and more agile than my suspension fork equipped C16R. Less forgiving perhaps but loads of fun and a very similar vibe. Fast climber!
After the test ride I realised it needed a bit of love, and put it in the stand to check it out. While nothing's worn out as far as I can tell, it does need a good going over. So the plan is for a strip and rebuild. I'm just going to clean everything up as best as possible and put it back together with fresh grease and new cables. Then ride it lots.
Anyway I started stripping it down in the back garden today and the heavens opened. So far it's coming apart easily with no sign that anything's going to be too stubborn. It's in such nice nick that part of me wonders whether I should have just given it a basic service, but at 25 years old it probably deserves a good check over and some fresh grease here and there.
There are a few small bits I might change. The bottom bracket is currently loose... if it turns out to be worn/damaged I might pop in a new sealed unit for future low maintenance. The wheel QRs are later replacements in black alloy. And I'm not sure about the straddle wires/hangers which are Weinman ones which doesn't seem like an obvious choice. I fancy using link wires for a change as Shimano intended. Anyone know what Orange used?
Other than that though plan is to keep it original, the chain has quite a bit of life in it and the tyres look usable too. I'm even considering keeping the cable outers... they're all pretty good! Of course part of me is thinking about a third colour (or more Orange?) for the outers. I don't know, maybe it glows enough as-is. Welcome your thoughts!
I have cleaned up one bit so far. See below for before and after pics and hopefully you'll be able to tell how I'm going to approach this. Actually maybe it's hard to tell in the photos but it had a good clean and application of leather wax, and looks better. Sympathetic would be the aim for the bike in general. I don't want it to look new, just every bit as good as it is.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=390525
Thanks to brocklanders who passed it on for a very reasonable price and did a great job packing it up safely. Here's how it arrived (at least once I'd put it back together):
It's mostly LX, which is fine by me, and very original. The details of the spec. were really appealing, as was the colour, it's pretty much what I'd choose myself for a sensible/rider build, aside from the Ram Rod bars which are actually really cool and make a nice change. The condition is generally nice, but not too good to use. I have ridden it a couple of times and it's great, just as I expected really, faster and more agile than my suspension fork equipped C16R. Less forgiving perhaps but loads of fun and a very similar vibe. Fast climber!
After the test ride I realised it needed a bit of love, and put it in the stand to check it out. While nothing's worn out as far as I can tell, it does need a good going over. So the plan is for a strip and rebuild. I'm just going to clean everything up as best as possible and put it back together with fresh grease and new cables. Then ride it lots.
Anyway I started stripping it down in the back garden today and the heavens opened. So far it's coming apart easily with no sign that anything's going to be too stubborn. It's in such nice nick that part of me wonders whether I should have just given it a basic service, but at 25 years old it probably deserves a good check over and some fresh grease here and there.
There are a few small bits I might change. The bottom bracket is currently loose... if it turns out to be worn/damaged I might pop in a new sealed unit for future low maintenance. The wheel QRs are later replacements in black alloy. And I'm not sure about the straddle wires/hangers which are Weinman ones which doesn't seem like an obvious choice. I fancy using link wires for a change as Shimano intended. Anyone know what Orange used?
Other than that though plan is to keep it original, the chain has quite a bit of life in it and the tyres look usable too. I'm even considering keeping the cable outers... they're all pretty good! Of course part of me is thinking about a third colour (or more Orange?) for the outers. I don't know, maybe it glows enough as-is. Welcome your thoughts!
I have cleaned up one bit so far. See below for before and after pics and hopefully you'll be able to tell how I'm going to approach this. Actually maybe it's hard to tell in the photos but it had a good clean and application of leather wax, and looks better. Sympathetic would be the aim for the bike in general. I don't want it to look new, just every bit as good as it is.
