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I've finally got myself organised and started to build the bike I always wanted back in 1993. I know this will not be most peoples idea of a Unicorn bike but for me this is the one I lusted after bitd but could never afford.
The story starts back in late '92/early '93. I was a bike mad teenager and when I wasn't messing about on my 1989 Tufftrax I was hanging around the local bike shops. Favourite was Airevalley Cycles in Keighley as they had the largest selection around. My friend had a 1990 Marin Palisades and was brand loyal so as he dribbled over the '93 Marin range I was at the other end of the room checking out the Oranges. To a teenager these seemed like high end exotica as you couldn't get one for less the 5 to 6 hundred quid! I loved the orange/white fade bikes and Orange had released a whole host of new colours and decals for '93 but my attention kept being drawn to a single grey Clockwork with classic decals. We would frequently go back to the shop and I'd always end up hovering around the same bike. Compared to many of the bikes in the shop it just looked so pure and understated. I desperatly wanted it but my £5 pw paper round was simply not going to cover it. :cry:
In the end I settled for a second hand orange/white Clockwork that the good chaps at Stif put me in contact with. I loved that bike and rode the rims off it but I never forgot my grey dream bike.
Zoom forward to last year and I find this place (while searching the interweb for Clockwork content
). You chaps re-ignite my interest in all things retro and the search begins for the fabled grey Clockwork. I quickly realised that my love for the grey frame was not shared by others bitd as the picture below is the only one I've seen across the whole internet, and believe me, I've searched :roll:
The story starts back in late '92/early '93. I was a bike mad teenager and when I wasn't messing about on my 1989 Tufftrax I was hanging around the local bike shops. Favourite was Airevalley Cycles in Keighley as they had the largest selection around. My friend had a 1990 Marin Palisades and was brand loyal so as he dribbled over the '93 Marin range I was at the other end of the room checking out the Oranges. To a teenager these seemed like high end exotica as you couldn't get one for less the 5 to 6 hundred quid! I loved the orange/white fade bikes and Orange had released a whole host of new colours and decals for '93 but my attention kept being drawn to a single grey Clockwork with classic decals. We would frequently go back to the shop and I'd always end up hovering around the same bike. Compared to many of the bikes in the shop it just looked so pure and understated. I desperatly wanted it but my £5 pw paper round was simply not going to cover it. :cry:
In the end I settled for a second hand orange/white Clockwork that the good chaps at Stif put me in contact with. I loved that bike and rode the rims off it but I never forgot my grey dream bike.
Zoom forward to last year and I find this place (while searching the interweb for Clockwork content
). You chaps re-ignite my interest in all things retro and the search begins for the fabled grey Clockwork. I quickly realised that my love for the grey frame was not shared by others bitd as the picture below is the only one I've seen across the whole internet, and believe me, I've searched :roll:
