1994 Orange Clockwork

[randomdan]

I have a really soft spot for these old oranges. Clockwork was the first MTB I rode that felt "proper" and that thought has stayed with me....

This started life as a thread by BHILL22 over on the "for sale" forum. He had a powder coated clockwork frame in an unusual and rather non-catalogue style paint, baby blue with a metalic spangle. It looked fantastic to me, but nobody seemed to want to buy it, eventually I grew tired of watching it not getting sold... hay well!!

So I crossed over the peaks to collect said frame from BHILL22, and I can confirm that he is a really nice bloke - and I could have stopped a lot longer looking through his fine selection of bikes, parts, cars, chatting about this and that...

I make no apologies this final build (cos it's my bike and I'll do what I want, thank you very much) - It's not a catalogue build so may make some purists here twitch (sorry!), personally I quite like it - I've been using it as a commuter to get me to work and back the last couple of weeks, its pretty nice to ride...

Shown with the it's older brother from '92

 

[brocklanders023]

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Like it.

 

[doctorstewie]

That's seriously gorgeous. Beautiful paint and a really nice parts fitout. Is that a White Industries chainset? I was thinking of having my Marin powdercoated over the winter: I haven't decided whether to at all, but if I do, I definitely want it done in that blue

 

[jb72]

That looks really good - like it!

 

[randomdan]

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Cheers guys!

Yea it's a "sugino factory" white industries crankset, brought from Whayne on here - just fancied something more exotic than LX.

 

[Ollie]

Love it, the cyan blue with the orange decals reminds me of last years five .

 

[bhill22]

Nice one, dont worry about doing exact builds I build mine with what I have and it suits me, and thx for kind words