As the owner of a P7, just what is this?! Frame looks nice

[TreaderSteve]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mountain-Bik ... 1438.l2649

I'm looking for the right frame, big in size, for a, er, 'extra' bike....on top of the P7 commuter, Bob Jackson tourer, soon to be returned from Bob Jackson re-sprayed track framed bike...yeah...got it sorta bad.

The Mrs can't complain. Daily 501 Dawes I built for her with basket and panniers, Raleigh Gemini (genius 531 frame - MTB 'lite', 700C with cantis - an early 'gravel' bike from I think 1988?!) with lovely running gear and a single freewheel 1952 ladies Armstrong Moth double-butted with tasty modern bits - superrrrlight (Betty). I like keeping her in excess of bikes, so that I can too!

 

[Trialsmeister]

Re: What frame?

Hi chap, it's very easy to accumulate, just scroll down to see the extent of my "problem"!!

That frame initially looked Saracen-esque, to me. If the tubes are Tange Prestige, possibly making it a Killi Team. Then I looked again at the canti stop and chain stays, now I'm not as sure

Not sure of the precice year, or if the blue was original for that year, but have a look through these...

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/v/M ... atalogues/

They will give you a view of what was around through the years. The configuration of the year model you are looking at, is similar to my 1995 Pro-trax SE, which will give you a baseline date range, it won't be far off, a year or so either side. Very good riding bike that one, I'm sure if this is a Prestige framed Killi of similar vintage, that experience will only be heightened.

Regards.

M.

 

[jaypee]

Re: Merlin prestige

Frame looks the same as this, though I think Merlin were also just a bike shop, so the seller could be correct and Merlin bought their frames from the same place

www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php ... it=+Merlin