Battenburg rc200 f1

[longun]

Recent ebay score, wont be to the purests taste but I really like it......never seen this one before on the interweb.

I'll update as I go on

 

[Scvintage]

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Put tan tires and yellow cables on it and it’ll look like a bologna sandwich

 

[longun]

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[2manyoranges]

From the book of Naval Slang

Blancmange = ‘ballerina poo’

 

[mynchiboy]

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Nice, nothing wrong with a pink bike, more so if it's in RC200 flavour...

I'm thinking less Battenburg though and more Roland Rat in terms of build....

 

[longun]

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Yup, it really has had the cantis mounts removed and a bespoke disc dropout added.....and painted pink hahaha. Chris king headset is lovely, first time I've actually owned one aswell. Lockout on the fork works spot on aswell, notvthat itll get much hammering with me....

 

[Rich]

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Looking good Chris,

Sitting down to watch this one develop

Rich

 

[longun]

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Built the wheels and fitted some butterscotch wildgripper. Novatec front hub, azonic rear, halo spokes and araya rm17 rims from an old raleigh dune dancer wheelset I had kicking around......rear tube needs repairing as its flat already hahaha

 

[longun]

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Small update

Fitted the longer bb and mt60 chainset, modified lx rear mech, campaign racing t front mech and a new post. This looks well against the yellow flite, xlite stem and pedals. Awaiting the brake parts to arrive and I'll cable it all up from the thumbies. Hoping this weekend itll be completed and ridden......for a slice of cake and a brew at the local woods

 

[Retro Spud]

Chris

I know it came to you like this - but I actually find whats been done prior to you offensive, cultural vandalism

would have been better to have spent the money putting disc brakes and funky paint on something less likely to explode at the first hard hit

I know you've rescued it - but its still wrong to see how far its fallen and now a freak show actually makes me sad looking at it
I though I might have changed my mind after a few days to get over the shock - maybe I'm just getting old .