clockwork davo":2ue6ytfg said:
I just need to find one
Now you have got a good'un!!
Hotwheels.":2ue6ytfg said:
Thanks Hotwheels - one of my Favourite riders too.
Neilios":2ue6ytfg said:
I really enjoyed reading the background to this. Such a shame your original one got pinched, but you've done an amazing job on this. Hats off.
Thanks Neilios. I'm always scanning eBay/here etc in the faint hope that one day my Stolen original will turn up for sale (probably well oxidised silver now) with home painted Orange fork and a black Custom Stalk. I can but live in hope. :|
So, lock down and all that.... Been thinking on ideas..... Been thinking what I'd have liked to have done to the "O" back in the day had funds permitted.
I recently put my mates Kona Muni Mula back together for him.... It was originally mine and the insurance payout for the stolen "O" at the time.
When it was nicked.... The Syncros/Flite and wheelset were left still locked up....in my haste I'd locked these and not the bike!
Anyway, in the rebuild package were the Kona frame/fork/5 wheels and a box of parts. One of these wheels was the old hope on Campagnolo that was left locked up when the rest was nicked!
A great transaction with Regan_ev (plus an eBay purchase of a rim) I finally got to build the matching one to the original '94 one.... 26 years later!
Curiosity about what they'd look like on the "O" now got the better of me, and I've been messing around with ideas.
Now, this is probably one of my Signature builds. I really like the 'Formulaesque' direction it took..... So I don't want to take it apart unnecessarily.
What I need is another 17" (preferably a gen 1 or 2) to build another on. I have enough duplicates to build a 2nd..... Almost like having a group B rally car but building a replica to use so you don't mess with the original! :facepalm:
I think a 'wanted' ad is in order..... But here's a few pics of some of my scribblings!
I've got pace as well as the Manitous but I think these suit the chunkiness of the build.
Any thoughts?
boy"O"boy