British Steel

[narcotitlan]

Like the Overburys!

 

[narcotitlan]

IMG_8770 by narcotitlan, on Flickr

IMG_8771 by narcotitlan, on Flickr

shadows + bright day + metallic paint + rubbish photographer (me) = not very good pics, but at least you get the general idea!

 

[NeilM]

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Wow, how cool is that.

And covered in mud too... just the way it should be.

 

[LeeDevelopment]

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Doesn't the queen own all the real estate in the world?

Not this one....sadly!

 

[longun]

Once my Dave Yates is complete I shall show you all of mine......can’t wait to get them out in this sunshine!!!!!!

 

[Rod_Saetan]

Picked up a 1980s Roberts catalogue recently and thought it would be worth putting up the relevant information from the photocopied insert contained within. I hadn't heard of the Cobra, or the Cobra Dispatch, or the Mantis!

The rest of the catalogue is here if anyone is interested: http://bicyclist.cc/1988-chas-roberts-catalogue/

 

[Rod_Saetan]

I might reduce those file sizes to speed the loading up a bit!

 

[sinnerman]

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Roly.......... :shock: What an awesome post. Details how ahead of the game they were.

Thank you for sharing that. Chas Spoke of the Cobra at the Bristol show, certainly never mentioned mantis etc.

 

[player]

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A very cool find Roly and would love to know what year this was made especially as their speccing upto a 2.2" tyre for one of their frames (Hardpack)???

Love the sound of the Cobra despatch though

 

[Rod_Saetan]

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Says April 88 on the last page ;-)

A lot of 26” wheeled options for a primarily road bike biased company, they really went for it.