Calling All Orange C16R Owners

[winst0nsmith]

https://m.facebook.com/731492293557926/Retrodecals on FB

Thank you sir.

 

[winst0nsmith]

Quick question for the hivemind, what were original colours please? I got Grey with orange decals which I aint keen on, was hoping black would suit her well. She's going in for blasting and powder after the weekend.
Cheers

 

[justbackdated]

Quick question for the hivemind, what were original colours please? I got Grey with orange decals which I aint keen on, was hoping black would suit her well. She's going in for blasting and powder after the weekend.
Cheers

I have an original Orange wind chime that is made up of all the original colours at the time of the C16R. I will put a pic on.

 

[rwm1962]

Mine is black. Check link in signature

 

[prezza]

Mine was satin black…
Looked great…
Link to extensive build thread here

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/orange-c16r-1995-updated-020619-finished.397169/page-2

 

[futureproofboy]

Just picked up this beauty for £150, pretty much all original except for saddle, tyres and grips. Got to say considering the age and it having alivio groupset it is surprising light and so responsive

 

[prezza]

Looks bloody lovely that. Bargain I’d say

 

[futureproofboy]

Looks bloody lovely that. Bargain I’d say

Thanks.
What would be correct period tyres for it? I've got a doner bike coming with the correct saddle and the stem, seatpost and stx headset in better condition than mine. I say doner but I will probably end up wanting to get that tarted up too.

 

[futureproofboy]

Thanks.
What would be correct period tyres for it? I've got a doner bike coming with the correct saddle and the stem, seatpost and stx headset in better condition than mine. I say doner but I will probably end up wanting to get that tarted up too.

Donor not Doner, mmm kebabs

 

[prezza]

I put Panaracer smoke and dart ski walls in mine. My build thread is attached a couple messages previous. Looked good on the black frame too. They aren’t cheap tho…