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so back in 1990, my used Muddy fox seeker was stolen after i kind of modelled it on the 1991 Alu Pro with a repaint etc, although it was a basic paint job, 4 locks that bike had on it when it was stolen!
anyway, My parents came to the rescue with insurance and i bought the 1991 Muddy Fox Alu Pro, did loads of miles on it including a 100 mile day on the Isle of Wight with friends, by then i'd upgraded to some XT from Dx, mag 20's etc.
a few years ago i went looking for a seeker to replace the stroeln one, ewneded upo with a courier comp from 1990, then last year i found an actual seeker, then recently decided to look for the Alu Pro so posted a wanted advert on here, you guys came up trumps with this frame set, it is the same frame, it's definitley been repainted and the stickers are very wrong but it is the right frame and fork and stem, it could be a later frame but back then they used frames for a couple of years, either way it's close enough!
today it went off for paint a long with a few other bits for a friend, going original white.
i also bought this as a doner bike, LX/DX/XT mix, the Alu Pro should be all DX but i'm not going exact factory spec, frankly it's too much hassle, the hubs are LX and it good mechanical condition, the brakes and chainset are LX and look so silimilar they will do fine, the shifters are XT thumbies which i upgraded to back in the day, the front mech is XT but i don't think it'll fit, the rear mech is DX, so the spec is near enough for me, and it's all original to this bike, i checked the chain wear, not even worn in!
the tyres were perished and the rims were awful and rough looking so i got a pair ofd the same rims i used on the Seeker build and rebuilt them, shod them with of course panaracer smoke and dart, used blue alloy nipples which should pic up the blue of the stickers when it's rebuilt.
anyway, My parents came to the rescue with insurance and i bought the 1991 Muddy Fox Alu Pro, did loads of miles on it including a 100 mile day on the Isle of Wight with friends, by then i'd upgraded to some XT from Dx, mag 20's etc.
a few years ago i went looking for a seeker to replace the stroeln one, ewneded upo with a courier comp from 1990, then last year i found an actual seeker, then recently decided to look for the Alu Pro so posted a wanted advert on here, you guys came up trumps with this frame set, it is the same frame, it's definitley been repainted and the stickers are very wrong but it is the right frame and fork and stem, it could be a later frame but back then they used frames for a couple of years, either way it's close enough!
today it went off for paint a long with a few other bits for a friend, going original white.
i also bought this as a doner bike, LX/DX/XT mix, the Alu Pro should be all DX but i'm not going exact factory spec, frankly it's too much hassle, the hubs are LX and it good mechanical condition, the brakes and chainset are LX and look so silimilar they will do fine, the shifters are XT thumbies which i upgraded to back in the day, the front mech is XT but i don't think it'll fit, the rear mech is DX, so the spec is near enough for me, and it's all original to this bike, i checked the chain wear, not even worn in!
the tyres were perished and the rims were awful and rough looking so i got a pair ofd the same rims i used on the Seeker build and rebuilt them, shod them with of course panaracer smoke and dart, used blue alloy nipples which should pic up the blue of the stickers when it's rebuilt.
