My Overbury's Pioneer

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Having been hating myself for throwing it all away, I just found what remains of original parts:

XT thumbies and rear mech
X-Lite bar ends
2x right-hand LX brake callipers

(Bizarrely, I seem to have thrown away the left-hand callipers but kept these and all the bolts nicelt bagged - doesn't really matter, as I intend to upgrade the whole lot to XT anyway.)

…along with a bag of nice new cables and outers, which I obviously stashed away at some point in anticipation of this project.


XT bits n bobs by SteveH2008, on Flickr

 

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…or is that 1 right- and 1 left-hand caliper? Whatevs..

 

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A few pics...

If you wrote to Overbury's in 1992 asking for more info, this is what you got back.

 

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Press release type thing for the Pioneer Delta...

 

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And if you went ahead and ordered one, this is the receipt you'd get:

 

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Another of Enid's glorious hand-written receipts, this one for the '96 respray:

 

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Me racing the bike in its original BRG livery, complete with 'Biopace Knee' support. Can't remember where this was taken.

 

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Me and the bike in tangerine-and-red, Autumn Polaris, '96, I think:

 

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Re:

I'd love a copy of that Delta paperwork please!
If you're ever passing Rockets & Rascals in Poole, you'll see my e-stay on the wall in the cafe ;-)
This document would look ace with it

 

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Ha, I'll get a better scan of it and let you have it! Still haven't made it down to Rockets & Rascals, but hopefully will do soon - seeing your bike now an added incentive!