Orange ads/catalogue from '91?

[Grant]

Does anyone have a copy of mbuk or similar from 1990/1991 which might have a Stif Orange ad like this one from 1992 :

(shamlessly stolen from northerndave's prestige thread )

or a catalogue with colour options.

I would like to see for certain the colour options shown, the aluminium 'o' I have is getting repainted and I see in '92 it was offered in 'satin' black. I've already seen it was available in black, but no one has said if this is gloss or satin.

Now, I have a satin black M700SL cannondale and a matt black On-One The Gimp so another satin black bike would go quite nicely.......

Thanks!

 

[orangeally]

My original Aluminium 'O' from '91 is matt black,but its not jazzy,so off to the powdercoaters it goes to get a shiny high gloss finish. It suits it better,want to see how they should look? take a gander at Boy 'O' Boys gallery. that man knows Orange!

 

[Grant]

My original Aluminium 'O' from '91 is matt black,but its not jazzy,so off to the powdercoaters it goes to get a shiny high gloss finish. It suits it better,want to see how they should look? take a gander at Boy 'O' Boys gallery. that man knows Orange!

Ahhhhhhh, just noticed the 'gallery' button at the bottom of posts

Looks like his is a satin black '91 as well.............. I can feel a stripping and painting session coming on!

 

[Anthony]

A 1991 brochure sold on eBay for £1.98 posted earlier today! Might not have answered your question though.

 

[northerndave]

I'll have a dig round and see what I can find. I've personally seen O's in matt grey and yes satin black. Both were original. If you need I can scan whatever I've got. I think the catalogue I've got from 93 only shows matt grey, but think 92 has more. Bad news is that the 91 cat is only black and White.

 

[Grant]

cheers, would be great if you could.

Think i'm settled on satin black then, might start the strip down tonight!

 

[northerndave]

Here's a scan I found

 

[Grant]

class, cheers!

Mine is an 'O' XTR, weighed it last night and it was bang on 26lb, but has a deore crankset which may be the difference between 25.75 and 26lb (along with years of crud and grease packed everywhere!)

 

[boy"O"boy]

My original Aluminium 'O' from '91 is matt black,but its not jazzy,so off to the powdercoaters it goes to get a shiny high gloss finish. It suits it better,want to see how they should look? take a gander at Boy 'O' Boys gallery. that man knows Orange!

Cheers orangeally

Got any pics up of your 'O'? - My matt black one is a 95% accurate representation of the 'O' I had when I was 16!!! - even down to the mismatched groupset and Amberwall smokes. Only thing I'm missing is the Custom stalk bar/stem combo.... watch this space!!
The original was one of the first 6 black 'O's available - I'd ordered in the Matt silver but they didn't have one - nor did they have one in orange/white fade so I ended up with one of the first black one's!! - my Formulaesque "O"!!!

I've got another 'O' in in interesting colourway coming soon!!

Cheers,
boy"O"boy

 

[Grant]

Got any pics up of your 'O'?

just these rubbish ones from the night I got it

I've strated stripping it, although I've hit on a couple of problems.

1. The bottom bracket teeth are totally chewed to bits, I've got it half out but its extremly tight and now I can't get the tool to stay in the splines without chewing them more (its not many more slips off being smooth!), think I'm going to try and get hold of a Park BBT-2/BBT-22 to clamp up to the BB with a skewer, as per the pictures on their site.

2. The quill stem is stuck fast in the heatube, I've tried giving the tightening bolt a 'tap' with a hammer on top to no joy. Upside down and a soak in wd-40 may help I guess.

Missing XTR parts seem to only be crankset, brake pad carriers and a couple of bits of the grey/silver xtr cable outer the rest appears to all be there.

Will be starting a <1997 ride thread tonight hopefully

*edit* just realised the wheels are wrong, they are on more modern XT hubs with mis-matched rims