Orange clockwork - is it worth it

[Basti]

Hi all here is alink to ebay


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0888378206

 

[jimihendrix]

Hi all here is alink to ebay


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0888378206

Cant get that to work ?

If it's a 91 the cable for the front mech will be routed round a guide on the bottom bracket shell, later ones had all the cables on the top tube.

I'd say it's well worth sorting it out and riding it

Here's my 91 Clockwork

 

[Basti]

nice!
mine must be older frame looks different - does this link work?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orange-Clockw ... %26ps%3D63

 

[jimihendrix]

nice!
mine must be older frame looks different - does this link work?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orange-Clockw ... %26ps%3D63

Thats a later frame, cables are all on the top tube, top pull front mech, early ones use a bottom pull front mech.

I'm guessing thats a 93, seller must have been in some kind of parallel universe in 91

Nice thing though, colour is probably original, as said well worth restoring with better bits

[EDIT] Actually looking at it again it aint bad at all, the stem looks like and original SK8, forks are original,looks like it just needs a nice set
of Canti's, some 8 speed STI units and a flat bar [EDIT].

Size looks more like 21 than 19 though

 

[highlandsflyer]

I would take it out and ride it as it is. Vs are perfectly fine on that bike. I would shove thumbies on it and make whatever adjustments I needed for good fit, then think about what next for a while whilst riding it. Probably some nice light short travel forks.

 

[walleater]

This probably won't be a popular opinion around here, but I hated my '91 Clockwork! Had a Team Marin before but broke it and the Clockwork was a replacement. It seemed like a big step back.....straight (short) top tube, really flexy frame, annoying front mech cable guide that looked like it was taken off a 1950's touring bike, the fork was super noodly etc. I solve the fork issue by buying a Bontrager Competition, and solved the frame issues by buying a Specialized M2 Team....which I also broke

 

[highlandsflyer]

This probably won't be a popular opinion around here, but I hated my '91 Clockwork! Had a Team Marin before but broke it and the Clockwork was a replacement. It seemed like a big step back.....straight (short) top tube, really flexy frame, annoying front mech cable guide that looked like it was taken off a 1950's touring bike, the fork was super noodly etc. I solve the fork issue by buying a Bontrager Competition, and solved the frame issues by buying a Specialized M2 Team....which I also broke

I can understand that opinion, but shove some nice forks on and use the flex to your advantage and there was a damn competitive setup.

 

[feetabix]

i agree....my '91 has the thin flexy fork and whippy frame....it is however a forgiving ride, things went oversized and stiff over the following years, but it wasnt all for the better i think.....horses for courses n'all that!....

 

[dyna-ti]

Clockwork=Magical fantasy on every ride.
3 cools from me

 

[FluffyChicken]

This probably won't be a popular opinion around here, but I hated my '91 Clockwork! Had a Team Marin before but broke it and the Clockwork was a replacement. It seemed like a big step back.....straight (short) top tube, really flexy frame, annoying front mech cable guide that looked like it was taken off a 1950's touring bike, the fork was super noodly etc. I solve the fork issue by buying a Bontrager Competition, and solved the frame issues by buying a Specialized M2 Team....which I also broke

Oddly I found the Clockwork I briefly had too stiff and dead, a cheap frame feel. Can't remember it's year of model but it was the early clockwork not a C series. Probably '92 as Microdrive and them terrible chrome plated PACE forks, they where bad as well. The Prestige with it's Alu forks was a much much better bike and completely different (either 92 or 93 I cannot remember)