Orange P7 Touring edition

[Mark Manley]

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A great looking bike, I hope you get to tour on it. Out of interest where would I find ride/tour reports on this site, do people post them?

 

[NeilM]

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A great looking bike, I hope you get to tour on it. Out of interest where would I find ride/tour reports on this site, do people post them?

There are some write ups here: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... p;t=258143

 

[Titiritero]

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A great looking bike, I hope you get to tour on it. Out of interest where would I find ride/tour reports on this site, do people post them?

Not exactly a trip report (still working on it for my own website) but here there are a couple of pictures from my trip to the Indian Himalaya

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=327613

And here there are a few retrobikes ready for touring

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=334997

 

[cycletothesea]

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A great looking bike, I hope you get to tour on it. Out of interest where would I find ride/tour reports on this site, do people post them?

Will be touring very soon, the first of many on this bike I hope. Have a 3-week tour of the Scottish highlands and western isles planned for late May.

 

[NeilM]

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Will be touring very soon, the first of many on this bike I hope. Have a 3-week tour of the Scottish highlands and western isles planned for late May.

Sounds wonderful, and the best time of year to avoid the worst of the midges.

 

[cycletothesea]

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Sounds wonderful, and the best time of year to avoid the worst of the midges.

LOL, yes, you have no idea how much research went into the dreaded midge season - while still trying to enjoy some warmth!

 

[Gremmers]

Great bike there. Can I ask how you restored the frame and forks, products or companies used ? I have a '95 P7 I am restoring at the moment. Thanks

 

[cycletothesea]

Great bike there. Can I ask how you restored the frame and forks, products or companies used ? I have a '95 P7 I am restoring at the moment. Thanks

Thanks. The P7 nickels had a protective clear coat over the chrome, which had become discoloured. I stripped the bike back to bare frame and forks and painted it over with a Nitromors type product which completely dissolved the coating leaving just the bare chrome which I then spent a couple of weeks hand polishing with wire wool and emery cloth. It doesn't have the protective coating now, but I have applied 9 or 10 coatings of wax polish, and just need to keep it clean and apply another coat of wax every few months.

 

[Jamiedyer]

That looks really nice and certainly fit for its purpose.
Great job and here's wishing you many happy miles with it.

Jamie

 

[Gremmers]

Thanks for the advice