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I've had an interest in bikes since the late 80's/early 90's. My friend and I saved up for untill we could afford our first 'proper' bikes. Mine was an '89 Saracen Tufftrax in blue (Later sold to my brother in law who recently informed me he'd chucked it in a skip last year!!) and his was a '90 Marin Palisades. Thems was the days.
In '93 I got a year or so old Orange Clockwork LX that I loved. I drifted out of the sport around '97 when girls and beer got in the way but I kept hold of my trusty Clockwork. I flirted with riding again around 2000 when I got my first (and current) proper job and got myself a GT XCR 4000. Kicked myself for not getting another Orange as I never really got on with the GT and it was eventually sold to a friend.
Around '05 my Marin loving chum decided we should get back into biking and it didn't take much effort to get me looking at the latest bikes. After my GT experiance I decided to go hard tail and got an '05 Orange Evo4 that was great (another now sold to a mate). After a house move in '07, and feeling flush, I fell for the Orange 5 Pro Hope so upgraded. This is still my main ride although I quite fancy an '09 frame.
All this time my Clockwork hung about in the background but a year or two ago I realised it was just to small for me and it deserved to be riden so it went on ebay. Maybe one of you lot picked it up? It's a 90/91 orange and white fade with '93 LX shifters and (nearly new) crank. It also had various Mint Sauce stickers from BITD. My ebay ID is the same as the one on here.
Anyway, I've missed the Clockwork ever since and found this site while looking about on google for another. My friend is talking about building a single speed 29er so I decided I need to build a retro classic. I'm looking at a Clockwork or early P7 as a base and going from there. I might end up with the 2007 Clockwork frame but use retro gear for the rest of it. This is a brilliant site but I can see it taking up much of my time and money!! Hope you're all well and no doubt see you about on the forum.
I've had an interest in bikes since the late 80's/early 90's. My friend and I saved up for untill we could afford our first 'proper' bikes. Mine was an '89 Saracen Tufftrax in blue (Later sold to my brother in law who recently informed me he'd chucked it in a skip last year!!) and his was a '90 Marin Palisades. Thems was the days.
In '93 I got a year or so old Orange Clockwork LX that I loved. I drifted out of the sport around '97 when girls and beer got in the way but I kept hold of my trusty Clockwork. I flirted with riding again around 2000 when I got my first (and current) proper job and got myself a GT XCR 4000. Kicked myself for not getting another Orange as I never really got on with the GT and it was eventually sold to a friend.
Around '05 my Marin loving chum decided we should get back into biking and it didn't take much effort to get me looking at the latest bikes. After my GT experiance I decided to go hard tail and got an '05 Orange Evo4 that was great (another now sold to a mate). After a house move in '07, and feeling flush, I fell for the Orange 5 Pro Hope so upgraded. This is still my main ride although I quite fancy an '09 frame.
All this time my Clockwork hung about in the background but a year or two ago I realised it was just to small for me and it deserved to be riden so it went on ebay. Maybe one of you lot picked it up? It's a 90/91 orange and white fade with '93 LX shifters and (nearly new) crank. It also had various Mint Sauce stickers from BITD. My ebay ID is the same as the one on here.
Anyway, I've missed the Clockwork ever since and found this site while looking about on google for another. My friend is talking about building a single speed 29er so I decided I need to build a retro classic. I'm looking at a Clockwork or early P7 as a base and going from there. I might end up with the 2007 Clockwork frame but use retro gear for the rest of it. This is a brilliant site but I can see it taking up much of my time and money!! Hope you're all well and no doubt see you about on the forum.