What the Johnson Johnson and Johnson is this??

[WD Pro]

Aerobars higher than the seat ? WTF, I thought my aero position was crap ...

WD

 

[jimo746]

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I think I'm going to buy this.

Did you buy it? I notice its no longer for sale on ebay.

 

[Retro Spud]

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I think I'm going to buy this.

Did you buy it? I notice its no longer for sale on ebay.

Tintin realised the error of his ways and snapped it up

 

[legrandefromage]

It slipped, hit a lamp post and shattered

 

[Disco Drive]

I bought this oddity after someone pointed out to the seller it’s provenance.
Turns out it is an ultra low volume British carbon Kevlar construction built by a fella called Pete Jackson from Sheffield in the early 90’s.
The prototype ‘Radical’ as it was called featured in Richard Ballantines ultimate bicycle book from the same era.
I got it home this afternoon and have commenced the tear down already, finding interesting clues as I go along! The handlebars are hand laid-up carbon Kevlar but the biggest surprise was the fork blades being carbon reinforced aluminium!

I’ll do a build thread in the near future

 

[Retro Spud]

I bought this oddity after someone pointed out to the seller it’s provenance.
Turns out it is an ultra low volume British carbon Kevlar construction built by a fella called Pete Jackson from Sheffield in the early 90’s.
The prototype ‘Radical’ as it was called featured in Richard Ballantines ultimate bicycle book from the same era.
I got it home this afternoon and have commenced the tear down already, finding interesting clues as I go along! The handlebars are hand laid-up carbon Kevlar but the biggest surprise was the fork blades being carbon reinforced aluminium!

I’ll do a build thread in the near future

I'm genuinely pleased - for the money and curiosity factor alone it had to worth a punt, but just didn't have the cahoonas to put my money where my mouth was

 

[danson67]

Here's a pic of a Radical that I saw at the world HPV champs in London, late 80s early 90s.
I'll try to find a more accurate date.

It certainly came a log way in a few years compared to your apparent prototype.

All the best,

 

[Retro Spud]

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indeed but it has a charm (if very bizarre) of its own

 

[Disco Drive]

Wow, nice pic! The fork blades were not only back to front but on the wrong side too! Looks soooo much better now. It seems production radicals had pace RC30’s ? Apparently he made rear suspension variants too....

 

[shedobits]

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I blame care in the community. What was ever wrong with basket weaving?