And i dont mean the ones that hold the bike together ive got a 90's bike its an Orange C-16R it replaced the Clockwork i need a picture of it so i can restore it, any one got a pic or the bike ?????? or anyone know a site that will have it on ???

 

not sure if this is one of em mate:

http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/phot...otouserid=4617

Used to have the clockwork one myself.

 

thanks mate thats similair, im thinking mines older or maybe its a clockwork, but has had later stickers fitted

 

apparantly c16-r stickers arent available anymore.

Just do asearch on google mate!!

 

I had a lot of trouble tracking down stickers for my old Trek after it was painted. Could Sticker Paul possibly make them up from here?

Try and track down an Orange stockist as they will usually have an enthusiast or two who would know. I have a load of old mountain bike mags but none before about 96. My old stockist in the UK went out of business so cannot even recommend them.

 

Thanks to you both, i cant get my stickers till i identify the bike, it is hard to trace this bike??? orange didnt reply a bike shop is trying to help me out

 

try my old race team, they dont stock Orange but they are bike nuts. pedalon.co.uk. They are near Basingstoke, Hants. Good bunch of guys.

 

Theres a bike shop in chesterfield that my dad uses to build his colnago race bikes, called JE James, sure they are/were orange dealers mate!!

 

Yep JE James were back when I used to race. They had about 3 stores Can't think of the one we had in Basingstoke, began with M and had a 2 other stores. Run by a pair of egits.

 

Im a huge bike nut. im a mechanic in a bike shop for a living, and i have been riding since i was 12......

Some piccies of my bikes...

 

very nice

i'm saving up for a rocky mountain hammer

i have a road bike to get fit, though nearly got killed by a red volvo estate this morning

 

hears my dh beast
http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/phot...w&image=126622
http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/phot...w&image=126632

 

very nice. I like foes.We are a foes dealer and have sold a few in the past. I had a set of Monster-T's too, but found them a tad heavy for street riding ETC. Nice forks though. I stripped mine and custom valved them cos they were soooo slow out the box.

Mike.

 

Love the look of them bikes, that Orange Patriot is hard!

My mate has last years Specialised Bighit, cost him nearly 2k! Ive just bought this years Specialised P2 jump bike, had the disc brakes upgraded to the new Hope Hydraulic ones, cost me a fortune but was worth it!

I'll try and get a pic, will only be off my mobile so might be shit quality! lol

 

is that the matt black one with the gyro? or is that the sand colour one? we got them both in stock and cant remember which one is which....

 

the monsters came on the bike gonna put 888 on wen i can afford them cant complain tho as the full bike only cost me Ł2500 of a mate and the frame is more than that new anyway.

 

yeah easily. The 888's are the nuts IMO. We had a set on a M3 that came in as i had to build a blot-thru rear wheel for it, went for a ride, and they felt the nuts.

 

cool nige page m3 is in my local shop at the moment that rocks its well smoth got dorrados on it. ive got his old intense tazar ht fom last year as a 4x bike not made use ov it tho yet bargin buy ov Ł400 mint

 

Good thread...i've just got back from riding this morning up the Long Mynd. Got a 2005 Santa Cruz Heckler with Hope discs all XT and Easton EA50 running gear, well over Ł2.5k. I'll get some piccies up, my new baby

 

Love those Spooky Metalheads

I've got a Santacruz chameleon and a Kona Stinky. Both great bikes and both disc'd up

Has anyone else ever managed to get their disc brakes smokin? I got to the bottom of this really fast down hill run in the Forest of Dean and my brakes were smokin like made

 

Nice one mate. i absolutely love Intense's. Escpecially if youve got nige page EX Tazar. And Ł400 is a bargain considering they are like Ł2k new.

IMO, you cant beat the old skool metal head for a dirt frame. I love mine to bits, except for the shitty XT 4-pot on the front, which needs to be changed.

 

nice bikes still no old Orange though

 

what year is it from roughly as i got some old 94/95 xt shifers and the old dx style xt brake caliers off my new project , im more a rigid kind of guy and im very mush stuck in old school world , best bike i ever owned was a kona explisif so i gonna rebuild that but with a bit of a twist

still got me all 96 xtr gearing with the original xray gripshift ( but i may use my suntour xc pro shifers or my xt thumb shifters, not decided yet )

i got a issue though wanna make the bike a perfect weight balance front and rear and so need advice on spokes as thats where im gonna try to tweek the weight abit more

as im using magura hs33 on the rear ( due to my old hope Ti cassette hub) and not sure what disc on the front but ive ordered my pace carbo forks already

so whos the mobile techy parts catalouge on here as i need some proper advice on products available, be warned i am a fussy fooker with bikes

when i can be arsed ill post a piccy of my bikes but there all in bits at the moment , cant store 9 bikes in a garage big enough for 1 car unless ots in a big box and just got rims and frames hanging up

as for orange have ya tried cycle surgery as there a fooking top bike shop, they know thre stuff and are in it sa they love bikes rather than the money only

 

my steed

 

i notice alit of d/h people oh here, whats wrong with a gentle cross country ride anymore

 

its bloody hard work!! lol

actually, since i am sans car at the mo (till i get a cos)
i am riding to work and back everyday!
(not on that /\ bike though lol)
so bit of uphill too! lol

 

om heres my stead, now its due for a freshen up and is still in the early stage so far , im not kidding though its the best bike ie ever owned, ive just got rid of my canondale m600 as that didnt seem to like the maguras that much ( fooked seat tueb was flexing sooooooo much and thats only cause i had a carbo magura brake booster and a normal brakbooster and so the frame decided to felx out




























as i said its in the early stages , im gonna respray it as i got a sticker set for it from agggggges ago , whatb colour ya think , my magruras and my front julie i got for it ( not a deffo on the jullie though) are now painted halfords orange ( colour is loud and ya could say i get it cheep )

 

 

My Cove:



S-Works Hardtail:



Now this IS oldskool Still got this, but its been resprayed 3 times since lol



Look at the length of the stem!

Well into my bikes

Neil.

 

boy that is old, project 2 double butted forks, they rs3 middleburns

ive still got my flite transalp saddle saddle aswell , i love my ftite saddle though

my frame is veryt close to tha age of that one though, my frame is a 94 expolsive frame , jow murry graphics too

 

*cough* they're actually triple butted

XTR cranks... The whole lot was XTR, right down to the headset and cables!!!

Caygill is a custom frame builder in North Yorkshire

It's frame number 349, and is fillet brazed reynolds 653.

Think thats a 1992/3 frame.

I used to have a proper hard on for Kona's Used to ride lovely

Neil.

 

u dont have any spare intense bits in your shop mate

i got a cracked m1 and a tazer fs with a broken swingarm sitting in my bedroom

 

no mate we dont keep them in stock as they are sooooo expensive to sell. I can order them in though, but it will be well expensive......

 

I'm looking to get my first full susser. Has anyone got any good or bad to say on the following:

Marin Mount Vision
Spesh FSR 100 2005
Rocky Mountain Element 70
Kona King Kikapu

I currently have a Dave Hinde M3 decked out in XTR and Hope Mono Mini's - awesome for most trails but its not so fast over the rocky stuff downhill.

 

The Specialized are great bikes Keith, and the Rocky Mountains look gorgeous

I've never ridden one of the latest Marins - I did ride an original style and hated it, but the new ones are totally different

Specialized's customer service is ace if you do ever have a problem!

Neil.

 

I always wanted the Roberts D.O.G.S B.O.L.X custom one, but went for the pace in the end.

 

He still does them Paul!

Neil.

 

Prefer it in black and white, but this is still class

 

Hi guys, bin in to dh for about 6 years , am doing quite well over here on the isle of man, my giant atx1 dh is up for sale,, what dh bike should i get next.. ive always wanted the 2000 specilized dh, red/white...any1 had 1?
cheers sean

 

The shop I used to race for in Basingstoke sold the Colella bikes built by the Colella brothers, who lived locally. They showed one at bike 96 at Olympia. Was worth 8,000pounds and came with a custom 2000 paint job. It was orange with snakes like medusa (greek goddess) going along the cross bar and diagonal down tube.

Must say it was the nicest bike I have ever ridden, like sitting on an arm chair! Also had Hanebrink forks. Stunnig bikes but sooo expensive.