Emmelle Clipper GT12?

gt-arrowhead

Hello, im not really a road bike person (never really had a thing for them, no offence!) but my dad just bought me this for £8. Being the stingy bugger my dad is, he managed to bring it down from £22 to £8!

I absolutely love the look of this bike, and i shall be restoring it to its former glory!

The cranks dont look original, the wheels dont match (rear is chrome and front isnt) and the front mech is missing. The seat is crap. And i havent seen shifters like the ones on here before, any information on these would be greatly appreciated.

Before i go on Retrobike, does anyone have any idea about:

How much this is worth?

How old is it?

Im a MTB guy so i know nothing about the road bikes. This is probably older than me x2 anyway, so i have no chance of knowing anything.

Thanks in advance.

imposter2.0

Age - probably 80s or maybe early 90s. Value - without wishing to be too detrimental, the value is probably somewhere in between £0.00 and what your dad paid for it. On that basis, I wouldn't get too involved in restoring it - if it's ridable, just ride it. If it needs a lot of money spending on it, I'd probably think twice.

I think 'Emmelle' was the in-house brand of cycle importer Moore Large - as far as I can remember, Emmelle was a fairly 'entry-level' brand.

gt-arrowhead

Imposter wrote:

Age - probably 80s or maybe early 90s. Value - without wishing to be too detrimental, the value is probably somewhere in between £0.00 and what your dad paid for it. On that basis, I wouldn't get too involved in restoring it - if it's ridable, just ride it. If it needs a lot of money spending on it, I'd probably think twice.

I think 'Emmelle' was the in-house brand of cycle importer Moore Large - as far as I can remember, Emmelle was a fairly 'entry-level' brand.

Cool, thanks for that. Doesnt need alot of money. Ive got a hoard of MTB spares that i can just bang on there. Might just get some SIS shifters for it. LOL.

This bike will do nicely for me just to have a bit of fun on, im not a roadie but i wouldnt mind having a go on one of my own.

Is there a name for the sort of shifters that get mounted on the frame?

imposter2.0

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

Is there a name for the sort of shifters that get mounted on the frame?

Generally known as 'downtube shifters'. Should make things interesting if you've only ever used bar mounted STI levers

gt-arrowhead

Ohh right, thanks! I might just get the cheapest pair possible of those, and use a MTB drivetrain.

Haha, i can see many many accidents in the future on this thing.

earthvspace4XTuUWcX

It will probably have a screw on freewheel and 126mm rear drop outs so doubt any of your MTB bits will be of use.

gt-arrowhead

xdoc wrote:

It will probably have a screw on freewheel and 126mm rear drop outs so doubt any of your MTB bits will be of use.

I had a look at it and i can confirm its a freewheel. Ive got a brand new screw on freewheel, and all i want to change to MTB bits is just an Acera rear mech, and a decent crankset. If the Acera doesnt fit ive got quite alot of spares to choose from so fingers crossed any one of those mechs fit. They are all 7 speed so possibly should have one that fits.

The tourney one on there is buckled, but i could bodge it up by bending it back and see how it works. I didnt check how the mech mounts on to the frame. Ill leave it all for the weekend.

Thanks for the info

rgliniany

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

Ohh right, thanks! I might just get the cheapest pair possible of those, and use a MTB drivetrain.

Haha, i can see many many accidents in the future on this thing.

you should try and keep your head up as much as possible...... will take away 99% of potential for accidents..... although if you are in a group things can still happen..... look at my signature..... go to pinkbike and have a look in "the incident"

RideOnTime

Very retro. Nice one...

gt-arrowhead

rgliniany wrote:

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

Ohh right, thanks! I might just get the cheapest pair possible of those, and use a MTB drivetrain.

Haha, i can see many many accidents in the future on this thing.

you should try and keep your head up as much as possible...... will take away 99% of potential for accidents..... although if you are in a group things can still happen..... look at my signature..... go to pinkbike and have a look in "the incident"

Thanks for that, ill have a look when i get home.

To be honest i cant see myself riding this, but ill give it a try and hopefully i get used to it. It looks like a back breaker, and ill be reaching for the breaks and realising they arent there! The bars are very short too, even for a road bike. Havent seen ones this short.

gt-arrowhead

RideOnTime wrote:

Very retro. Nice one...

Thanks. Its in a right state at the minute, but a bit of TLC and some polishing and it should be a nice bike.

gt-arrowhead

rgliniany wrote:

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

Ohh right, thanks! I might just get the cheapest pair possible of those, and use a MTB drivetrain.

Haha, i can see many many accidents in the future on this thing.

you should try and keep your head up as much as possible...... will take away 99% of potential for accidents..... although if you are in a group things can still happen..... look at my signature..... go to pinkbike and have a look in "the incident"

I just had a look at that pinkbike thing you told me to look at. That looks horrible!!! How many teeth did you lose in total?

rgliniany

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

rgliniany wrote:

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

Ohh right, thanks! I might just get the cheapest pair possible of those, and use a MTB drivetrain.

Haha, i can see many many accidents in the future on this thing.

you should try and keep your head up as much as possible...... will take away 99% of potential for accidents..... although if you are in a group things can still happen..... look at my signature..... go to pinkbike and have a look in "the incident"

I just had a look at that pinkbike thing you told me to look at. That looks horrible!!! How many teeth did you lose in total?

just the one front toof..... which is good cos they are flippin expensive to replace with the implants over here!!