Pasteys 2007 LTD Ed Orange Clockwork HT.

pastey_boy

I recently acquired a 2007 Orange Clockwork limited edition frame No 12 of 200. It is in great nick and will form the basis of a general trail/xc bike. I lusted after the original Clockwork back when my student income meant owning one was out of reach so I am looking forward to completing the bike and getting out on the trails. I have all the bits to build the bike, I am just waiting on the custom Fox/Orange fork decals from Slik Graphics and a few other orange themed bits that will make my Orange very orange indeed. Pics in a day or two.

Spec

Frame: 2007 Orange Clockwork Ltd Ed Re-issue
Forks: Fox Alps RL 110mm travel white with custom graphics
Bars: Easton EA70 Monkey bar riser white
Stem: Thomson X4 70mm black
Headset: Crank Bros Cobalt XC black
Grips: Sram X0 integrated
Bar Ends: Mowa cnc orange

Front Brake Lever assy: Deore XT
Front Caliper: Deore XT
Front disc: 180mm Superstar floating orange
Rear Brake Lever assy: Deore XT
Rear Caliper: Deore XT
Rear Disc: 180mm Superstar floating orange
Hoses: Goodridge braided orange


Shifters: Sram X0 10 spd Gripshifters
Cables: Jagwire outers orange with sealed Jagwire orange ferrules
Front Mech: Deore XT
Rear Mech: Sram XX 10 spd


Seat: Charge Knife Ti white
Seat Post: Gravity Dropper Turbo
Seat Post Clamp: Orange cnc

Cranks: Middleburn Rs8 X type Duo
Chainring(s): Middleburn Duo Slickshift Hard coat 27/42 inc Aerozine orange chainring bolts
Chain: Kmc
Cassette: Deore XT 10 spd 11/36
Pedals: Shimano XTR M970 SPD
Bottom Bracket: FSA Ceramic

Front Wheel: Easton EA70 XCT Tubeless
Tire: Schwalbe Rocket Ron UST 2.25

Back Wheel: Easton EA70 XCT Tubeless
Tire: Schwalbe Rocket Ron UST 2.25

Weight: TBC

Other info: The futures bright, the futures Orange

pastey_boy

Look at what the postman just delivered, fresh from Sweden in less than 2 days.

pastey_boy

Here she is all finished. I'm going to do a bit of touching up on the frame and also replace some of the less than pristine decals but overall I am happy with the result. After a quick blast the bike feels lovely and smooth and everything functions great. Weighs in at bang on 27lbs which isn't too bad although I expected less considering some of the build items. The white Bontrager stem in the pics was temporary and the black Thomson x4 is back on.

DanDax1990

Looks very good but don't like the hoses. Did you get my PM re the wheels?

pastey_boy

Yeah got the mail, The wheels are great and the adapters work great too although if I remember correctly no Valves came with the wheels. With regards of you using your tires with the wheels I would always advise using Ust or tubeless ready tires, plenty knocking about for less than £20. I know people have used the on-one tires in tubeless applications but I myself only fully trust Ust/tubeless ready tires as other combo's can be hit and miss.

Levi_501

Nice. How do you like the Gravity Dropper?

pastey_boy

Levi_501 wrote:

Nice. How do you like the Gravity Dropper?

I love the Gravity Dropper posts , used them on a few different bikes and have no complaints. Replacement parts are cheap and the post can be serviced with ease and when play develops it is easily cured with a few cheap parts. They dont have infinite travel like their hydraulic counterparts but ease of servicing and the low weight offset this. Some say they are ugly but I reckon they look fine. My only gripe is the price but like Speedplays I think your paying more for the concept than the actual component.

The Rookie

Wow that is Orange......looks good.

@lexD

I like this a lot good job Pastey 8)

shdaxner

This is lovely mate, them wheels are damn hot

I my look into a set of those as i think they would suit mine - Do you know what they weigh, roughly?

Also, (not sure if this is allowed, if not let me know) how much should i expect to get selling my current wheels?

Again, lovely bike mate.

pastey_boy

shdaxner wrote:

This is lovely mate, them wheels are damn hot

I my look into a set of those as i think they would suit mine - Do you know what they weigh, roughly?

Also, (not sure if this is allowed, if not let me know) how much should i expect to get selling my current wheels?

Again, lovely bike mate.

The bare wheels weigh 1598 grams but the adapters add approx 150grams . I reckon your wheels would pay for the EA70's and any adapters you need..

Corners R Us

Likin your work Sir. Attention to detail is the key.......

Corners

*AJ*

Nice rare bike that!

pastey_boy

Cheers for the comments, I think this one will be a keeper. My fave part of the whole thing is the Slik graphic fork decals. Only parts I am going to change will be the chainset as I really dont like the shift quality of the Middleburn rings so on goes a set of Fifteen G/Hive crankarms along with a Zipp ceramic BB, chainrings will be 24/36 with an orange anodised bash ring ,and the tyres will be the originally planned UST Rocket Rons. Also fitted a Bionicon C guide.

pastey_boy

Here is a pic of her maiden voyage around the Rivington Pike area. Bike was superb and lots of fun.

Lewis A

Fantastic, though I would have gone with white cables I agree that the gravity dropper doesn't look too bad...

pastey_boy

Been a while since the clockwork has had any attention so I have made a few changes to make her a little bit more retro whilst still being a usable and fun bike. Swapped the tyres for a pair of skin walled Charge Splashbacks which I am running tubeless due to the wheels being ust ready. The tyres inflated first time and sealed instantly, even better than some tubeless ready and ust sets I have used. I have removed the 10 speed sram xx rear mech and x0 twist shifters and replaced them with a pair of dura-ace 9spd thumbshifters and a shimano xtr rear mech along with a sram pg980 9spd cassette. Chainset has been swapped for a deore xt triple. The white charge knife saddle has made way for a selle italia yutaak ti. finally I have swapped the bars and stem for a set of syntace vector carbon low risers and a thomson x4 and grips are now a pair of orange silicon esi racer grips. Really chuffed with how the skinwalls look and how the whole bike works . will take some pics when weather permits

pastey_boy

russyh

Love the charge splash backs, fitted them to my wife's bike she really rates them on the trails as well! Not that she would know the difference.