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Offline pickle

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1980 Diamondback Pro
« on: May 08, 2016, 01:07 PM »
I've always loved the old Diamondback and the classic chrome and black combination.  Well I picked this frame up for next to nothing at MK14 (thanks to Steveredvxr for pointing it out to me) and it got put in the shed for a project for another day.  Speaking to SouthernAndy he mentioned that Sawzall had a set of forks for a DB Pro so Phil kindly agreed to let them go and good old Ollie picked them up and dropped them at the chromers for me.  I wanted to go for a few bits that were slightly different to the norm so took some inspiration from Stidds with the rear brake, he gave me lots of great advice on size and so on.........then I spotted some Stronglight cranks on the bay and picked them up for a mega bargain price, however they are French threads so took me a while to pick up some old french pedals for them, can't believe the cranks are from around 78/79 as they look way beyond their years.

So It stood in my shed waiting for a set of wheels to turn up and then good old Retrodan bagged me a set of wheels off Macmania and she's now finished, really enjoyed putting it together and hope to enjoy cruising about on a few rides with it, It's nowhere near show quality but a great survivor :daumenhoch:

How it stood for about a year or so
 

and now finished





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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2016, 01:39 PM »
That's a cracker mate!  :4_17_5:  Do you find that the snake belly tyres are really nice to roll around on too  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2016, 02:27 PM »
Cheers, haven't taken it out yet

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2016, 09:41 PM »
Sweet!!  :4_17_5:

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2016, 11:48 PM »
I like that a lot! :smitten: Would also be interested to hear how you get on with the snakebellies once you take it out for a spin, as Natsukashi is now selling them so I'm thinking of grabbing a pair! :daumenhoch:
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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2016, 11:58 PM »
looks fantastic Rob, love the snakebellies  :daumenhoch:
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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2016, 07:13 AM »
Nice Rob  :daumenhoch:

Cranks are cool  :coolsmiley:

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2016, 07:55 AM »
Cheers mate, like I say it took some time to find a Stronglight chainring with the correct number of teeth which would fit.

pic of said cranks and a really over developed picture of bike  :)

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2016, 08:22 AM »
Turned out lovely that Rob, well worth the wait.  :daumenhoch:


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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2016, 08:35 AM »
Very nice.  :daumenhoch:
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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2016, 09:01 AM »
Cheers guys  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2016, 09:03 AM »
Stunning that Rob ..  :4_17_5:   Looks propa old school :daumenhoch:

Love those forks , i found a set of those on a Robinson once 

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2016, 09:11 AM »
Cheers Carl, nice find! I wasn't sure I'd find a set but got lucky I guess  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2016, 07:38 PM »
Very nice Rob.  :4_17_5:


Do love a nice DB, they have a proper meaning to me.
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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2016, 08:53 PM »
Cheers Andy  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2016, 09:06 PM »
Looks ace Rob  :daumenhoch: Glad to help out with the wheels.
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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2016, 05:49 AM »
Cheers Nath  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2016, 12:54 PM »
cracking build that Rob,nice to see something different for a change :4_17_5:
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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2016, 01:39 PM »
Cheers Mark  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #19 on: June 03, 2016, 02:24 PM »
Love this, also love the fact it's the first batch of 10,000 photos  :4_17_5:
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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #20 on: June 03, 2016, 06:15 PM »
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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #21 on: June 04, 2016, 09:26 PM »
I do like a nice DB classic black and silver cool as a cumber  :daumenhoch:
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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #22 on: June 05, 2016, 09:02 PM »
Nice bike and parts, looks great  :)

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #23 on: June 05, 2016, 10:05 PM »
Cheers guys  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1980 Diamondback Pro
« Reply #24 on: June 05, 2016, 10:11 PM »
Looks awesome Rob, fantastic build. Glad you bagged it pal.  :daumenhoch:


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