ORBO The Prince

[Mr. Monkeyarms]

Not a fan of gum wall tires but perfect for this build! Really diggin' this....

 

[MattiThundrrr]

They match like ass on bucket (as we say in Germany, don't know the right translation...)

I don't need any translation. I've been laughing about that for days. Trying work it into my lexicon because it fits me like...
Ass on a bucket!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Speaking of things that fit, seatpost. It is a size, I can't tell you what size though
Numbers:

Slightly different numbers:

Equals:

 

[MattiThundrrr]

seatpost

Over at the other place, guy called it a "cheap seatpost"
You're darned skippy, it was cheap, @ingola gave it to me! Thanks again, buddy.

One of the things about Prince was he had a bunch of different nicknames, including an era when The Purple One evolved beyond mere letters. This bike is the same, one such moniker shall be "The Partsbin Prince".

 

[Mr. Monkeyarms]

Purple Partsbin Prince perhaps?

 

[ingola]

Speaking of things that fit, seatpost. It is a size, I can't tell you what size though
Numbers: View attachment 286826
Slightly different numbers: View attachment 286827
Equals:View attachment 286828

Probably have a better one but we tripped on that one while looking

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Spent an hour or so shining it all up. Don't tell her I was working in the laundry room

Sprayed, scrubbed, wiped, washed, and moved to the shop to polish

It's almost impossible to take pictures of a bike in here, but my methods are too messy for out in the open

Special Sauce and a lil bit of buffin and KA POWWW!

You can't really see how good it looks, but here's a bunch of artistic photographs of shiny tubes anyway

That's as clean as it'll ever get for the rest of its life

 

[ChaOs]

Spent an hour or so shining it all up. Don't tell her I was working in the laundry room View attachment 286847View attachment 286848
Sprayed, scrubbed, wiped, washed, and moved to the shop to polishView attachment 286850
It's almost impossible to take pictures of a bike in here, but my methods are too messy for out in the open View attachment 286851View attachment 286849
Special Sauce and a lil bit of buffin and KA POWWW!View attachment 286852
You can't really see how good it looks, but here's a bunch of artistic photographs of shiny tubes anyway View attachment 286853View attachment 286854View attachment 286855
That's as clean as it'll ever get for the rest of its life

Put the lens of the cemera close to the tube woth some light behind you or from the side and you can capture the bling bling pretty good.

Looks really nice so far!!

 

[Captain Awesome]

Put the lens of the cemera close to the tube woth some light behind you or from the side and you can capture the bling bling pretty good.
View attachment 286860View attachment 286861View attachment 286862
Looks really nice so far!!

 

[ingola]

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@ChaOs he's zooming in the details in your shed you know so make sure your wearing pants because he'll see it in the reflection.

 

[ChaOs]

@ChaOs he's zooming in the details in your shed you know so make sure your wearing pants because he'll see it in the reflection.

That's what I hoped for!

 

[Captain Awesome]

Me and @MattiThundrrr when people post shed photos

 

[ingola]

Me and @MattiThundrrr when people post shed photos

Your of course the handsome one in that photo

 

[Captain Awesome]

Your of course the handsome one in that photo

Of course

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Your of course the handsome one in that photo

Nevermind Matti, are you tellin The Rock that he's not handsome?

Bold move. Also, I feel obliged to point out it's not a photo. See how they're moving?
That's a gif

"If ya smellllllllllllllll what the Matti is cookin!"

 

[BartRidesEternal]

@ChaOs he's zooming in the details in your shed you know so make sure your wearing pants because he'll see it in the reflection.

I that why this forum likes rusty rats so much? Hmm...

I'll never forget this comment when I post pictures of my shed, hyperalert!

 

[OddJob]

That Brodie fork on there is cool! If I recall correctly, Norco and Brodie are both products from our friendly neighbor to the north?

Just getting caught up here Matti. Keep er rollin'!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

That Brodie fork on there is cool! If I recall correctly, Norco and Brodie are both products from our friendly neighbor to the north?

Just getting caught up here Matti. Keep er rollin'!

Correct. Norco (Northern Corporation) was here making tough bikes for Canadians before mountain bikes. 1982 Custom Cruiser:

Brodie Research and Technology was launched by Paul Brodie in 1988 after he left Rocky Mountain Bikes. He also was instrumental in creating Kona bikes ar this time, his sloping top tube designs were the foundation of the freeride scene in British Columbia. 1992 Brodie Sovereign and 1986 Rocky Mountain Thunderbolt, both by Paul:

 

[ingola]

Correct. Norco (Northern Corporation) was here making tough bikes for Canadians before mountain bikes. 1982 Custom Cruiser:View attachment 287429
Brodie Research and Technology was launched by Paul Brodie in 1988 after he left Rocky Mountain Bikes. He also was instrumental in creating Kona bikes ar this time, his sloping top tube designs were the foundation of the freeride scene in British Columbia. 1992 Brodie Sovereign and 1986 Rocky Mountain Thunderbolt, both by Paul:
View attachment 287430

My custom cruiser

 

[MattiThundrrr]

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My custom cruiser

Pictures of your bike came up when I did my search. We're taking over the Google, baby!