Orbit should i purchase?

[GT60]

It is my son who wants it so he can do it up and sell it
He has caught the bug after starting to do my Carlton

 

[ufkacbln]

Nah, I have hit N, no room for any more (no need either .................................mind you if a tadpole came up cheap. )

Available free from many local ponds:

 

[Kippaxaus]

i bought a Thompson Orbit from Andy Thompson himself a few years back , it was one of a pr he made himself for his parents both in white

Hi I know this is an old post, but I purchased a Thompson orbit frame White with Red decals myself, last month. I live in Australia, so it's quite a rare frame here. I just wondered could you post a pic of the bike. assuming you still own it. Cheers

 

[biggs682]

Hi I know this is an old post, but I purchased a Thompson orbit frame White with Red decals myself, last month. I live in Australia, so it's quite a rare frame here. I just wondered could you post a pic of the bike. assuming you still own it. Cheers

Hi sorry sold it a while back will try and find a picture though do you have any you can share with us ?

 

[Kippaxaus]

Hi sorry sold it a while back will try and find a picture though do you have any you can share with us ?

Yeah sure, I will take some over the weekend. Cheers

 

[biggs682]

Hi I know this is an old post, but I purchased a Thompson orbit frame White with Red decals myself, last month. I live in Australia, so it's quite a rare frame here. I just wondered could you post a pic of the bike. assuming you still own it. Cheers

Found it Show us your Commuting Bike !

Also owned this one a while back Orbit America

 

[Kippaxaus]

Found it Show us your Commuting Bike !

Also owned this one a while back Orbit America

Thanks Biggs682, yes my frame looks like the same as that one.

 

[rogerzilla]

The bike in the OP is a Dudley Orbit, not a Sheffield Orbit.

 

[Kippaxaus]

Hi sorry sold it a while back will try and find a picture though do you have any you can share with us ?

Ok so I know I said I would take a photo on the weekend......better late than never. I have been giving the paint some love and it is starting to shine!! it was a very dry/powdery white. I don't wan to lose the original paint and decals on it. So will just touch it up here and there.

 

[Kippaxaus]

 

[biggs682]

The bike in the OP is a Dudley Orbit, not a Sheffield Orbit.

I think i read somewhere that all the "thompson" Orbits were made in Dudley and Andy Thompson the then owner lived in the Midlands

@Kippaxaus any idea how it has ended up on the other side of the world ?
Looks nice anyway

 

[Drago]

A score for a 531 mixte frame? I'd have his hand off at the shoulder.

 

[Kippaxaus]

I think i read somewhere that all the "thompson" Orbits were made in Dudley and Andy Thompson the then owner lived in the Midlands

@Kippaxaus any idea how it has ended up on the other side of the world ?
Looks nice anyway

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I guess it made it's way over here, just like my old Peugeot did, someone once loved it and couldn't bare to leave it behind in the mother country. I picked mine up from a local bike mechanic, after i told him i was looking out for a 531 frame. it came with a Stronglight crank, Formos brake levers (they actually look ok) and un-named brakes. Sakae Champion bars made in England. The paint did look very sad, but it has started to improve after gently polishing it. I'm looking forward to getting it back on the road. I do have some nice Suntour Superbe Pro bits & pieces. I'm not sure yet which way to go. I have already half inched the Brooks seat off another of my bikes.

 

[biggs682]

Sounds like you have it all coming together nicely in your mind then @Kippaxaus keep us updated with its progress please