Paul Donohue Appreciation Society

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GideonPARANOID

Interesting little nugget of information. I got curious about my Graham Weigh this morning & noticed that there's a frame number stamped on the BB (never noticed before as it's quite faint & further forward than I'd have expected). So I emailed Graham Weigh Cycles about the bike, mentioning my Donohue too & got a response this afternoon.

Not original forks, but has the 531 Millennium down tube which Reynolds rolled exclusively for me, I supplied Donohue with the tubing and his guys built them. In theory only my frames had this down tube so, go figure, as the Americans say.

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beenatitforyears in reply to @GideonPARANOID

Sorry, I need to correct this. Firstly it is a Donohue built frame 100%

However that downtube wasn't exclusively rolled for Graham weigh. It is actually Reynolds tubing that was shaped for them by Donohue and shipped back to Reynolds.

Donohue had been doing this for a while in 853 and 531 millennium and Reynolds asked him to make some for them which he did.

Have a look at his team brite bikes, they are mainly teardrop along with many others on here.

If it's teardrop and Reynolds, fair chance it's a Donohue.

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user96483 in reply to @beenatitforyears

ok have a check and update
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GideonPARANOID in reply to @beenatitforyears

That's fair, & an interesting titbit of information about the process. Do you know anyone of any other brands under whom he/others used that tubing (assuming he was exclusive)?

Also, got my road PD resprayed recently (it being twenty years old, was showing signs of wear). Hot damn is it the best bike I've ever ridden. The perfect balance of speed & comfort.

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