Paul Donohue Appreciation Society

Great, thanks!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-1980s-Paul-Donohue-hand-made-531-steel-lugged-frame-and-forks-60cm/124573928402?pageci=7bf205a5-9033-4007-810b-af0f66b87d19

Someone tall bring this in to the fold, please!

Hi Guys i catch some month ago this frameset full campa c-record with a shamal (first gen)painted with the same paint job of the frame ,anyone have info about it ? Thx
For me is a masterpiece!

Pics

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Wowzer! I’d like to see that on the wheels!

I have do a mistake ahahah i post a photo with a fir aria but i have the other original wheel,now i post some pics.
Someone know if is the original fork? I catch it with an another Cougar fork (i know paul weld for cougar too)

Here have a sugino75 but originally found it with a c record 👍

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It should be anti, but instead it’s excellent!

Damn, logo wheels almost always look shit but I love this

Decided to build up a 531c audax / light tourer frame I picked up last year for a song. Had been meaning to get it repainted but it's still structurally sound, despite the slightly grotty paintwork. Excuse the threadless adapter - 31.8 bars...

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Wow! Stunning find! Looks very similar to mine which I had the original fork for.

😂😂 same for me ! I don t like this things generally but in this case i like it very much

Unfortunately is too big for me 😅

I think i talk with you on Instagram! Or i talk with an other owner of a paul Donohue with the same paintjob ahahah

That's a lovely track PD! :)

This is lovely!

Thanks very much. I've had a chance to take it out properly a couple of times now and it rides beautifully. The only complaint I have is that it gets a bit squirrelly on the descents, which may be fork trail (better with a front load?) or it may just be that I'm just not quite used to it yet!

Just got this on eBay, will update the thread when it’s being built.
Always thought the paul donohue logo was killer

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Just built this up as my winter trainer. I had most of the parts spare after upgrading my xcr framevto chorus 11 speed. Loving it.

Picked up a Reynolds 631 frame on ebay
Campy record 10sp shifters with front and rear dérailleurs
Fulcrum RS crankset
Chorus calipers but will put a set of record ones on
Brooks bartape and Colt saddle
Record hubs laced tobdtvswiss rr585 rims

Thanks to Ed Scoble at Balfes bikes

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Can anyone point me at somewhere I can get my Donohue 853 Millenium frame repaired please? It's been hanging in my garage for 20 plus years and is minty apart from damage sustained on it's first and only ever ride. The rear gear caught in the wheel and bent the hanger and dented the rear seat stay - gutted at the time and an expensive lesson learned. Anyway, I could probably sort the hanger myself but I'd like to get it properly sorted in particular the seat stay, if there's someone who could do the work, especially if it could be done saving the original finish on the rest of the frame. Any help much appreciated. Cheers and hopefully pics here too showing the issues.

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Winston Vaz at varonha frameworks, fixed 4 frames for me and not badly priced either. He is based in Hither Green

Donohue Tandem.

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That must have been devastating! Was it the limit screw?
Hope you are/were able to get it repaired? Well worth doing I reckon.

Hi folks, I'm new here so please be gentle with me. I want to know if my GWs are really PDs . Can anyone tell me where the frame numbers will be on these - one is 531, the other 853 - both millenuim badged. I've had both from new (one for sure from GW November 1999, the other (early 2001 afaict) I think so too but cannot find original paperwork) and I cannot find any frame numbers on either. Thanks to all the wonderful photos on this forum I can say the rear stay ends, forks, welding quality, aero stays, mega DT etc all point to genuine PD, but did any other builder have these same 'fingerprint' areas? Is it a case of "if you've got at least three [say] of these PD traits then it MUST be a PD build" ? All advice gratefully appreciated. Thanks
Chris