Paul Donohue Appreciation Society

those drops are enormous!

i suspect its the angle fo the pic as well, but yeh, big n ugly

Two mini (44cm, 650b) Donohues up for sale in classifieds.

Contemplating selling my 853 frame/forks - it's pictured a few posts above.

Putting a price on it is a bit tricky - it's straight, paintwork is tatty due to the seatpost & BB removal with caustic soda but no dents and can be ridden as is. Has horizontal dropouts as well.

Any suggestions on price?

^this is on retrobike at a nice price! GLWS

Thanks @sacredhart

Been off this bike for a few months because winter & a few issues. Sixty mile loop on a spring day & it performed fantastically. Looking forward to being back on it more with the weather improving!

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Filthy.

Also, that brake nut is still in my frame bag. #fail

I just remembered to ask you for it when we got into town & you shot off. Sprinted to catch up but got caught by a light! No worries!

Here's is another Paul Donohue 531C frame back on the road. Now I had a spare Campagnolo gearset but I was given a virtually unused pair of Shimano wheels so decided to use them by buying a used Ultegra rear mech and 9 speed Shimano cassette and hooking the mech cable up in the Hubbub way to make it compatible with Campag 10s Ergo levers. Works fine.

PS. I've removed the spoke reflectors since taking this photo!

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awesome looking bike, proportions are excellent.

New 105 looks surprisingly high-end!

Thanks! I do love this bike. Feels so good to ride. Taking it to work this morning after riding my Genesis Croix de Fer makes it feel extra sharp! Ha, my 105 (5800) isn't very new - about 7,500 miles on this! Chainset is a bit scuffed up, & rings a bit worn, am considering an upgrade at some point.

Donobro in current guise -hadn’t ridden it for a couple of years, now has more sensible gears for the Yorkshire hills. Different wheels because alu nipples. Love this bike.

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Looks great! How's the fixed Donohue at the moment? I'm sprucing mine up if you and @GideonPARANOID fancy a LSF Paul Donohue ride at some point!

Cheers Loz. It’s got a half finished DIY paint job.... a fixed ride would be a nice change either way, been ducking TNR being busy at work and with wedding approaching. #adultinghard

Fixed Donohue (under Graham Weigh) is in peak form at the moment actually. I think the fact that it hasn't rained in like six weeks (& there's seemingly no expectation of rain in the next six) is helping it shine :)

Would certainly be up for it! Calendar is very busy at the mo though.

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Crazy paint job on this Donohue currently on eBay.

Crazy paint was done within and a low pressure air brush and then cleared. He did a lot like that it was quite popular for a while.

Have brought this Graham Weigh Columbus Thron f&f confirmed by Graham by email that it was built during his collaboration with Paul and painted by him to Graham's design sometime between '90 - '93 no stamps on it as they stopped that due to the selection of tubing and BB being so light frame weighs in at just 1900g it's got a load of scrapes but no dents so will seal those and build it up with bits and bobs and will put up some pics if anyone cares because the pic upload dont work

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F302832698738

NOS Donny

Very interesting paint job!

Sounds interesting. Would love to see some pics!

Will give it go...

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/velodrome-speedway-bike-Paul-Donohue-lot4/273442141224?hash=item3faa6bf428:g:wCAAAOSw9HZbjqEg track donoue lot on ebay, thanks to ebay thread on here

Badly listed

Wiggins on a TT version of my road bike.

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