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  • I have finished restoring the A.E.Elsegood, the frame date from the 1950’s and I have finished it in burgundy and ivory, with decals supplied from World Decals, with gold lug lining, All done by my own hand with a final coat of 2K lacquer applied by my local car body shop. Previous post can be found here; http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=291502.
    The frame is light, weighing in at 1937g and forks 752g and is fitted with Simplex dropouts that date from 1952.

    The bike was previously restored in the 1970’s and I have kept the Viscount hubs and Weinmann rims and rebuilt them with DT swiss DB spokes and fitted some 27 X 1 1/8 “ Panaracer Pasella tyres. These hubs are cartridge bearings and run as smooth as the best.
    The gearing is a 1950’s Campagnolo Gran Sport and Campag shifter, I have managed to fit a 6 speed block that gives me a useful range of gears, the clearances are tight but all works well and runs silently with a new chain. The chainset is a Campagnolo GS with a NOS Williams 48t chainring. Pedals are an ongoing subject, but I have a pair of Chater Lee pedals that may well end up on this bike.
    Brakes are Universal 68 with matching levers and new Scott Mathauser blocks.
    The stem is a CB/GB with some very nice bars from GB.
    The saddle is a Brooks Competition B17, the 26.8mm seatpost is unknown ( as photo ), but I have found a Triplex Areo post that will do until I find something more suitable.
    It rides like a dream, even better that I had hoped for and I have ridden many bikes.
    This post can also be found on Retrobike!!


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