• Re. my 1968 Condor ( Frame No. 6810 ). I raced this bike during the 68/69 seasons both here and abroad. A friend and mentor ( Frank O'Flaherty ) collected it from Monty at the beginning of the year and I had it assembled with my existing Campag. groupset and Books Pro Saddle in no time at all.
    It's a 24inch road frame with Campag. ends and cable guides for bar end levers and was finished in Condor-Mackeson team colours ( Lilac and White )
    I only ever had one bad crash on it and that was in the Chequers Grand Prix when i was chasing down Peter Buckley , I hit a cow pat in the middle of a blind bend at the bottom of a hill and disappeared under a fence, needless to say that by the time service had dragged me out covered in cow s** the race had long gone and with a bent gear hanger and open cuts full of dung it was a trip to A&E.
    The frame was mended a lot quicker than my elbow but did not stop me from racing and like all trusty steeds she carried me through the rest of the 1969 race season.
    When I retired in 1973 I lent the frame to a promising young local rider and several years later i bumped into him and he told me that he had only used it for a short while as it was a bit too big but he still had it in his loft. He gave it back to me and as a thank you had had it repainted in metallic purple !!!!
    I am now about to start restoring it and that will include re-finishing it in it's original colours'

    Watch this space.

    P.S. I have noticed that the frame number is not preceded by a V ( Vic Edwards ) so could this mean it's a Bill Hurlow frame ? Hmmmmmmmm investigation reqd. me thinks.

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