Ellis-Briggs Track/Path Racer - 57.5cm - SOLD

Hi all

So the advice tends to be that you should never buy a bike that's the wrong size... It's good advice. Having pieced together the bits for this and ridden it for a few months, it's just too damn small. Ho hum. Lovely frame, with a few quirks that I'll get to, great as a commuter/patina build.

Ellis Briggs path track racer, was sold to me as a 1973, which I've no reason to doubt. Track ends for super-hip fixed gear riding, but plenty of clearance and mudguard eyes for the winter commute/rack as preferred. Drilled front and rear, as you'd expect.

Sizing:

Seat tube CTC: 57.5cm
Seat tube CTT: 59cm
Top tube: CTC: 57cm
Rear spacing: 120mm (naturally)

So, the bad bits about the frame: it's been repainted in a slightly lighter red, which covers most of the frame. However, as you can see from the seat tube, the original metallic red is underneath and is possibly salvageable. What I assume to be the original lug lining is visible. Certainly a lovely colour underneath it all. I started to rub away the top coat and you can see the original underneath. Alternatively, it's close enough and you could leave it how it is. However, plenty of small chips about, no rust showing though.

Slight ding on the top tube (right hand side), but is pretty minor. Bit of a squeeze to get the wheel in, think one of the dropouts is a hair out, but looks ok as you can see from the rear photo.

Slightly more disappointing though is a slightly squashed rear brake bridge either side of the brake nuts. Came to me like this and has never been a problem, but it'd look pretty unsightly if you ran without a rear brake.

Components:

• Original headset and BB (I assume) - fair patina
  
• GB bars - a few scratches
  
• GB stem- fine, seemingly well-polished!
  
• unknown fluted 27.2mm seat post - as you'd expect
  
• Brooks B5N - rescued from my old Carlton, a bit scuffed
  
• Weinmann 730 brakes (checking), red washer - plenty of patina.!
  
• Weinmann levers - hoods have seen many better days, but holding together just
  
• Weinmann cable guides - lovely condition
  
• Milremo crankset 48t - lovely chromed crankset, TA copy 50.4 BCD I think, uses same rings, again has seen better days but not too bad condition. Always planned to change the ring for a pista version, but never plumped for one off the bay. Think of the double ring holes as drillium :)
  
• Raleigh Mach1 Omega flip-flop wheel set - destickered, but have another set of stickers if you want all out HHSRB. 17t generic sprocket I think.
  
• Very well used Gators, but have some lightly worn ones somewhere if you're in need of some
  
• Shiny new cables and Fizik Superlight tape
  
• Suspect it's a SRAM PC-1 chain - you'll want to change this I expect, or at least shorten it
  
• Comes WITHOUT pedals, might be able to find some to get you home if it's a deal breaker
  
  

Was £275, NOW SOLD