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Does the bottom of the seatpost "collar" bolt not lineup with the front one?
Looks nice like that though. Grey with gold accents for the paint?!
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Does the bottom of the seatpost "collar" bolt not lineup with the front one?
Good spot: yes it does! Although having a circular base to the split in the seat tube isn't unique, so it may be that they just decided to make use of that existing feature?
If it were original, that would raise the possibility that this is a converted road frame. However there is no evidence of any cable guides (notably under the BB shell) nor down tube shifter mounts, so it doesn't seem likely.
Either way, it's certainly led an interesting life!
Paint will remain a secret for now...
Scilly.Suffolk
Thanks!
The same idea occurred to me too, but there's no corresponding exit to the back of the seat tube...
The brake mounts themselves are a bit of a puzzle: whereas the fork takes a recessed tube nut, the rear was for an external hex nut.
I suppose the forks might not be original to the frame (there was white overspray on them, but yellow in the BB shell) and the rear mount was also a modification from the original spec.