A.E.Elsegood

I didn't actually go with that headset in the end, as the 1" Record one that is in there is as good as new. That came off an old track bike of mine, so will keep it as a spare I reckon.

Will check the pedal spindles tomorrow, why do you ask out of interest?

Noted on the block and chain, I have a few combo's to try so should hopefully get something skip free!

Holes in a single Campag headsets of that era says Super Record, both cups wity holes are Allegarita (spelling?). Rare iirc.

BITD Campag pedals with black alloy cages were either Super Record with titanium axles or Super Leggera with steel axles. The titanium SR pedals do fetch a good price on eBay. Magnets don't stick to titanium.

All in all nice stuff :)

I always thought it was Super Record, but "Campagnolo Nuovo Record Alleggerita" does seems very similar to this set as well..... Just seen one on ebay for £175, which is more than I paid for the complete bike it was on ;0)

I think the pedals are SL, but I will check tomorrow as i bought them so long ago I can't remember......

But you are right, they are all decent bits and its nice to have the bits i had mixed with 'new' bits, to complete the build.

After missing out on a Paris on ebay that went for nearly £750, I bagged the Elsegood I posted up earlier in the thread to use as a commuter in London.

Negotiated a decent price with the seller so hope to get it rolling soon.

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Needs a new spoke and some tlc

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Ohhhhh! Nice, love the chromed top to the sloping forks a la Carlton and Raleigh Pro :). Owner obviously thought the brake levers were too heavy lol. :)

I'm really looking forwards to seeing the details on the frame in the flesh. Hopefully it should be there when I get back on Tuesday night.

God knows what is happening with the whole cockpit generally!

This deserves a full drillium build in honour of the levers.

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Lol

It would make the commute faster wouldn't it.

I'm interested to see the selection of components on it...

I have made some progress with the commuter Elsegood.

I have had it a while now, but i was slightly annoyed by the way it came to me from the seller. He had used packaging tape that had removed some of the decals, which is annoying.

Also, the 'A.E. Elsegood' on the down tube and 'Greg Bibby' on the TT is hand painted, however after looking at the bike and the way it has been made and the anecdotal evidence from the seller, on balance I'm inclined to think it is what it says on the tin, hand painted or not.

Its got some lovely details on it and decent kit as well.

• 3ttt bars and stem
  
• GB Superhood levers
  
• Campag Nuovo Record Cranks, chainrings, pedals, shifters (with covers) front mech, hubs and cable clips
  
• Unidentifiable, but lovely old bell
  
• Chrome is in good nick and red pantos and box lining still visible
  
  

Weird bits

• SIS rear mech and freewheel
  
• layers and layers of insulation tape on bars
  -'Redcar' decals
  
• cheese grater rims
  
• strange brake set up (bent)
  
• 'modified' rear brake bridge
  
• Shortest seat post ever
  
  

I got it running last night with BC's help, the spokes on the rear wheel were ruined by several chains going down the back of the cassette (This poor set up may be why the original mech has disappeared). so its got new basic wheels on it now, but I cut the hubs out and will service them.

The pedals seem to have been on the bike since day one and it took myself and Em to get the bastards off, I'll try and sort them as well, but as always on these the dust covers are gone.... I've replaced with SPD's for ease.

The bars were a mess. The tape had just be re applied over the old tape, for about 40yrs, which meant it was now almost part of the bar. Many swears and tears later, it came off, i adjusted the bars down and popped some basic Deda stuff on.

I also binned the oddly cut down seat pin and popped second hand jobs on.

It rides well, the frame is very '531 comfy' and it will go lovely as a pub/station bike.

next up - sorting tyres and mudgaurds, and some decent photos....

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I'm not sure but from your photo, the bell looks like an Adie?
http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=76894f1e-ee2e-43e2-82d0-4304d38592e1&Enum=103

Sorry, awful photo!

Yep that's the one, good spot.

Even the bell was gunked up with tape, but after prizing it off and swapping the screws its a great little bell.

oddly satisfyingly to use....

I'm hunting for one to put on my Gillott :)

Ah.

I would offer you this one, but I feel attached to it now....

Let me see what i have in the spares box at home for you though

I completely understand and very kind of you if you do find another

Done a touch more on the Elsegood commuter, its now a joy to ride with now rubs or squeaks (for the time being)

It just needs the following

• Silver seat pin
  
• Mudgaurds
  
• Different lights
  
• TT cable clips
  
• The freewheel cleaned out as it slips occasionally
  
• perhaps a longer stem
  
  

I'd also like to see if I can find out who Greg Bibby is, the name on the TT, no luck so far though as searching 'Bibby & Cyclist' pulls up the obvious.

There's also a decal on the ST that says 'Jim L**g Racing Cycles Redcar', but I cant find out anything about that either.

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rather like that. Surely a silver seat post though?

Read my post again...

But properly this time :)

oh yeah. Somehow missed the first thing on the list. It's a skill...

I’m in York today for work, so had a wander at lunchtime to see if I could see the site of Arnold’s shop on Lord Mayors Walk.

I found these two candidates.

It would be great if the giant store is in the building as to perpetuate the cycling use, but Alan said that the shop had sight of the Minster, so I imagine it’s the print shop

Of course @alanelsegood might tell us that it’s the other shop they moved to in York and I was in the wrong place!

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I'd say it looks more like the second option. Look at the placement of the windows above it and the fact that the first option is next to an alley.

It's the second option. Alan Elsegood said:

His shop was close to York Minster, as you probably know, and visible from the windows (of the accommodation above the shop) when we lived there.

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/9659199/

I assume that he meant the Minster was visible, not the shop--it's not completely clear. However, he certainly doesn't say that the Minster could be seen from the shop, and in fact seems to say that it couldn't, only from the first floor above (and therefore presumably the rear windows).

Also, the tops of the cornice dividers (don't know what they're called) match. Those in the first option are completely different, and wouldn't have been changed, and neither would the adjacent door have been very likely to have been moved.

Good work DC Schick

A colleague in the office reckons is the Giant shop as well as he can remember there being some kind of cycle shop prescence there since he has been in York, which is about 40yrs.

Also being a building surveyor he mentioned that the windows seem to match and that the ‘small frontage’ to the right was put on as part of a remodelling of that terrace and the space behind it.

Nice to find it and have a wander around York as well

https://earth.app.goo.gl/wv24fM
upstairs view entirely feasible

What a great photo, I love the way the bikes are lined up in the curb like that and is that snow on the ground?