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Did this ride ever happen? I came across it during a search, and a year/50 pages of posts ago…
Anyway, apparently Bill Leach had a workshop that was somewhere near where Stratford station is now, and a shop at 187 Leytonstone High Rd, which is now a post office. Ref: http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/leach-marathon.html
I live near there, and renovated a Leach Marathon my neighbour had built for him in the early 50s—fixed wheel, pics here https://www.flickr.com/gp/rsstephenson/tT550m
Up for a ride once lockdown is less locked down.
aglet
EG Bates was down the road from me in Plaistow, and I think Leach Marathon where up in Stratford somewhere. All my bikes are from Nottingham/Nottinghamshire though (Raleigh, Carlton, Paragon,) which might be a bit of a detour too far! Other than that I'm in.