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Another, slightly better I hope:
Sorry, not really any better.
If you can't see it because the pic is not sharp, this frame is built with standard Nervex 'fishtail' lugs.
You may note that while Jeff kept within the Eroica rules, he has not been strict about period stuff. Obviously the saddle is wrong, but you can see the back wheel has only 28 spokes, which no one would have dared to use on rough roads back in the day. Surprisingly (to me) it gave no trouble at all. Naturally we used wired on 700's which also gave us no trouble - not even any cuts - whereas we saw a lot of punctured tubs.
The inner chain ring is a 36, which proved very useful on the day and much better than my 43. However I'm sure that anyone using such a small ring in the 1950's would have been seen as a hopeless wimp!
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