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Lovely bike Jon. Would fit me too ... :/
As a matter if interest: When you say ‘track rear stays’, what do you mean by this?
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The stays are thicker than average road stays. Thus making it ideal for a strong sprinter back in the day.
I looked up a bit about De Ver and the Australian who opened the shop learnt to build frames and may have built some, however when I enquired about whether they had any decals left over, which they didn’t the guy said that Roberts had built most of the frames. Quite amazing how many frame builders were in the Croydon area back in the day. I have Allins, Cliff Shrubbs and this is kind of like having a Roberts and a de Ver.
VintageJon
Yes this is one lovely and quite rare bike, would be a great Eroica bike or beater with a few tweaks. I have some straight bars if you like that type of thing.