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Those bottles to go on your 1952 Gillott with Simplex TdF etc? Works for me! 2 bottles for a long stage.
I've got a TdF planned for my 1948 Hobbs but it's a pretty small spread of teeth. 16 total I think with 26 biggest rear. I've got the T.A. double I posted previously with 44/50, looking out for a suitable 14-24 freewheel. I know @clubman will think I'm a wuss but I don't think I could tackle an Alpine stage with that setup. Not without the second bottle full of amphetamine laced porridge.
If you're a VCC member, have a read of the Wally Summers article starting on page A2 of 'Cycling, Second Series, 1947 01 08 Jan'. I really enjoyed that. Gives a flavour of the time. There's another article in reminiscences on classiclightweights where the writer remembers senior club members going across to France and Belgium to race and coming back with rims and spokes (I think). It's a little later in the 50s if I remember, but even if Mavic sprints, TA rings, etc. weren't available in Britain directly I can imagine them coming back in suitcases and being drooled over.