Pre 1950s rides of LFGSS: old bikes, vintage rats, classic lightweights

PT Stallard and Granby look interesting along with the Hetchins.

Looks like a Mercian respray or something. Interesting frame though-is that a Sturmey Archer wheel cable guide braze on under the seat lug? Not for me though.

Let us know what you are planning to sell. See if you can spark our interest. (I certainly didn't list all the things I might go for, and as I say I'm half on the look out for a road/track frame with the mudguard eyes amongst other things...)

@Nbenja3.
I'd love an afternoon rummaging through that lot.
Any Gillott's for sale.

Early 50s Maclean's https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193885710003

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@SideshowBob PT stallard is nice, rear wheel is not right though! flanges are too wide for the cyclo derailleur. Granby needs bar tape and it will be fully complete. hetchins is missing the original forks & rear derailleur cable guide snapped off..

@jeff80 I do think its a sturmey archer braze on, its a weird one! what size frame do you ride?

@falconvitesse No gillots here im afraid!

Granby

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@Nbenja3

That Granby is nice. Was it on ebay a while back?

I generally ride around a 22inch/56 cm frame, although I'm flexible either way by half an inch or so really.

Recent purchase and believe that the original owner worked at Chater Lea.
15mm and 11mm and curious whether it would have had a specific use given the rounded edge on one side -

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Granby is nice, Don't suppose you have a HR Morris frame?

Ha ha I bid on his as well but left it as I had blown my budget.on a Chater lea chainset.
Nice purchase

Nope unfortunately not! I just had to look him up.. Wow they are something special

Chater lea chainset

Pictures?

I was hoping you had one tucked away in a corner :)

Another very pretty Granby

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That's lovely.

Unfortunately there's a bit of rot on one of the stays ☹️

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Is it 20s or 30s?

Honestly I am not quite sure, it's almost identical to another 1922 frame online. There's little others to compare with though

I had always thought Granby was based in New Cross, this advert doesn't mention New Cross.

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Unless this was just local distributors of Granby.
I would hazard a guess a say this advert was from the 50s?

A few pages of the 1928 catalogue
(Courtesy of VCC library) show details of the forks like your one -

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Must be worth getting that fixed though, no? A very nice and rare frame.

1922 catalogue, Courtesy of VCC library

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Catalogue cont

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