You are reading a single comment by @Jonny69 and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
Jonny69
According to Mark Stevens the block lettering was introduced in 1955 - there were different versions of it.
Grainy screenshot of one MS was selling (I guess he took an offer the actual listing photos are gone ) a late 50s Ghent model apparently.
The red eBay one: the top eyes look wrong - all the Gillotts I’ve seen have long elegant ones and fork crown seems odd too.