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@Fishfabs
Bought from knowthejo last year on here. I knew it could be a bit small but I convinced myself otherwise.... but in fact it is a bit small. Ha. I'm 6'1" and my wife 5'10". This will suit somebody a couple of inches smaller.
It a real beauty! Very original for a 1952 bike!
Bought for £750 - offering for £650 for a quick sale if possible. NOW £580>> NOW £480!
I'm in Norfolk but come by East London and Essex a bit - if you want to meet in any of those places.
IGNORE the terrible riser bars in the pictures below, that was just to see if my wife could be made more comfortable, but we are both too big unfortunately. It now has 2x cinelli drop bars fitted. These will need wrapping. I've also set up the rear caliper brakes since the pictures.
The original advert below stolen from Jo because I forgot all the details (sorry!):
Very rare curved seat-tube short wheel-base that was usually for racing and track tandems, rather than touring tandems like this.
Size wise the pilot seat-tube is 22 inches ctc with top-tube 22.5 inches. Stoker is 21 seat-tube and 21.5 top-tube ctc. The current set-up was perfect for a 5'8-5'11 pilot and 5'5-5'9 stoker i reckon.
Its the original paint job, which is well chipped but beautiful patina and who would want to respray something so loving painted by Jack himself.
Its been stripped and rebuilt, with the wheel-set being professionally rebuilt with stainless tied and soldered spokes laced to NOS Mavic module 3 Argent rims, the original Maxi-car drum brake and a NOS Phil wood front hub, and new Panaracer Passela tyres.
Its set up with Nitto moustache bars and the pilot is running Mafac levers (including a dual pull lever) with early Campag barcons - with a pretty wide ratio rear 5 speed and tripple front - so gearing works well for most terrain.
All other components have been stripped and rebuilt - highlights are:
Original piston operated Simplex JUY rear mech
Mafac cantilevers with new salmon pads
Stronglight 49d full tandem chainset
Nitto M12 front rack
Brooks saddles
What else:
I have the original aluminium fluted fenders. The pedals are mismatched on the front. The drum brake has yet to be re-cabled as I didn't need it for city riding. But I have all the parts and cables for it to be re-cabled and its a simple job.
They seem to be pretty variable on the bay and ones in great nick go for £1500-2000 and this is a pretty rare one with the curved seat-tube.
The only modifications I've made in my ownership is adding a campag downtube lever clamped to the top tube so the stoker can operate the rear drum brake (easily reversible if you prefer operating both calipers with one lever (the lever has provision for pulling 2 cables). I'm also making a neat metal bracket for the drum brake arm, so that works a treat.
I've also fitted 2 classic cinelli drop bars instead of the Nitto bars (as the rear one hit the pilots legs) but I can supply with the Nitto bars if you prefer.
A really classy tandem.
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