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I'm just starting to build up these two frames.
I found that the blue 'Avocet' frame was made in Australia, not something we see very often in the UK I don't think! - Claremont (a suburb of Perth, Western Australia) shop owned/operated by John Sampson. One person told me that a guy called Stan Lang may have built for the shop, but no proof. I got it from a guy who was an amateur racer in the 80's. He got it from a friend and did a couple of TT's on it and told me some stories. He said it was Columbus tubing, but Avocet also used Ishiwata 019 and reynolds 753... so this could be anything I suppose.
Anyway, it's really nicely made and deserves to be built. I'm going the classic 'restomod' route and adding newer components that I'm taking off another bike that I'm bored with.
The frame is not associated with the 'Avocet' bike computer brand it seems.
The other frame is the first one I build myself, partly TIG, partly brazed from 653. I love old TT frames, so I mostly copied this geometry of a Rondinella 80's TT frame I had, but slightly shortened the top tube. I only added one downtube boss so I could run a 1x6 drivetrain - again, copied of the Rondinella 80's TT bike I had. I sprayed it a bright colour, used it for 2 weeks and stuck it on the wall... until now.
This is maybe a bit more unusual (?), to add classic parts to a new frame, but it's something I've always wanted to do. I slowly acquire 3 sets of tubular wheels with GP4 rims and record hubs, so I've got to use them for something!
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