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Berkley_the_yank
This was made to measure from 531c for my dad by Charlie Roberts My dad had it as his race/best bike and had mudguard clearance and eyes so he’d be able to use it as a winter bike down the line. Originally red and he had it re-finished in black where I remember they (Bob Donnington in Penge I think?) refused to fit 531 stickers since they couldn’t verify its authenticity as Roberts had only sketchy records of any frames built and by then the business was run by Chas and Geoff Roberts. At this time it was converted to fixed wheel (44x18) with a front brake only. When my dad died I kept this as it was his favourite bike and used it off and on until the last year where I have used it a lot in wet weather.