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The wheels - Just like my Sunbeam, The Evans looks very 'gappy' with
its original 26's. If you do any serious riding on this bike you will
find 700's a big improvement. The Schwalbe tyres fitted are the best
available 26's, but they weigh half as much again as a good 700. You
also have the problem of stopping in the rain with chrome steel rims
(also heavy).A lovely Gillott has appeared on ebay and looks like from the 50s to me. On paper the frame is my size (22"), but it also takes 26" wheels (so I guess it would actually be lower than 22") and there is no clearance I would think for 700c wheels. I personally have no experience of 26" wheels. I read that they are good for touring and off-road, so to see such heavy and small wheels on a racing bike like that light Gillott seems an odd choice. Still, the thought that it could really go for a mere £29,50 seems absurd. Perhaps someone else here is interested?
ebay link
Hornsweep-
think they are 27.1.1/4" alloy weinmann rims not 26", If not they are 700c i very much doubt they are 26"as this is a later gillott model from the late fifties early sixties.
Possibly an italo model.
nice frame i did put an offer in but it was rejected. -
Mind you check the back of the crank where it joins the spider... I had a set of those old Dura-Ace cranks and it turned out they were toast, lucky I didn't find out the hard way.
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Kimmo
The Evans
That's a very attractive bike.
The lamp bracket - The catalogue picture shows a bracket in the then conventional position under the headset locknut. I think it's likely the nearside boss was specified by the original purchaser - I believe this was a pre -war fashion.
The wheels - Just like my Sunbeam, The Evans looks very 'gappy' with its original 26's. If you do any serious riding on this bike you will find 700's a big improvement. The Schwalbe tyres fitted are the best available 26's, but they weigh half as much again as a good 700. You also have the problem of stopping in the rain with chrome steel rims (also heavy).
Of course, this comment is irrelevant if your aim is originality