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Thanks for this info, Gaston. As I own this frame now, I was curious to learn more about it. From all the info I managed to gather, I presumed this was an Andy Thompson built frame, as it resembles some of his other work that I saw, specifically the details such as the monostay and the seatpost binder. I'm glad you confirmed that. By the way, it bears the serial number "atom 032", so it most certainly is one of the earlier frames.
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So cool !
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Chris Riley :
However, I see there is a reference to Andy Thompson who was a fantastic framebuilder in the 1980's. He's not the same person as the Andrew Thomson of Atom Frames built in the 90's. There is no P in our Andrew's surname and he's probably twenty or so years younger.
Gaston
Chris Riley :
This frame is I am quite sure one of the original Thomson built Atom frames from the mid 90's. The Atom company was started by two enthusiasts, one of whom was Andrew Thomson, hence the name on the frame. Whilst not hugely experienced, Andy was a very talented young man and mastered some difficult techniques very quickly. He built a lot of track frames during the latter half of the 90's which were most likely raced at the Manchester Velodrome leagues. I took over as the framebuilder in 98 and never actually met Andy. The company finished in 2002 after a spectacular fire destroyed the workshop.