Renovated by Argos but not an Argos

Posted on Sat 1st, June 2024

• #1

johnnettles2
Picked this up this morning.
Threads are good - plan is to get the heat gun out and strip off the paint to see what lies beneath… looks like it’s fillet brazed but the serial number isn’t an Argos

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• #2

johnnettles2

Looks like the seat post size is 24mm … which apparently is the size used on old french bikes.
• #3

johnnettles2

Good clearance on the rear for probably a 35c and would need a band on for down tube shifters.
• #4

RabiCycle

interesting frame. is that for a 1 1/8 steerer?

also appears to have some kind of boss where the shifters go, maybe for some bolt on cable stop?
• #5

davidual in reply to @RabiCycle

That boss is to keep band mounted shifters from sliding down the downtube. They were common before braze on shift levers.
• #6

johnnettles2 in reply to @RabiCycle
1” head tube , 130mm rear spacing , old type brake caliper fixing, 1.85kg as is

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• #7

johnnettles2 in reply to @davidual

Exactly 👍.
• #8

Chaley in reply to @johnnettles2

Nice!
I have an old frame with brazed on diamonds to stop the DT shifters slipping and the FD dropping down, very subtle.
• #9

RabiCycle in reply to @davidual

ah i see. very cool!

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