various bikes

Hello,

I am in the process of selling some of my dad's old bikes, and I thought this might be a good place to start. He has quite a few bikes in his collection similar to this, and each one has a bit of a story to them, which he has written up. Please me know if anyone is interested in either of these three bikes before I try them on Facebook/ ebay etc... Lots more pictures but this seems to have a 5 pic limit

Thanks for your time,

Nick

STALLARD

Percy Stallard was and is known as the Father of British Road Racing. He pioneered the sport as massed-started racing on public roads, during World War II, and he remained a leading rider for many years. He opened a cycle shop in Wolverhampton, and supplied frames custom-built to order. Without Percy Stallard cycle racing in the UK would have been confined to time trials, and massed-start racing only on private land, off the public highway.

The Stallard Zacopane, like this one, was top-of-the-range in the early 1950s. It was named in honour of Ken Clarke’s win in the Katowice-Zacopane stage of the 1949 Tour of Poland on one of Percy’s frames. Full Stallard frame records and other documentation are still available in the archives at Wolverhampton Library.

The Zacopane model was made in Reynolds 531 tubing and usually had a 72-deg seat angle, and 71.5 head. This is an early one, 22-in centre-to-top, with plain fork ends and a few braze-ons – eg down-tube lever bosses, and down-tube bottle bosses. The finish is green, with a full set of Stallard transfers and with “double-box” lining – very period, and probably original.

The price includes a letter addressed to me, from Percy, dating back to the 1990s, confirming this as one of his Zacopane frames, plus some Stallard frame transfers, and a VHS video version of The Percy Stallard Story.

FAGGIN

Marcello Faggin (rhymes with far-jean) started building frames when he retired from racing in 1945, in Padova, Italy. Unusually, he was succeeded in the business by his four daughters, and the Faggin workshop is still a family business today, making classic steel frames to order. The Faggin clan have been described as quirky, and this nicely describes also the approach that has served them so well for nearly 80 years, through three generations.

This frame looks like it has never been built up, so is effectively New On Sale, from the 1980s or ‘90s – from the era when frames still had double butted (in this case, Oria) tubing, lugs, and level top tubes. It is finished in yellow, with chromed forks, seat stays and chainstays, headset already fitted, 21.5 in centre-to-top seat tube, 21.25in C-to-C top tube. Frame number is 218 J 4.

HOLDSWORTH (Hurlow)

This is the La Quelda model, which was top of the Holdsworth range for many years, being fillet brazed (instead of lugged) and therefore very light, with angles precisely to customer requirements. It looks to be in the original ice-blue finish, but is “barn find”, needing restoration though in basically sound condition. The frame number (8174 H) dates it to 1947, and the H confirms it was made by Bill Hurlow, who went on to become recognised as probably the best among all the masters of English frame building. The frame is one of a small collection of Hurlow frames. It has a 21.5in seat tube.

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Cool man, but you do need prices & pick-up, collection points……glws

Lots more pictures but this seems to have a 5 pic limit

Per post. So you can add more pictures in a reply.

And I agree with @CoolHandDave - giving prices and an idea of where you're based would likely attract more interest from potential buyers.

Wow, and I’ll enjoy looking at them before knowing I can’t afford them

ok yes...thats fair enough! I will come back with prices, postage prices (location farnham which is SW of London) and more pictures. Thanks for the advice..

If they don't sell here I imagine there would be a lot of interest from Veteran Cycle Club members. The bimonthly magazine 'News and Views' has a classified section (Market Place) where non-members can also place adverts for a fee.

Beautiful historic frames like these, I'm sure, would cause a flurry of excitement!

The chrome on that Faggin...

Is the Stallard for cyclo/simplex type derailleur and levers only or will the rear dropouts braze on take a early Campagnolo gran sport etc?

From my dad:

The Stallard frame pre-dates the Campag cast rear dropout and, like just about everything else of that era, has dropouts formed in flat metal plate. So it will take a Simplex, or a Cycle Benelux, or a Campag Gran Sport rear derailleur providing that you have the accompanying hanger which came as standard with all these mechanisms. With the Stallard frame, there’s a hanger already in place, held there by a single screw. See photo. Therefore, fitting a Gran Sport changer should be no problem.

The down tube levers are conventional braze-ons, at the moment with Huret levers – ie, French, a rival to Simplex, therefore metric.

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Lovely but need pricing as already mentioned by others

Any news regarding pricing of these at all?

Hey Jeff, we’re asking for £400 for the stallard, £25 delivery or free to collect from Farnham. I’ll see how we get on with this before I give any other prices..

Hey Jeff, we’re asking for £400 for the stallard, £25 delivery or free to collect from Farnham. I’ll see how we get on with this before I give any other prices..

Hey Jeff, we’re asking for £400 for the stallard, £25 delivery or free to collect from Farnham. I’ll see how we get on with hthis before I give any other prices..

Too much for me alas, although probably a reasonable enough price judging
by it's condition and comparative rarity. The market is slow at the moment, so might take a while to achieve that price