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And thanks to this lovely thread and everyone on here, this is now under my care for a very gentle clean up
Am the second owner from new, more news on what we have here to follow (if there’s likely to be a ‘here’ for much longer :(
crossedthread-
Excellent, lots of photos please
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I assume you're talking about the 'Stokes of London'.
It looks a great find - if I were buying any more bikes I might have wanted it.
One small point (which you probably know already): The Benelux rear mech - a key bit of originalty on this bike. They can be made to work but they are a bit fragile.
It is very easy for the cage to end up in the spokes with terminal results, so make sure there's enough clearance and keep in mind that if the bike falls over on its right hand side the gear can get bent. It certainly happened in the past that bikes were knocked over (when the owner wasn't present), picked up with nothing said but with the derailleur disastrously bent.
SideshowBob
clubman
Stokes of London (cannot find anything really on the make)
Looks rather nice and located in Oxfordshire and £100
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/stokes-of-london-1950s-bike-complete-reynolds-531-tubing-working-lucifer-baby-800-dynamo-set-lee-chi-levers-strata-brakes-5-speed-benelux.488341/#post-3672529