How do you find the age of a frame?

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  • Two or three suggestions:

    check the OLN (width of read drop outs) - if it is 126mm (I bet it is!) then it is pre 89. If it is 122mm then older even than that.

    check the underside of the dtube lug. If it is spear-point NOT rounded, then probably pre 80s.

    Also it has the cable guides over the top of BB. I can't recall exactly but I think this pre mid 80s feature.

    It seems to have allen key brake bridge - this would make it prob 80s.

    The Reynolds sticker is late 80s, but as others have pointed out, it's been resprayed so original stickers would have been removed.

    To me, this looks like a bog standard mid 80s clubman-style frame. But it always hard to date a frame exactly, unless you have access to the builders order book.

    OLN is 124mm and the dt lug is pointy underneath. what do you mean by allen key brake bridge?

    It does seem quite a nice frame to ride, I guess I'll settle at mid 70s to 80s as an approximate age.

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How do you find the age of a frame?

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