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@hilarystone
Hi everyone,
I’ve just sorted out another lot of interesting and bargain frames. Shipping on frames within the UK will be £11 - other items can ship free of charge in the same box. I can ship anywhere in the world at a reasonable cost.
ALL ITEMS ARE IN BRISTOL
** The next cyclejumble I will be at is SUNDAY October 17th,
"Hard to Find" Fryers Works, opp.145 Abercromby Ave, High Wycombe, Bucks HP12 3BN Buyers: 10.00 entry £1, before 10.00 £5 ** I can bring any bikes, frames etc for collection there - its not at all far from west London...
Payment can be via bank transfer (preferred), cheque or the dreaded Paypal which costs me 3%…
** If you dib an item, please PM me and pay the same day unless you make other arrangements with me. Otherwise it may well be sold to the next person who wants it...**
Viewing/Personal collection is welcome as quite a few have found and have been able to get other parts they are looking for at the same time.
Hilary Stone
MERCIAN VINCITORE FRAME Gorgeous fancy lugs
Seat Tube (ctt): 20in (51cm)
Top Tube (ctc): 20.5in (52cm)
Rear dropout width: 120mm
Frame tubing: probably Reynolds 531C
Seatpost size: 27.2mm
Wheel size: 700C (brake drop 57mm)
This is an excellent Mercian Vincitore road frame from I think 1982 - its in excellent condition with just few very minor marks to the paint. The Vincitore was nearly at the top of Mercian’s range (just the Vincitore Special above) and would now cost over £900 including VAT in the most basic tubing available. Its a very attractive frame and really quite unusual frame especially in this small size. It could easily be used as a fixed/singlespeed conversion. £295
‘HETCHINS’ ROAD FRAME Harry Butler Magnum Opus III Special
Seat Tube (ctt): 58cm (23in)
Top Tube (ctc): 57cm (22.5in)
Rear dropout width: 130mm
Wheel size: 700C with brake drop of 50mm
Seatpost size: 26.8mm
This is a Harry Butler special 'Hetchins' frame built in the early 1990s. Harry Butler was a dealer in the 90s who specialised in classic frames - he had many built by a number of frame builders. This ‘Hetchins’ is built with with Bates Reynolds 531 Cantiflex tubing - it has a larger section in the middle of all three main tubes and Bates Diadrant fork blades. There was one official Hetchins frame built with Bates Cantiflex tubing but this is not it... However it is built really very nicely in the style of the Magnum Opus type III but not quite the same - in fact with slightly more ornate lugs... The paint is in very good/excellent condition - the chrome is generally very good except around the BB shell which is very common on all chrome frames. The previous owner (a friend of of mine) said that it rides beautifully - he has had since about 1997 when he bought it from Harry Butler. Although the frame number is of the correct type for a Bob Jackson built Hetchins it is in the wrong place and with the wrong font for an official frame; in fact this frame number belongs to a Hetchins tandem... £295
HOLDSWORTH CYCLONE ROAD FRAME 1954
Seat Tube (ctt): 62cm (24.5in)
Top Tube (ctc): 57cm (22.5in)
Rear dropout width: 118mm
Wheel size: 27s or Sprints/700C (brake drop 62mm)
Frame tubing: Reynolds 531 double butted
Seatpost size: 27.2mm
This Holdsworth Cyclone dates from about 1954 - it has been beautifully repainted and has had only light use since - there are a few small marks to the paint but nothing at all obtrusive. The Cyclone was one of Holdsworth’s top models with ornate lugs. £225
KEN BIRD ROAD FRAME c1980
Seat Tube (ctt): 57cm (22.5in)
Top Tube (ctc): 57cm (22.5in)
Rear dropout width: 126mm
Wheel size: 700C (brake drop 47mm)
Seatpost size: 26.6mm
This very attractive Ken Bird road frame is in very nice condition with only a small number of marks to the paint. I am not certain what it is built from - I would guess Reynolds 531 plain gauge tubing. It will make a a cool fixed or singlespeed conversion. £93
STRADA ROAD FRAME 1970s
Seat Tube (ctt): 57cm (22.5in)
Top Tube (ctc): 57cm (22.5in)
Rear dropout width: 120mm
Wheel size: 27s or Sprints/700C (brake drop 60mm)
This is a very tidy and pretty road frame from the 1970s built with Prugnat single point lugs and a Cinelli style fully sloping fork crown - it looks as if it might have been built in the Holdsworthy factory judging by the style. It would make a very easy fixed/singlespeed conversion £99
JACK TAYLOR ROAD FRAME 1965
Seat Tube (ctt): 46cm (18in)
Top Tube (ctc): 49cm (19.25in)
Rear dropout width: 120mm
Wheel size: Sprints/700C
Frame tubing: Reynolds 531double butted
Seatpost size: 27.2mm
This is a Jack Taylor road or possibly cyclocross frame which dates from 1965. It was repainted at some time by Dentons in Newcastle. It comes complete with Mafac cantilever brakes mounted for sprint/700C wheels. With the addition of rack and guard mounts it would make a great small tourer. The paint is in very poor condition so the price reflects this - a new set of Jack Taylor decals is included. It will make a very straightforward fixed or singlespeed conversion. £145
SWINNERTON ROAD FRAME c1989
Seat Tube (ctc): 53cm (21in)
Top Tube (ctc): 55cm (21.5in)
Rear dropout width: 128mm
Wheel size: 700C (brake drop 44mm)
Seatpost size: 27.2mm
Frame Tubing: Reynolds 653
This Swinnerton road frame built from the light Reynolds 653 tubing is in very good condition except for some paint scrapes on the right-hand seatstay. It could well have been built by George Longstaff (George’s daughter managed the Swinnerton shop) and their top frames were built by Longstaffs for quite a period of frame - it certainly shows some George Longstaff details. In my opinion George Longstaff was probably the finest British framebuilder of the last twenty years of the 20th century. It would make a very cool fixed or singlespeed conversion. £149
FALCON SAN REMO ROAD FRAME 1970s Reynolds 531 double butted
Seat Tube (ctt): 53cm (21in)
Top Tube (ctc): 53cm (21in)
Rear dropout width: 126mm
Wheel size: Sprints/700C (brake drop 50mm)
Seatpost size: 27.2mm
Falcon are best known for their budget and medium priced frames but in the 19690s and 1970s also had a top specced road frame in their range - the San Remo and they sponsored a full Professional team for much of this time. This frame belonged to Vic Smith, a top amateur road rider and time triallist in the East Midlands from the 1960s/70s. Its in very sound condition but needs repainting as the paint is in very poor condition. And will make a very easy conversion to fixed or singlespeed. £89
JAMES LENDON ROAD FRAME c1950 Made In Wales
Seat Tube (ctt): 51cm (20in)
Top Tube (ctc): 55cm (21.5in)
Rear dropout width: 115mm
Wheel size: 27s or 700C with brake drop of 62mm
Seatpost size: 27.2mm
Over the years there have been very few frame builders in Wales - Tony Oliver, Nelson of Crickhowell, Reg Barnett etc but the builder of this frame is a new one on me... James Lendon of Cardiff. Its a beautifully built fillet brazed frame from I should think about 1950 - I think its quite possibly built for a hybrid gear system with Sturmey hub gear and a derailleur judging by the braze-ons but it could easily be used as a fixed or singlespeed. it is really a lovely cool frame with a great patina... £95
CHAS ROBERTS ROAD FRAME 1988
Seat Tube (ctc): 53cm (21in)
Top Tube (ctc): 55cm (21.5in)
Rear dropout width: 128mm
Wheel size: 700C (brake drop 44mm)
Seatpost size: 27.2mm
Frame Tubing: Reynolds 531C
This is a really excellent Chas Roberts road frame from 1988 in the iconic blue colour so common with Roberts frames of this period. The paint is generally excellent with just a few small corrosion marks around the top tube cable guides. It could very easily be used as a single speed/fixed conversion. £225