Can you help to identify these frames, bikes or parts?

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anyone know what frame this is?

First of all, it's a nice frame, and a nice paint job.

I doubt very much if it was made by the shop - likely to be bought in and sprayed. Overall, a track frame was pretty standard in those days, but the top eyes would make me suspect Gios Torino as the builder, in Italy.

Hmm, I've researched some into Gios frames and the seat stay caps do match, also the fork looks similar to those used on some Gios models.
However, the lugs do not match. Are there any other italian frame builders that use similar looking stay caps?

Need help in locating these linear pull brakes (V-brakes are supposed to be a registered trademark of Shimano IIRC). Pic stolen from the Spotted in Japan thread. Looks like Lizards to me but search turns up nothing... Need them as I am running a DJ fork on 700c wheels hence the canti mounts are about 1/2 inch off.

Found :) They are Paul's Motolite Z Linear Brakes and hell they are expensive... :(

@ Jaf: a KHS Aero Track.. You can still see "ro Track" on the tt..

Actually this is a better picture, including "Aero Track" on tt..

http://matuzmaster.hu/_userfiles/image/2010-05-27-basso/16311-big.jpg

Looking a rough price on this for a friend, looks a bit like this?

smallish double butted alu basso frame, with threadless headset/bars/bottom bracket included.

some of the decals are a bit scrappy but the paint is good.

150-200 about right?

Anyone know anything about this? cant find anything about a leader lo pro anywhere. Being leader i assume it shouldnt be too costly either.

My sister found this under her house, it's like a big crawl space under the whole building not a cellar.

Was anyone known for having the frame number on the seat tube? Just curious how old it is.

This is stickered up as a Guerciotti I looked but can't find any with twin plate fork crowns
anyone throw any light on it?

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lots of frame builders have done twin plates....
see if the steering have any number and if this mach the one in the BB

just with twin plates you can not concrete anything

This is stickered up as a Guerciotti I looked but can't find any with twin plate fork crowns
anyone throw any light on it?

Chain line is a bit dodgy.

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hi, found this bike in a tip in france...anyone know what it is? it feels pretty heavy, problay quite shitty..any guesses, year, history..simplex components
cheers

Nothing special really, especially with the plastic Simplex derailleur that's not exactly strong.

Look like it make a good little road bike once you add some elbow and grease to it.

cheers

better keep it, than it getting scrapped tho

Bob Bob Bob Bob Bob - Project 'mystery' Bob

Found locally for less than your average round of drinks, in just my size. R531 tubing, campag dropouts, and all chrome forks and rear triangle which has since been painted (info thanks to the wise man of bike recycling place in byker, newcastle).

Will sort some pics that are not phone pics when I get round to cleaning the thing.

BB shell code = 9590 or 9580 can't quite make it out thanks to a strategically placed blister in paint.

Its about 54 x 54 though haven't measured it properly yet, and from the fact my reject wheels slotted right in I'm guessing its on metric/modern wheel spacing. I love the colour, not sure what the name is for it, but its lush.

Paint is generally in not great condition,but thats mostly thanks to post factory fork & rear triangle painting (on top of chrome), the front triangle ain't half bad!

I've been looking online for hours now trying to figure out what model it is, what I can't find in any other Bob is the way the seat-stays meet the seat tube lug.

its the worst photo ever, but I was just excited to find a Bob in my size and that I could afford. You can see the odd seat stay junction (for bobs) and it also has a "Fitted with Dura Ace" sticker which might help with dating it.

Any idea's? :)

additionall.... had a GB stem & 'maes' bars fitted to it. also THESE brakes... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/cycle-brakes-vintage-centre-pull-/320655872930?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item4aa89453a2

so guessing this bob was late 60's???

OK from looking at other peoples job sheets, its a 531 tubed 'Messina' (MAYBE!??) and at least <74. Found loads of people with serial numbers in the 14,000's from 1974, so I'm assuming they run the serials consectuively? doing the math its prob 1968-1972. Funny, as my 2 favourite cameras are from 1968 too :D

Very nice frame, I'd date it late 70's to mid 80's but you could check with BJ themselves. The seat stay junction is called "fastback style" - it was very popular back then.

cheers :)
I thought it was probably earlier than that judging by what was fitted to it, but guess like bikes running around now it makes no odds' to how old the frame is! Also with the rear triangle & forks being originally bare chrome (so I'm told by a wise bearded man) being later painted, I figure to keep it looking recent/ fashionable through the 80's.

My first port of call was going to be obviously BJ themselves, but did a bit of reading and seemed to suggest they are charging as much as £25 a hit for info :*(

Once I get some decent pics I'm going to need some help on how to build it up. I'm leaning on... decent period internal hub, NOS rims (not silver, I hate silver), and period fittings, but probably newer brakes (I live in lake district, we got 1:3 hills round 'ere). But I don't know what period the frame is from. basically want to end up with something rideable round mountains & lakes, yet sexy.

BrickMan, if BJ charge you, ask Hilary Stone, he may be of use.

Kudos for living in the Lake District, it's my most favourite place of all the world (especially Wasdale), what part of the lake you're at?

Your BJ is likely what called a typical British 'club racer', especially when it have mount for mudguard but none for rack.

(picture just to illustrate a point).

I had a very similar frame with almost identical features to that that I bought in 1980, which is why I gave those dates. I'm surprised BJ would charge for the information but that's modern times for you, I guess.

Whereabouts in the Lake District are you?

near cockermouth, so north-western. Used it live right on the rim of Wasdale valley (gosforth), its proper rugged on the western side and recieves nowhere near as many tourist buses and american's with oversized neon 1990's tshirts and lycra (no joke, you still see them).

Used to ride loads on mountain bike but can't afford to run the big bike anymore. knocked about on single speed mtb (built for free out of old bits) but end up carrying it for the most part and v'brakes suck ass in the bogs.

so now I'm out on the roads, hence all these skinny tyre flyer things clogging up my house.
With the frame style I'm fairly sure a messina build is close to it, so guess if you really wanted to you could get BJ to build something similar now :)

Can't afford to build it up yet (not at proper market prices for stuff, I like rummaging in cheap/used shops & scavenging stuff) and when I do get round to it not sure whether to go SS, fixed with an easy ratio or through some high end geared setup on there. Looked into internal hub gears but baulking at the weight and faff. Will be back asking LFGSS when I get that far.

That club racer style bike is nice, my previous boss has a sweet 1946 Raleigh clubman that he freshly built up about a year ago in a very similar style, he's going to do a nice long ride from Selfridges upto Epping forest and then all the way upto Cumbria next month, not sure if he's going to get a forum ride organized to accompany him on his first leg.

I'm in Carlisle.

Must admit, I'd rather build up an old frame as fixed or ss, it just makes life so much easier. Old parts are harder to come by and also, they're just not that good, compared to new stuff.