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Hello,
New to the forum, so apologies if I have posted in the wrong place.
Recently acquired this frame and thought it might be of interest:
It's a Terry Dolan Cougar low-pro track pursuit frame.
Made from fillet brazed Reynolds 653 except for the bottom bracket which has a lugged shell. There are no drillings for brakes on the forks or rear seat stay bridge.
Seat tube 22", top tube 21". Made for 24" front and 26" rear wheels.
Oddly, there are no frame numbers on either the frame of forks.
I intend to build it with period parts - so far, I have found a Cinelli 1A stem and a pair of Cinelli Tempo bullhorns (blue, unfortunately), a Selle Italia Flite titanium (from 1987) and a pair of Campagnolo Record large-flange track hubs. I guess the difficult bits are going to be a (very) long seat post in 27.0mm and suitable pair of rims.
It came with a Chris King headset:
Probably not original to the frame, but very nice all the same. It isn't seated properly (need to find a headset press). However, when it is that's an awful lot of steerer tube to fill with spacers. Was it meant to be like this or will the steerer need to be shortened?
More pictures and information here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50498141@N03/sets/72157629838147155/
Finally, I have searched the internet for more information about Cougar low pros and not managed to find another frame like this. Can anyone on the forum add anything more?