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Stalled on this project a bit while other things too over - and because of this unfortunate little problem. Seems buying old weather-beaten Brooks saddles is not without risk:
Anyway that's now gone on to a new home - someone with the confidence (naivety?) to attempt a repair. So, several weeks with one eye on eBay and eventually a replacement turned up:
Similarly battle-weary and actually a better shape. I treated it with Proofide which has actually lifted it a bit when I'd rather have left it dull and cracked, but I think it might help with the longevity.
Next I revisited the bars. In the pics above I used an old weathered pair of drops off an old Raleigh, but I was never that keen on the shape - and it was difficult to give the cloth tape the rat-look of the rest of the build. Instead I found some old track-style bars in the bottom of a dusty box at a bike jumble - stamped 'Dawes Concorde' and ideal without bar tape or a polishing cloth. A five-quid bargain:
The rest remains as originally built - complete with years of grime and surface rust. My only dilemma now are those tyres - they are ancient Wolbers that are holding air but, well, might be pushing my luck with those. I'd like to find some nicely aged 700x28 gumwalls I think...
Anyway, the rest of the pics:
Still, by the way, none the wiser about exactly what the frame is. Clues appreciated...