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@Rik_Van_Looy
^ Gillott belongs to my Dad, he uses it for <20m trips all year round - probably gets out once a week for rides along the prom at Bournemouth in the winter and country rides/commuting in the summer. It doesn't get a hammering, but when we were kids he did all his touring on it, and it also had child seats, low riders, bar bags etc hung off it.
It's basically a top-quality very old bike that's just be used for what bikes were always used for - getting to work and escaping at weekends. No whip-skids or anything like that. It also happens to have stunning lugwork and a lovely frame patina. There's nothing contrived about it at all. It's just my old mans bike!!!