1955 F. R. Russell Fixed

before pictures of the whole bike? Just so we can see the start and end point. ..... the end point looks great by the way...... also whats the history of the bike?

F. R. Russell Cycles are still in business and still have their shop in Walsall near Birmingham. I contacted the owner who is the grandson of Fred Russell. Fred used to build frames in their workshop during the 1950's although they don't hold any records of frame numbers.

The bike has had one owner from new. Unfortunately, the previous owner and Fred Russell are no longer with us so that's really as much as I know. The bike came via the owners widow and although he had a couple of bikes this was his favourite.

Here's a pic of the bike as it was picked up. I don't think it had been cleaned since 1955!

Very nice :)

Clean with nice details such as stem/lining to make it stand out.

(I like minimalism bar when there's chrome involved lol)

Same goes for me, I love a bit of chrome and lug lining :)

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