Hip Hop Skid Bikes / Hipster Sleds / HHSB

das ist HHSB.
Hammer-geil

(new page fail)

Genau, richtig Hammer-geil

whats the rules for a hhsb nowadays?

See here: https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16923337/

anyone selling a HH frame ? 54/55/56cm area, aluminium or carbon

chheers

Giant Omnium (old stylee TCR one) in white. Medium

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Bit older I'm afraid
This one
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it's quite nice tbf, but i'll pass, thanks for the offer.
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found on ig

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Stem needs slamming but undeniably HHSB.

Brash bar tape detail has me convinced its been built to ride

Oh yeah, thats the stuff.

it could also belong in porn

Is it a Chris Riley for you ?

Chris Riley :
This frame is I am quite sure one of the original Thomson built Atom frames from the mid 90's. The Atom company was started by two enthusiasts, one of whom was Andrew Thomson, hence the name on the frame. Whilst not hugely experienced, Andy was a very talented young man and mastered some difficult techniques very quickly. He built a lot of track frames during the latter half of the 90's which were most likely raced at the Manchester Velodrome leagues. I took over as the framebuilder in 98 and never actually met Andy. The company finished in 2002 after a spectacular fire destroyed the workshop.

Thanks for this info, Gaston. As I own this frame now, I was curious to learn more about it. From all the info I managed to gather, I presumed this was an Andy Thompson built frame, as it resembles some of his other work that I saw, specifically the details such as the monostay and the seatpost binder. I'm glad you confirmed that. By the way, it bears the serial number "atom 032", so it most certainly is one of the earlier frames.

So cool !

https://www.flickr.com/photos/90286293@N06/52207559902/in/dateposted/

Chris Riley :
However, I see there is a reference to Andy Thompson who was a fantastic framebuilder in the 1980's. He's not the same person as the Andrew Thomson of Atom Frames built in the 90's. There is no P in our Andrew's surname and he's probably twenty or so years younger.

Wow, I was under the impression that there's only one Andy Thom(p)son, the framebuilder who at some point had built Atom frames. The info I got from various forums led me to believe that, but that info was probably based on speculation to a certain degree, and I could have misinterpreted some of it. I'm very glad we cleared that up.

Anyway, I was aware of the Andy Thompson that goes by the nickname "Featch", who is, if I understood correctly, our guy from the 80s.

But is it possible that he had also built frames branded "Atom" at some point?

https://www.cicliartigianali.co.uk/manufacturer-1/Atom

Okay, just to add further confusion to this link. The Atom Corsa pictured in the Cycle Club of London Link here is indeed an Atom produced in the Manchester workshop. However, the original Andy Thompson or the later Andrew Thomson is not responsible for that one. That is a piece of my work and you can see some of that construction in the link. This is a wonderful thread. Chris Riley. https://www.flickr.com/photos/90286293@N06/albums/72157632106261900

Much appreciated, Chris.

So would you say that Andy Thompson of the 80s fame has never, to your knowledge, built frames under the trading name of Atom, and that all the misinformation arose from the similarity of the two builders' names?

By the way, the photos and especially descriptions of your work shown on the flickr page are tremendously enjoyable.

I wouldn't say I know a great deal about Andy Thompson. I have come across some beautiful work of his that dates to the earlier part of the 1980's, in particular some neat looking time trial bikes. I also remember that he worked with the Orbit company where they produced a line of Thompson bikes alongside of the Orbit name. I'm pretty sure he didn't trade as Atom and I don't know if he did much beyond the 1980's. I've got no idea how old he would be but I'd hazard a guess at mid 60's......maybe he'll come along and put us all right. There would appear to be a lot of misinformation out there about a whole host of frambuilding related stuff both technical and historical. It's great to see these social media threads casting light onto some of these mysteries. I hope you enjoy riding your Atom. Maybe you could book yourself onto a Manchester Velodrome session and ride the bike where it most likely spent a lot of its earlier days. Chris.

He seems to be going by the name "Featch" on several cycling related forums. I think I found a post of his from 2011 where he says that he hasn't built a frame in 12 years, so that would put his last frame being built in 1999.

You can also find his profile on Facebook if you search by the name Andy Thompson Featch. Much cycling related stuff there.

Oh I would love to be able to book a Manchester Velodrome session, but I live in mainland Europe, some 1850 km away from Manchester. But that doesn't stop me from admiring all these bits of British cycling culture heritage, and owning a part of it is indeed a privilege.