Pre 1950s rides of LFGSS: old bikes, vintage rats, classic lightweights

Holdsworth Typhoon.
Frame number puts it as 1958.
Fairly decent original paint and a good price at £145 BIN or offers.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F302935020468

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Hetchins track /path which looks like a Magnum Bonum to me.
Lovely.

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Holdsworth scirocco. 1951.

Now this is an awesome frame.

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Veeery nice

^^ wow, that's amazing. Anyone here bidding on that? Quite tempted!

Good find, the paint and chrome would cost £300+ to have done on their own - "and those lugs, priceless"

Fortunately I've already got one :-)

It's gonna be expensive!

Wonderful documentary on the Taylor brothers which may already be known to readers of this thread.
https://youtu.be/ALNsQpCL8LY

Found and got this lovely cockpit (Pelissier bars and 50s Dawes stem with badge).
Don't really need the stem, but love the bar shape AND that amazing shim.

If anyone is interested in the stem, do let me know.

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I think I've seen that type of cutout shim on here?

Claud Butler in decent condition.

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Carlton Donovan 58cm.
Looks like Oscar egg lugs and full chrome.

Looking at a Carlton Donovan catalogue this could be the Grand Prix model.

Collection in Derbyshire.

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thanks, that was great - particularly the stammering story at the end!

Has anyone ever seen one of those 1:1 scale technical drawings (at about 8mins 55 seconds) for sale (from Taylor or another manufacturer)? They look very beautiful, I'd love one.

That carlton Donovan. ^^ The anodising!

Damn those bars are lovely. Will be keeping my eyes peeled for a set

Condor (Swiss) 58cm.
Rather nice.
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Yes they are. The shim even more so!

Hobbs 60cm.

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Looks in rather good condition for not being used for many years.
Unusual RD for the frame (Suntour Skitter) but with what looks like a Lytaloy H/S. It's difficult to ID the other parts from the photographs available.
I reckon it would look amazing with a few hours of cleaning.

Collection only from North Yorkshire.

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Looks like a Lytaloy headset to me.
Sure it would come up nice with a bit of work. Looks like a fairly large section of rust on lower right front fork leg.

First generation Hiduminium GB brake Calipers, not sure about the levers.
Alez Pedals

Looks like a 30s Saxon twin tube.

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That condor is a beauty! very tempting

Shameless sales bump,

1951 holdsworth cyclone , probably a custom order as it seems to fall between the cyclone and cyclone deluxe
£240

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/327695/#comment14503958

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Anyone in Northern Ireland and specifically Ballynahinch,County Down?

Bates on Gumtree for £120.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/bates-circa-1940-50/1320754899

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This guy has some choice parts for sale, reasonable price too.