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• #2502
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363027398340
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• #2503
An unmolested beauty. That will go for quite a bit I reckon.
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• #2504
Nah don’t like the colours 😄
What a nice collection of stuff.
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• #2505
In case that gag was lost via the interweb, I could learn to live with those colours :)
But talking of which, does anyone have any inspiration for main colour / contrast colour panels?
I can't find where I read it now, but in one of the 1947-1950 Hobbs catalogues it talks about how tasteful / understated their finish is compared to some others' gaudy attempt at "Continental" finishes. Not sure if it uses gaudy, but that sort of thing :)
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• #2508
Ahh yes, Always great frames.
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• #2509
I bet that's the Carlton International that was on ebay for a single day last week though, and the Hellenic Hetchins that was on recently-I guess he's putting in offers and raising the price a little though to resell them. We shall see-still great frames though
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• #2510
It feels like a lot of nice frames to put through at once given previous batches.
The nos Harden bacon slicers ‘only’ going for £280 today gives me a bit of hope Ebay is calming down. The ratty Hobbs mudguards for a grand still being the peak of 😱
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• #2511
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/383590123790
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• #2512
Jack Taylor bikes — does anyone here know if anyone took over Joel Metz's register of known Taylor bikes? He seems to have ceased updating it in 2007. My own Taylor, #2623, is accounted for but needless to say it has changed somewhat since I uploaded my post.
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• #2513
In my middle years, vintage bike fancying is the last area of my life where I am still a pup!
I dropped off a frame and had a good catch up with a fellow fancier yesterday and his first comment was that I was young to be in this game :D
Edit: sorry that was a reply to your previous post, no idea on the Jack Taylor register I'm afraid.
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• #2514
I'm a bit of a fraud here. The Jack Taylor is my only vintage bike and it's out on semi-permanent loan. The oldest bike I have is the fixed that Tom Board, er, tailored for me in 1989. That's quite recent isn't it? Oh...
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• #2515
quite recent :)
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• #2516
Apparently this was built in Reading, but a respray has erased any makers references. Any help greatly appreciated. The seat tube cluster and fork bend (with 2x lamp brackets) are news to me.
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• #2517
Someone’s had a lift on that rack :(
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• #2518
More details
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• #2519
Someone who'd had more than their fair share of post war rations looking at the bend in the seat stay
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• #2521
I can make a guess at the maker of this odd frame - it's a wild guess, but if I'm right it's probably the nearest you will get.
Les Dunster lived near Reading (Tilehurst), he was a talented engineer and bike rider (Calleva RC and latterly Hounslow and District Whrs) who made a few frames and other components. None of his work was commercial, just something he did for his own amusement.
Back in the fifties when a Campag Gran Sport rear mech cost the astronomic sum of £4, Les made his own copy, which was identical to the original - without the logo, obvs. It worked just as well as the Italian product. This mech was donated to a cycling museum which, much to the annoyance of the donor (my club mate Ron Richardson), went bust and it's entire collection went to somewhere in Eastern Europe.
I don't think Les made all that many frames, as I said it wasn't a business. However I understand that every one of his frames had some kind of eccentricity - in fact I don't think he would have seen any point in building a standard frame.
This frame has the look of dating from round about 1950, which would be right for Les's frame building period, it's said to come from Reading and it's distinctly odd. None of this proves anything, but it may well be the nearest you'll get to identification.
There are two people who might know more - if I learn anything more I will post.
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• #2522
It went for over £1,000 - seller did well there.
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• #2523
As far as I remember it’s the seller I bought my ROH from. I collected in person, he was a nice bloke, so hope it was him.
If you wanted to build a Blue Riband with top class components, imo it’s not a bad price. What would a Lytaloy bb go for? At £300 I was still watching :)
Edit: original paint premium too, although I’ve heard that gives you the justification “it’s an investment” when your partner questions you :)
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• #2524
Yep. I had the winning bid of 300 pound for most of the week, I was getting worried I might win it as I couldn't justify another bike at the moment as I have just splashed out on a shed for the bikes I already own.
I needn't of worried..!
It's understandable I guess, it came with the wheels and some choice components, it's also very unusual to see paintwork in such remarkable condition
Ted Gerrard -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333628292843
Interesting article on Tom Braysher, Frame builder for Gerrard
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/braysher-clarke-builders.html
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