A S Gillott - L'Atlantique (I think)

happy it has gone to a good home, i hoped it would end up on such a project, amazing stuff!

Didn't even notice!

Brain might have added the missing t automatically :)

Evapo rust gel purchased which I think could be good for some of the very rusty spokes, rims and even I suppose parts of the frame to stop rust from worsening.
It is very sticky stuff and so sticky it's quite difficult to get it off the brush onto whatever part you need.

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Excellent progress, keep the updates coming!

Lovely. Great work!

I have some of the same parts - early simplex, FB hubs and gem tape - on my '53 Ellis Briggs Superbe:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Pq7XOXDJj6kVInP52

I'm making much slower progress though. A replacement bayliss wiley bb arrived today so hopefully that will spur my into action...

Good luck with the rest of the build.

Very nice @nonowt with a number of the same parts, like the small flange FB hubs especially.

I see that you have a Simplex wing nut on your DT shifter. This was an alternative fixing to the standard screw and I'm sure I've read that the wing nut fixing was used for "challenging" road conditions to ensure that the rider could easily set the preferred gear in place and not be in danger of the gears slipping at an inopportune moment.

The rear derailleur is the JUY 51? That's interesting as you can have a double cable with a two lever DT shifter for better chain tension - http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/components/simplex-juy-513-comp.html

Thanks

Handlebar bottle cage and rear cable holder - Thanks again @ElGato

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cheers @SideshowBob .

Interesting about the wingnut - I didn't know that. Yep, the rear mech is the Juy 51 (5 speed version). It just had the one cable on it when purchased and seemed to work really well for the two hundred metres I rode up and down the road to test it out (once I got my head round shifting in the opposite direction. The info on CL shows the second cable can be attached to the first with using a "pear type solderless cable nipple." I might try that.

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/components/simplex-juy4s.jpg

My FB hubs are laced to alloy Weinmann rims (which I can't put a date on) and the spokes have been beautifully tied and soldered.

As you can see in the pictures the old boy who was the original owner (I bought it from a wheeler-dealer guy in Southend who'd bought it from the original 80+ year old owner) gem taped the pedal barrels and shifters, I'm guessing to try and protect them from rust. It's horrible stuff to get off!

I've also got Regina Gran Sport Corse (5 speed) freewheel which I need to find a way to get off...

I love that FB chainset. It's amazing how well these old bits can clean up.

Your rims look similar to -
Weinmann AG Alesa 210 ?

http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=87E8454F-ED77-48F9-8537-EB1954C277B5&Enum=107&AbsPos=6

Wingnut-

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yep, I think you could be right - especially if this is correct:

"Certainly available as early as 1956 (if not before), they had small blue identifying discs over the valve hole (easily lost). I have also seen these rims (26 x 1 1/4) on Fratelli Brivio hubs dating from earlier, perhaps 1950."

The blue disk is missing from one of my rims. Unlike the later ones in the photo on velobase, there's no engraving on the rim.

Love the wingnut info sheet!

Where can I get one of those wing nuts.?

I'd like to find one

Classic lightweights has a link to a 1952 Gillott catalogue which is interesting -
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/catalogues/gillott1952-cat.html

It might be worth asking Hilary Stone (via Facebook) otherwise endless trawling through eBay and eBay.fr might be the answer.

simplex gear lever by philip.knight, on Flickr

on my Spearman.

Very nice @Big_Block, is that specific simplex outer cabling?..As I need some that as well!

no, I think that is some cable outer from Porkchop BMX
I used it because I wanted to at least make an effort not use modern looking cable outers.

Okay cheers for info.,

Found a Simplex wing nut -

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Great project bike! Always admired Gillotts but never owned one.

Thanks, It's great fun.

What would be the best way to clean the GB calipers to remove the slight oxidation?

@Big_Block - Any tried & tested techniques?