daveyc

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  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 5 months

  

  anyone got experience of renovation/reenamel done by Bob jackson, or Mercian?

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  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 5 months

  

  well he's trying to say that Bob j is nothing like the company/guy it used to be, he also reckoned it wouldnt be suitable for a fix. seems to know a bit, but Bob j still make great custom frames but he werent convinced

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  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 5 months

  

  yeah its like those but no decals, needs enamelled too. but got the pump pins/thingys still on. Not original forks but rotrax in chrome
  its about a 58ish

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  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 5 months

  

  well, just checked the frame out. Its got campag dropouts, original brazed on, campag fork ends and headset, straight seat stays, 126wide. the guy says best thing is to send to mercian and get a wee dent on top tube sorted and the frame re enamelled, he reckoned prob 120-150 for this. But its nice and big, reynolds 531, so i think i'm sold for a ton.

  But he also has this road trax(??) frame from the 50's or 60s. Nice lugged frame, he'd reckoned more suited to a fixed build, not track ends but horizontal. mine for 30. Anyone know of these?

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  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 5 months

  

  right, well gonna go see the guy now and see what i can get it for,

  someone just gave this away, i'm getting it from a bike charity in Edinburgh.

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  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 5 months

  

  aye, those ones, so its not proper track but its still good to fix, yes?

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  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 5 months

  

  no other way, but they're nice

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  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 5 months

  

  cheers guys,

  its got backward horizontal dropouts if that makes sense, no pics yet. Was gonna go give the guy money for it today.
  i wanna use it as fixed, but this other guy there said i'd destroy it. Surely not eh?

• First post + frame question

  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 5 months

  

  Hi

  First post here so hello everybody. Discovered this forum last week, a hive of info. Been off work with a fractured elbow(bike related at least) so its been a good distraction. Anyways, yesterday i found an old Bob Jackson frame. Dont know too much about these old ones and i only got to see it for a few mins but i think its reynolds 531, 70s or 80s, lugged, pretty good nick, no rust and its a 62cm which is cool. Its got a fork which the dude said had Campy ends (??), and think he said its got other Campy bits.

  He wants £100 for it. Whats it worth? I'm not flush right now but i like it.

  Cheers