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Bit of a long shot. Just on the off chance someone has something. The only reason I'm riding 180 mm cranks is that they were on a bike I bought second hand and it doesn't seem to be a problem to me. Noticed a crack spreading towards the tapered mount in mine.
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This is a young/small persons cycles trailer bike ( they seem to go by the name of Tag a long bike nowadays).
I bought this around 1990 and it was used by my two sons until they outgrew it. It's been hanging up in the garage for about the last fifteen years. I believe it follows the the design of the Rann trailer from the 1930s and a similar design was produced by Jack Taylor cycles. To the best of my knowledge this one was made by Helliwell a frame builder local to these parts who also runs a bike shop which is still going, Honley cycles near Huddersfield West Yorkshire.
It's nicely made from 531 and has a Sturmey 3 speed. It attaches to the towing bike via a frame similar to a rear bike rack which is shown on the photo (complete with mudguard rear light and reflector from the bike I just removed it from as I haven't got around to striping it down).
This may be of interest to someone who would prefer a classy hand built trailer bike as an alternative to the mass made offerings. A bit of a project possibly but I think everything is in working order having been stored in a dry garage over the years. I'm guessing if one was to commission a frame builder to produce a new frame something like this today it would cost several hundred pounds. I'm asking for £150
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There are one or two folk around these parts who have done the John Radford memorial ride on one of his restored bikes. You would be made very welcome I'm sure. Great to see the frame having some TLC after hanging around in my garage for the last few years.
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As it's a cycling forum, what are peoples thoughts on roadkill. I mostly mean recently dead pheasants and rabits that are not too squashed. I'm not sure about more exotic eating such as squirrels and badgers but I remember seeing a TV programe where a chap had a freezer full of all kinds of roadkill which he admitted to serving up to guests and only saying what they had just eaten after the meal. His thinking was that it was all free range and a shame for it to go to waste.
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@user65906. Yeah, its the frame I'm selling, photo above is just to show what it looked like built up. I'm near Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Like I said earlier in the thread this frame was built for long days on the road.
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Here's a photo of the photo of the bike as it came to me. I used some parts on another build but still have everything so could put it back pretty much the way it looks here to sell as a running machine.
I'd like this please. What happens next, do you want to message me?