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@Peter Maxwell
Saw your bike in Nottingham Market Square this afternoon. Absolutely stunning in an understated way - very stealth with the black Velocitys and Ritchey bars,stem and seatpost, but with loads of 'presence'.
No camera or phone to take a picture, unfortunately - otherwise it would have ended up in pr0n (or even rat!).
Made my day! -
I **really **want to see how this rides, if it's at all possible. It will probably look very odd when it's set up to fit me (enormous seat post, very long stem, tiny frame).
It will be interesting to compare it's handling to my other fixed wheel bikes (1951 Hobbs Raceweight, 1950s unknown road/path, 1949 Dan Genner Excel, 1980s Sun Solo beater).
When it's done, if it doesn't work, then I'll sell her on to someone of more normal dimensions... -
^^^^^ How many holes are the arayas drilled? Price?
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No, not kidding. Just keen to give it a go....
(Normally ride 62cm Raleigh Team Pro)
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^^ Agreed. More likely to cut steerer down, dependant upon bar position.
Might have a problem getting a good fit on the bike, seeing as I'm 6'1" with a 35" inside leg !? -
^^Process of elimination. 700c or sprints not fit. Measurements suggest 26"/650c.
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Thanks apolloxl,
I'll put it in Current Projects. Will take some pictures of the components too (when it stops raining) and add them in.
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Hello,
New to the forum, so apologies if I have posted in the wrong place.
Recently acquired this frame and thought it might be of interest:
It's a Terry Dolan Cougar low-pro track pursuit frame.
Made from fillet brazed Reynolds 653 except for the bottom bracket which has a lugged shell. There are no drillings for brakes on the forks or rear seat stay bridge.
Seat tube 22", top tube 21". Made for 24" front and 26" rear wheels.
Oddly, there are no frame numbers on either the frame of forks.I intend to build it with period parts - so far, I have found a Cinelli 1A stem and a pair of Cinelli Tempo bullhorns (blue, unfortunately), a Selle Italia Flite titanium (from 1987) and a pair of Campagnolo Record large-flange track hubs. I guess the difficult bits are going to be a (very) long seat post in 27.0mm and suitable pair of rims.
It came with a Chris King headset:
Probably not original to the frame, but very nice all the same. It isn't seated properly (need to find a headset press). However, when it is that's an awful lot of steerer tube to fill with spacers. Was it meant to be like this or will the steerer need to be shortened?
More pictures and information here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50498141@N03/sets/72157629838147155/Finally, I have searched the internet for more information about Cougar low pros and not managed to find another frame like this. Can anyone on the forum add anything more?
@PeterMaxwell
Intend to take up your offer of a Tuesday ride sometime soon. Currently work evenings at the Boots library until mid-June, so it will have to be after that. At least I know where to go when the time comes....