Am trying to identify a bike I bought a few years ago, it has been refurbished at some point by Argos but am totally stumped. Fork steerer is marked Reynolds 531 Butted and has same number as frame. The frame number is EMP 78.171, could be 7B.171 and it has been suggested it could be an Emperor or Emperor Sport. It is quite distinctive where the rear stays butt to the seat tube and is a very light bike for what I guess to be a 70's frame, the whole bike comes in at 9.12kg or 20lb 1oz.
Am trying to identify a bike I bought a few years ago, it has been refurbished at some point by Argos but am totally stumped. Fork steerer is marked Reynolds 531 Butted and has same number as frame. The frame number is EMP 78.171, could be 7B.171 and it has been suggested it could be an Emperor or Emperor Sport. It is quite distinctive where the rear stays butt to the seat tube and is a very light bike for what I guess to be a 70's frame, the whole bike comes in at 9.12kg or 20lb 1oz.
Some pictures of the bike, lugs and forks