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Nice. Might it be Columbus PS?

That is exactly where the bike belongs: on Siberian pine.

I can't unsee this disgraceful setup

I've always found rollout for clinchers and tubs to be very close - around the 22-23mm mark, anyway. We used to measure lots for roller racing.

Measure the BB height above ground with 700c/tubs on. Lee Valley specifies a BB height of 285mm or more. My guess is yours will be lower than that. Other than sixes, '50s track racing was pretty much all on larger outdoor tracks.

If the frame works for you on the track, you could always tape up the braze-ons to get within the rules.

Was hoping to keep it in the LFGSS community, but I've now moved it elsewhere.

So Will that kill the Squadrats leaderboards? I've enjoyed breaking into the top, er, ten-thousand. It's also been useful to look at some of Jonathan France's small tiles to see how he attacked tricky squares.

It adds my walks and SUPs, which is handy for me living on the seafront.
I also like the Strava plug-in to help with planning routes.

Knowing what I do of Tonbridge, that's a decent size.

Been guided to one! Thanks

It'll take 28c fine. I just stuck in a 28 front and 30 rear. The rear just had to be pushed back a centimetre or so.

It's drilled for a nutted front, but would be easy enough for someone skilled to redrill for recessed.

As per the title. As long as it runs smooth and is cheap as chips, I'll be happy. It's for a winter beater.

Ok, no worries

I'll take it. Cheers.

I'm selling my Roberts-built GB track here if anyone's interested. Luckily for me I still have another Charlie Roberts track frame that fits me better than this one.

Seeing as it's that time when everyone's saving for Xmas, I've dropped the price to £300 posted. I can't really go lower than that for a chrome track frame from Roberts senior.

Hi. Yes, they are. I hadn't uploaded photos. Now done.

More photos here

Here it is built up.

Time to move on this beauty. It's a 1970s Geoffrey Butler (Geoff Roberts thought late '70s), built by Charlie (Chas) Roberts senior.

Classic aggressive '70s track geometry, which is pretty similar to modern track geo:
Seat tube 56cm c-t (54cm c-c)
Top tube 56cm c-c
Head tube 12.9cm
27.0mm seatpost
ENG threads
Matching numbers on frame and fork

It's a beautifully stiff frameset: Columbus PS (the thicker-gauge tubeset for sprinters and six-day riders); chunky non-tapered seat stays (a signature element on many Roberts track bikes of the era), as preferred by Ron Webb and the like.
Campagnolo ends finish it off.

I've had it for years, mainly on the wall. I did race it at Herne Hill and Preston Park in 2018. It's nice and stiff as steel goes. If it fitted me better, it'd be a forever bike.

The only small dent is at the bottom of the drive-side seat stay, right at the bottom. I didn't notice it until I was giving it a quick polish before I took photos.

The chrome looks absolutely superb in the sunshine. There is plenty of pitting and patina, as you'd expect from a frameset that's nearly fifty years old. It's ideal as a track or fair-weather bike; not ideal as a fixie hack.

£350 £300 posted, buyer to pay postage

Some people used to go out to the Catford and Bec hill-climbs on 42/16, then ride the hills on 42/20.

I guess the main advantage used to be that you could ride your path/fixed bike on the track when you took off your brake(s) and guards. Nowadays we N+1 it.

Shouldn't do

Following. I used to ride a hardtail around Ashton Court and Leigh Woods in the early '90s.

I'd forgotten about Overbury's. Not seen one for many years.

Here's my Argos track.

I agree. I'm saving for a Panasonic. Plus I have a friend in Japan who can help out.