Aend'e TT , Alan "pongo" braithwaite

Hi all ,
I recently picked up this TT bike , not knowing what the frame was until I rubbed away some of the paint .
There's a fair bit of info on Alan braithwaite and the Aend'e name , also a flicker tribute group which Ive added mine to .

https://flickr.com/photos/157835916@N05 ... 4255070902

Been informed by a member that it's a Holdsworth chronometro?
The frame weighs 1799g and the forks 707g

Any info on this would be much appreciated, I'm planning on restoration and will replace the saddle, seat pin, bars , Pedals, levers & Calipers at the mo.

Cheers , scooter.

Never seen an Aende TT with a chainstay bridge and a frame number. fork rake starts a little low down perhaps. Ken Bird frames came drilled like Pongo's at times.

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That's interesting to know , I'll l take a look at some ken birds for comparison .
Any thoughts on frame material, or how you can tell?


A quick look on the Flickr tribute group shows a couple with bridges -
https://flic.kr/p/7V4Zxt
https://flic.kr/p/6foEB6

Flickr Aend'e group - https://flic.kr/g/768KN

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Never seen a Ken Bird with lugs drilled as extensively as this, and it does lack a key Bird feature. Drilled lugs were often the signature of many south east based builders...Roberts, Ron Cooper and many others: but your frame is not a Roberts, nor a Cooper nor do I think it is a Bird (Ken, by the way was not a builder).

Rk.

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That is about the most comprehensive photo documentation of a frame/bike that I've seen in a long time.. Thanks.
Seems almost a shame to (re)paint over such workmanship, doesn't it?
I guess the number could be interpreted as 'the thirteenth frame of 1975', which is interesting to me as I have the same thing from another (mystery) builder. Have you checked the fork steerer for a number?

Any thoughts on frame material, or how you can tell?

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I don't recall what year Aende started. If it is a 1975 frame I guess the default material is 531db, until proven otherwise- (Columbus, Vitus, Ishiwata) If it is, as it looks to be, brazed (brass) rather than silver-soldered, then it is not 753.

Btw- That is not supposed to be an apostrophe in 'Aende', it is supposed to be an acute accent over the final 'E'

Pongo never numbered his frames to evade the tax man

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'never' :?:

It was reputed that he didn't number frames

Frames from Ken's shop could come pretty slided and diced LOL

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It was reputed that he didn't number frames

Frames from Ken's shop could come pretty slided and diced LOL

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One of Hilary Stone's (from a while back I'd guess), builder may have been Alec Bird, who's still around.

Rk.

Yep, and in my size too