marshalllucky
Retro Guru
Just stumbled across this old ANC Halfords Team bike. I bought and collected it yesterday, I suspected it was an actual team bike with the brazed on race number hanger and the general spec. I know there are a couple of these bikes that have been found and are well documented on this site and others namely Adrian Timmis and Paul Watsons bikes. On close inspection on the rear of the top tube on the non drive side , you can see where the team riders name was , the decal was removed some years ago by the look of it but if you look closely and let the paint catch the light you can see the shadow of the name Steve Jones who was an ANC rider from 1986 to 1987. This bike has full 531pro , I know the others had 753r but the team did use 531pro , in fact many photos on the internet of Adrians bike clearly show the red label on the forks as 531pro and the team bike used by ANC rider Kvetoslav Palov in the 87 TDF was also full 531pro ( I have close up screen grabs from youtube ). The bike has been in someones back bedroom in W Yorkshire for nearly 30 years apparently and was only rediscovered upon the chaps death when the house was being cleared. I suspect he probably bought the frameset with seatpost as all the original campag record c has been replaced but sympathetically to the bikes original appearance . I intend to restore it to full team spec over time. But just look at the frame , totally original and looks almost new. Dont know how many bikes each rider had or if this one was ever raced but I am going to try and contact Steve Jones to ask about the 531pro , mayba that was his preference over 753???. Would welcome any advice. Thanks
