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Joined: Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:42 pm Posts: 2921 Location: VCC Member 5558 East Riding of Yorkshire
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biggs682 wrote: Nice find and looks gorgeous Yes, just wish I knew why there is no catalogue reference for this model, is it rare? Or just considered as an after thought so not really pushed? What does the T.59 stand for/ Touring model 59 maybe? The frame set I would assume is higher end, all 531 reynolds and has nice pencil thin stays. Although I think it has cast lugs not Bi-lams they are nicely lined, the orange flamboyant looks like its over a nickel base rather than a pearl paint, all drop outs are chromed as is the fork crown. She’s certainly dressed in a mixed bag of kit, the Williams crank set was pretty standard, not bottom end but no Gnutti of Chater Lea either, the Brampton Continental head set is nice but again not top end. The Cyclo Benelux Super 60 is quality but would have been an addition in the 60’s. The Dunlop special Lightweight rims are also nice but were fitted to a lot of 50’s bikes so not indicative of a high spec machine. Aluminium flat bars and Weinmann levers I’m guessing are 70’s 
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