That little hole
- Thread starter bugloss
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Midlife
Retro Wizard
Slightly off topic..... I had to deal with the foreign lightweight stuff when I worked at the bike shop in the 70's
Nightmare as they had importers (Elsmar), Distributors (Holdsworths), people who did both (Chicken and son, Ron Kit) plus reps who seemed to get stuff from anybody they could LOL. Not knocking the reps as I have some 70's unbranded nice kit.
Anyway, UK frame suppliers seemed pretty anal about numbers stamped on frames as that is what we paid them against......not so anything from abroad (Italian, French, Spanish) who never seemed to actually make or do anything in August.. It's like the whole of europe shut down for a summer holiday. !!
Imported Frame numbers were always hit and miss and when slotted bottom brackets started I just think they could not be arsed to find somewhere to stamp a number.....
Shaun
Nightmare as they had importers (Elsmar), Distributors (Holdsworths), people who did both (Chicken and son, Ron Kit) plus reps who seemed to get stuff from anybody they could LOL. Not knocking the reps as I have some 70's unbranded nice kit.
Anyway, UK frame suppliers seemed pretty anal about numbers stamped on frames as that is what we paid them against......not so anything from abroad (Italian, French, Spanish) who never seemed to actually make or do anything in August.. It's like the whole of europe shut down for a summer holiday. !!
Imported Frame numbers were always hit and miss and when slotted bottom brackets started I just think they could not be arsed to find somewhere to stamp a number.....
Shaun
bugloss
Retrobike Rider
Yep, I guess thats the Victorian influence of categorising and logging everything that has resulted in our frame number obsession.
I am not fussed about the lack of one but I hoped that it would be able to identify the bike I have here, before it gets a much needed respray.
The reason why nothing gets made in Europe in July/August is that they hold a collective industry holiday for several weeks.
By the way I found a Portecena or two for sale on ebay in the US. Could be nice to have one of those on the bike for amusement. It means that I might have to do away with the Rossin pantographed levers that I have on it. Not so keen on that mind.
I am not fussed about the lack of one but I hoped that it would be able to identify the bike I have here, before it gets a much needed respray.
The reason why nothing gets made in Europe in July/August is that they hold a collective industry holiday for several weeks.
By the way I found a Portecena or two for sale on ebay in the US. Could be nice to have one of those on the bike for amusement. It means that I might have to do away with the Rossin pantographed levers that I have on it. Not so keen on that mind.
