Wester Ross 531

[Miguel5]

Hi, anybody have any information re Wester Ross frames, I volunteer at a charity and we had one of these frames donated, the guy who brought it in said that it had been built for a pro to ride in the Tour of Ireland in the 80,s, have Googled but there isn't a great deal about them, have tried contacting the two guys in Whitby but no joy, will upload some pictures soon but am curious. Paintwork was in pretty poor state and a ding in the top tube. As a project I have taken it back to bare metal and re-primed, also filled in the ding, will probably sell at some point. Stamped on bb shell- JSC and an F, here's hoping,

 

[pigman]

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/smallwhee ... 7250338160

 

[Miguel5]

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Hi, thanks for the photos, there is very little I can find about these, I know that one sold on e-bay recently and it had 23 watchers so I am assuming that they have a following, it would be great to learn more about them, thanks.

 

[Old Ned]

Good quality frames with a good reputation BITD. I seem to think that they tended to specialise in touring frames but could be mistaken. I also think that they advertised in Cycling magazine. Who are the 2 guys in Whitby?

 

[otherself]

Hi, anybody have any information re Wester Ross frames, I volunteer at a charity and we had one of these frames donated, the guy who brought it in said that it had been built for a pro to ride in the Tour of Ireland in the 80,s, have Googled but there isn't a great deal about them, have tried contacting the two guys in Whitby but no joy, will upload some pictures soon but am curious. Paintwork was in pretty poor state and a ding in the top tube. As a project I have taken it back to bare metal and re-primed, also filled in the ding, will probably sell at some point. Stamped on bb shell- JSC and an F, here's hoping,

You could perhaps contact a Mr Henderson. He had an information page about Wester Ross on his bike website about a decade ago(?). No longer online but you could drop him a PM him via his YouTube channel. I'm sure he'd be more than willing to help.

A video on Wester Ross

https://youtu.be/fL25BYkA6Xw

I believe "F" on the bottom bracket indicated the frame builder, a chap called Fergus Forsyth. JSC would be John Connell - founder of Wester ross.

 

[Miguel5]

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Hi, thanks will try this Mr Henderson chap, do you know the name of his You Tube chanel please, thanks

 

[otherself]

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Hi, thanks will try this Mr Henderson chap, do you know the name of his You Tube chanel please, thanks

It's the guy who uploaded the video above.

 

[Miguel5]

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Ok, cheer

 

[Jamiedyer]

John used to build them out this way near Altbae before moving the whole operation down to Yorkshire, was it?
There used to be a few pages floating round on the net. I will see what I can dig up.

Jamie

 

[Miguel5]

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Really appreciate it if you can come across anything, cheers