peetee
Senior Retro Guru
I’ve always been in to classic British steel road bikes. It took me a while to register Ellis Briggs on my radar. It was a frame bought on this very forum that switched me on. I’m eternally grateful to whoever it was who allowed me to buy it. Sorry, I can’t remember, fellow Retrobiker.
Several years later I’ve just bagged my third. A chance find in a bike charity where I volunteer. It has, I’ve been told, a cracked BB shell - I’ve yet to inspect it. Because of this, it was unsellable to the general public so a price was thrown at me that was, well, even if it turns out to be a piece of wall art, unrefusable.
I will contact the folks in Shipley in due course; other EB owners might do well to know the shop is attempting to collate a database on surviving bikes and frames.
A wild stab in the dark would be mid 70’s but I will find out in due course.
Several years later I’ve just bagged my third. A chance find in a bike charity where I volunteer. It has, I’ve been told, a cracked BB shell - I’ve yet to inspect it. Because of this, it was unsellable to the general public so a price was thrown at me that was, well, even if it turns out to be a piece of wall art, unrefusable.
I will contact the folks in Shipley in due course; other EB owners might do well to know the shop is attempting to collate a database on surviving bikes and frames.
A wild stab in the dark would be mid 70’s but I will find out in due course.
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