Recent content by markpin

Re: Hi Phillip Thanks for the information. I will look into your points and also post on the group, I know he had his bike when he lived in South London from when he would have bought it until he went to NZ in the late 50s and he took it with him. Thats one of the reasons that it annoys me so...

Hi My Uncle bought a new Gillot in the mid 50s and had it and used it most days until he had an accident in 2015 on it. I believe it was stolen while he was being taken into hospital after being knocked off it. I have only just found out about this because I was asking him about my own old...

Thanks Its good to know That means my bike is only ten years older than me though so hopefully we can both keep going for a long time to go.

Re: From the Claud Butler number info I have just read on another post, my number of 524 suggests April 1952 I think and the other number of 1443 must be the unique identifier bit logically? Is that correct?

Re: Yes, I saw that picture during my research. I agree, its hard to find info and i have been though the classic lightweight site a bit already. My bike is not the twin tube version but its similar in a number of ways so it is probably the Claud Butler era as suggested. Mine has brazed...

Hi I was wondering if anyone could tel me anymore about my bike? I have owned it since the mid 70s but it originally belonged to my Uncle who lived in South London during the 50s when he first got the bike. I assume he got it new but I have no way of being sure if it is a 50s bike or possibly...