Recent content by Philmay

I am searching for information about this maker. The proprietor Stanley Fortescue Hubbard appeared to have been making bikes in Lewisham and Rye Lane, Peckham up until the start of WW2 when the shop was bombed. I found this out after trawling Ancestry and Lewisham newspaper archives. I would...

Re: Useful.info. does a roadster headset have the same bearing race arrangement as the clip type? I had assumed that it was a modified clip headset. I'm not sure about the Sun angle, though some of the models look very similar. The shadow left by the headbadge clearly shows a crown, and...

Re: Here are a few more photos of the bike mocked up, with some Mcguiver standard badges to get the brakes working https://photos.app.goo.gl/pwxTF8Wbzh354hjf8

Re: Here are some more photos. https://photos.app.goo.gl/rbGhoMHALXrrfgWu8 The National Cycle Museum.have no records of S and F cycles, and suggested it could have been a " bought in frame" made by a medium.sized manufacture, probably local to the shop.in East London

Re: I dont think it is either of those. there are no branded BSA parts. The Royal Enfield badge on my 49 Mayfly does not match the the mystery impression left on the head tube of the mystery bike.

I've just bought his bike.niy has brampton lugs, clip head set. Oval forks, straight tubes triangle. It came with a huge bundle of quality 30s to 50s bits, 26 x 1 1/4 BHC flip flop wheels and was badged as a Saunders and Fortescue from Rye lane in Peckham.https://photos.app.goo.gl/AqciSFA5BPiXvw5C8

I have been following with interest, but as I am inexperienced in the world.of vintage bikes I have much to learn.

It's a shame the Newport is now a house. Used to be a great pub. Where is 10 acre field? ( I'm local btw)

That's a shame as you undoubtedly have a great deal of knowledge to share that would benefit lots of people. If everyone listed bike manufacturer and model age if known serial number and location for each bike they own it would provide more data in one place than anywhere else online.

Hardly absurd. Huge undoubtedly but if individuals collated their collective knowledge it would be of benefit to all surely.

I'm looking for a comprehensive list of British bike builders frame numbers, their location and if prefixed or suffixed. Knowledge of how the frame number can be used to find date and other information would be great. I know there are a few guides on the web but they only mention a few makers...

I've just discovered that it has Kromo forks. I found a stamp in the steerer tube but no other identifying marks

Re: I am now thinking it is most likely a Percy Stallard from 1956 based on the frame number. I stand to be corrected though

Re: Here is a photo of then she drop out

Re: I've since found a frame number on the nearside dropout 62023