Having the option to change your bar position after a few days would be good.
I did one long ride, after a few days wishing my stem was several cm shorter and the bars several cm higher, but didn't have the adjustment.
Maximum adjustment comes from both 1) spacers above and below the stem...
I can't find one, but hopefully one exists somewhere. The closest I can find are the 1972 and two 1976 ones. The 1976 catalogue in the Retrobike archive looks like the later 1976 model range with a different set of models no longer including the Electron. On the NKilgariff site page, the early...
This is a fantastic build. I love the contrasts throughout - the canti brakes and Alfine hub on the track frame, sealed black primer finish on a bike full of top notch parts... Just all brilliant stuff.
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You may have come across this info already; fascinating reading - "Stokes of London Cycles - Three Speed Hub" http://threespeedhub.com/frame-builders/stokes-of-london-cycles/
Love this - a great story and project.
H Lloyd's Reynolds decal catalogue suggests that transfer was used between 1937-1948: https://hlloydcycles.com/collections/reynolds?page=3
To cut a long story slightly shorter, my summary is that this is probably either a Holdsworth Professional frameset in 531 Competition, or a 653-framed Falcon, from somewhere between 1987 and 1990, with probability pointing towards 531C.
Here’s the evidence:
The six digit frame number starting...
Thanks, I think so too.
And there is something to be said for mysteries; plus an already modified frame means originality is Not A Thing.
On the other hand, the arcane knowledge of Retrobikers is both deep and wide and I won't be surprised if someone identifies it from some impossibly...
I was recently gifted an intriguing single speed road bike. The frame has been powder coated white. There are no stickers, previous colours or other clues to its identity, other than a 6-digit frame number under the BB: 906401.
Barely perceptible marks under the coating seems evidence of...