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It worked brilliantly on a 531 frame with Campag seat post and on a couple of carbon fibre framed mountain bikes for all the years I needed it and much the same without any failures using a Cresswell U+2 tandem child cycle trailer after that too, so I suspect other issues were at play with your...

Inkjet printers are unfortunately a massive rip off and always have been. Inks are overpriced too and some printers now are online to determine whether cartridges are genuine etc. Repair is frustrating and usually not economic, but try ‘rubbing alcohol’ or even vodka to clean the nozzles. With...

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Re: Brilliant. Thanks. Not the one I recall but obviously earlier.

Re: Ah yes the cable guide...something else I challenged Harry on. Anyway, I didnt want a crappy plastic stud fixed cable guide that would be subject to crud, so insisted on a pair of braze ons for cable guides. Still there today perfectly serviceable and easily lubed. :mrgreen: (Bet he...

Beautiful. Not unlike my own that is still going strong. I note yours has braze ons for a rack on the seat stays. Number wise I cant comment with the AR which may indicate who actually did the frame building for Harry on yours. Since I reckon they had around 50-100 frames a year built, then...

Re: At this rate with frame numbers coming to light (I can provide two), then someone could start to put together a listing and history of Harry’s bikes. I dont think there is anything on the veteran cycle club website or archive at present. I know there are some others still around from...

Re: Just had a thought that the stock bikes Harry sold with a lamp boss on were called the “Elan” range? Incidently other bits of publicity featuring HH was the record attempt, “22 Days around the Coast of Britain” by Nick Sanders, who did an entertaining photographic journal in a hardback...

The bike in question has braze ons for mudguards and a carrier/rack so definitely of the ‘touring’ spec, plus the gears, in those days, would have been considered to be ‘wide’ and suitable for heading up to the Peak District or into Wales from Manchester. Not compact at all. In fact the width of...

Re: Harry Hall frames Sorry for only just seeing this, but to give you a take on the age of the bike in the forum question from two years ago, HH were producing frames in the number range 10xx in 1982/3 and 11xx in 1983/4. The Reynolds sticker is definitely slightly older but they changed the...