Recent content by smegger

Thanks for the extra info, I just remembered I have the original owner's manual to the bike, it might have extra info about the bike, I doubt it though, I'll have a look anyway! Sam

Gosh, the head tube lugs on the bike are actually exactly the shape as the ones you shown me, I give in, your right! The guy even said this in the Ebay description! : "Haden investment-cast ‘curly’ lugs (no pressed steel Nervex rubbish here!)" Just found another bike on classic...

Thats got me thinking, I'm gonna study lugs a bit more and see if I can match them up with any of the nervex ones, do you reckon they would of customized any of the lugs or not? Where were the Haden cast lugs used most then? Just wondering SAm

When I got it from Ebay the guy, who was quite knowledgable, said it had Haden investment cast lugs apparently so I went with his word. I think at the time it was an audax bike because it came with less but better, lighter equipment and sold for about £150 new in 1975! I still can't believe what...

++++1 +1 I got a 1975 Dawes Super Galaxy with fairly high end Suntour components, 531 double butted tubes, investment cast lugs for £230. That might be a good indicator of the price yours may go for------ here it is when originally got it without having done anything to it except...

Hi there, I don't know much about Clements but if its got 531 frame with paint in great nick (which is still used in some of todays good steel bikes on top of all the other steel types) then it should definately go for more than £100. It's probably a hand built frame aswell, another value adder...