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Thank you! I am thinking maybe it is some sort of transition between the Severn Valley of 1951 used in that years ToB and the frames that would eventually be branded Tour of Britains in 52. Other useful information might be that the head badge holes are 53 mm apart. I’ve spent a lot of time on...

Wow, thank you! This is amazing information. From conversations we had about the bike, he said he built it up with the Charter Lea Chainset and a cyclo Benelux rear mech before later upgrading to a campy gran sport rear mech and rod activated front mech. We had countless discussion about the...

Thank you bagpuss. The lugs here on your frame would appear the same, were you able to identify that one? They seem to be Nervex Serie Legere model 45/159, not Professional ones like Tour of Britain's were all supposed to have. The lugs on the hosteller look different again, and I would be...

This is my late Grandads Viking racing bike from the 1950s. I am looking to restore it into the original colours/spec that he would have raced it with (he won the Tour of the Mendips in 1954 among other accolades). He said he bought it in Feb of 1952 and it was a Viking Tour of Britain model...