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torqueless replied to the thread n+1, this time a steel one..I'd say that that frame is not much less of a 'stallion' than the other one- just a slightly older style one. If you're getting someone... -
torqueless replied to the thread Any help in identifying vintage road bike frame?.I'd say it's an '8' beause the '3' stamp usually has a horizontal top stroke
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torqueless replied to the thread Any help in identifying vintage road bike frame?.The number looks like '6278' to me (I think it may be upside down in your photo)
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torqueless replied to the thread n+1, this time a steel one..measure from the string to the seat tube on both sides. The measurements should be identical if your frame is in alignment. Use a...
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torqueless replied to the thread Mysterious fork crown.Yeah you're right about the wrapover. OP could do worse though than contacting Rourke and asking if it's one of theirs, and if they...
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torqueless replied to the thread Mysterious fork crown.If it has 1010 dropouts, domed stay ends, Prugnat points and takes a 27mm pin it's almost certain to be 531db. That seat cluster is...
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torqueless replied to the thread Mysterious fork crown.Crown looks like a Milremo Giro that's had a bit of file work done on it. Common crown from mid '60s-mid '70s.
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torqueless replied to the thread Bernard Carre frame - What specification am I working to?.You should probably seek confirmation from a Frenchman about this- but if you can literally "pop it back in", it probably means that the...
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torqueless replied to the thread Paint your wagon! Or rather a shiny frame the rattle can way.Ah what the hell... since it's been bumped, here's a picture of my last brush job- last in both senses of the word.. i.e. a) temporally...
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torqueless replied to the thread Frame Identification.....Mercian, Claud Butler, Jack Hearne....?.Iirc Jack Hearne numbers are first two digits = year , so probably not a Hearne, nor a Mercian, nor a Holdsworth. Holdsworth numbers...
