Old Claudbutler seeks a new home
- Thread starter Claud seeks a new home
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juvela
Retro Guru
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evidently name belonged to Williams, if to judge by this:
from a description of the Tommy Godwin one year time trial...
evidently chainsets were produced as well:
"Although the frame was stock, from the onset Raleigh offered a range of alternate components to “suit the speedman”. The frame design could accommodate both 26″ wire on or sew up rims or 27″ (as 700c rims were known then) sew ups and run with fixed, fixed and free or Sturmey-Archer hub gears. Lighter Constrictor Conloy Asp alloy 26″ rims and Williams B108 Dureel chainset could be substituted at extra cost to bring the weight down from the catalogue spec. 25 lbs (22-inch frame) to 23.5 lbs. Stripped for racing and with Conloy alloy sprint rims, the weight could be brought down further to as low as 19.5 lbs. On the other side of the scale, addition of a three-speed Sturmey-Archer gear upped the weight to about 28 lbs and with the early very heavy 12 v. Dynohub as high as 35 lbs."
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evidently name belonged to Williams, if to judge by this:
from a description of the Tommy Godwin one year time trial...
evidently chainsets were produced as well:
"Although the frame was stock, from the onset Raleigh offered a range of alternate components to “suit the speedman”. The frame design could accommodate both 26″ wire on or sew up rims or 27″ (as 700c rims were known then) sew ups and run with fixed, fixed and free or Sturmey-Archer hub gears. Lighter Constrictor Conloy Asp alloy 26″ rims and Williams B108 Dureel chainset could be substituted at extra cost to bring the weight down from the catalogue spec. 25 lbs (22-inch frame) to 23.5 lbs. Stripped for racing and with Conloy alloy sprint rims, the weight could be brought down further to as low as 19.5 lbs. On the other side of the scale, addition of a three-speed Sturmey-Archer gear upped the weight to about 28 lbs and with the early very heavy 12 v. Dynohub as high as 35 lbs."
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Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
Rocket ship at 19.5lbs
PhillB
GT Fan
Check Out Roger Piel for the pedals.... ;-) Were around in the early 50's were very expensive though!
https://classicrendezvous.com/country-of-origin/france/french-parts/roger-piel/
https://classicrendezvous.com/country-of-origin/france/french-parts/roger-piel/
Foreigner
Senior Retro Guru
What a lovely bike Bob, now we do need to go for a ride together 
Mine was identified as being build in May 1950 by VCC expert so they are not that far apart. Can't wait to see it restored and on the road again.
Checked for those pedals, never seen that design before tbh, will keep my eyes open. May I ask on FB on couple of forums if anyone has any info?
Mine was identified as being build in May 1950 by VCC expert so they are not that far apart. Can't wait to see it restored and on the road again.Checked for those pedals, never seen that design before tbh, will keep my eyes open. May I ask on FB on couple of forums if anyone has any info?
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Foreigner
Senior Retro Guru
Bravo - was just loooking at Velobase where they feature too https://velobase.com/Pages/ViewComp...35-413B-B223-6771DC9E96DF&Enum=109&AbsPos=255
Someone is advertising them for sale on Insta....1.5M Yen, that's £7.5k. Madness!
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Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
You've nailed it Phil
just been to the garage to check. There's a couple of tiny differences, as the above are repops I would expect that.
PhillB
GT Fan
Love your CB, too. That's two lovely 50's Claud's now.... I'm feeling an itch!!!
