Fillet brazed frame build 'Lee Cooper'

Picked this up earlier this year.

Advertised as a reynolds 531 Lee cooper built frame supplied by cycle cycle.

It was a green metallic with no decals but for the dealer sticker,
Frame number is 91192,



Fillet brazed headtube, bottom bracket shell, wishbone and dropouts, Sloping top tube, top routed cable guides with a taller than normal pawn cable stop, roller mount for front derailleur, twin downtube bottle mounts, wishbone stays, no rack mounts, crud catcher mounts and mounts for a chainsuck device.

Its been away at the powdercoaters since i got it for a nice coat of metallic silver as i have a Paul donohue that i had just got repainted in that green















It bares a lot of the Lee Cooper traits but the serial number of other lee cooper frames usually starts with LA, would love to hear peoples thoughts opinions on this....

Ta
RBG

Wishbone to seat tube junction looks a little strange. Almost like it's not joined at all!

Corduroyboy said:

Wishbone to seat tube junction looks a little strange. Almost like it's not joined at all!

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I hear ya, almost like its internally welded.

More i compare, its like a poor mans dogs bolx

Great frame.. first class.

Really nice. 91 and 92 in the frame number I would have guessed later but it must be one of those right?

I also wonder how the wishbone was done.

Didn't lee Cooper leave his brazing unfiled, like this on my Lee Cooper Orbit. It looks like a nice frame though.

Nah, I think that was an orbit way of finishing, when he built for thorn the fillet brazing was quality.

CTK said:

Really nice. 91 and 92 in the frame number.

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Im gonna go with the date of 9 11 92
, seems more realistic for crud guard mounts.

CTK said:

I also wonder how the wishbone was done.

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Yeah, me too, its super tidy and solid... Different.

Very nice! That wishbone looks like its been silver soldered onto the seat tube. Who did your powder coat?

Yorvik engineering based in York, he has done a lot of work for me and other folks on here.

Local outfit, not a quick turnaround but great guy.