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That's a clever idea ! I'll try to do that.

That's a clever idea ! I'll try to do that.

I've just about stripped the frame down ready for sand-blasting. But I have a question on which I'd like some advice. The head tube still has its metallic CB badge. The colours are a bit faded but acceptable. The badge is riveted on, with what look like two small brass rivets. Now, I think the...

I'm grateful for this knowledge, Peachy ! Of course, now I'll hanker after an Avant Coureur.

Peachy is certainly right about it being an All-Rounder rather than an Avant Coureur. In certain lights I've been able to decipher the letters ....DER'' model written inside the narrow black strip at the front of the top tube, which must indicate ''ALL-ROUNDER'' model. Another sign of it not...

Hi all. I should like to present myself and my latest acquisition : a 1953 Claud Butler in largely original but rather poor condition. I found the beast on EBay and probably paid more than I should, but it is the genuine article -- the ''bilaminated'' lugs seems to suggest a ''New All-Rounder''...

Re Looking for a special lugless CB (now looking further afield) What I liked about that Wedge-lock was its beautiful simplicity, though I confess I have no experience of other comparable cotterless alloy chainsets. I don't suppose there's much chance of finding a Wedge-lock chainset today...

Was : Re: Looking for a special lugless Claud Butler. Weight Que Was: looking for a special lugless Claud Butler. Weight question As I live in France, I've also been looking at vintage road-race frames made in France and Italy, among others. There are certainly some interesting items out there...

Thanks for the tips, chaps!

Hi all, I'm a newbie here. As it says in the title of the thread, I'm looking for a certain bike, which I had in the late 60s in the Harrow area of the northwest London suburbs. It was an all-welded Claud Butler, lugless, though I now know that the correct term is filet-brazed. It was the finest...