Claud Butler Barn Find!

[Peachy!]

What’s the yellow? If it’s a deliberate yellow splatter effect then it’s a very bottom of the range catalogue (Argos/littlewoods/fishpools, pay monthly on tick) from the end of 92. Not really worth anything at all with a very low group.
You’d need to pay me £10 to take it away.

If that’s accidental/decoration splashing & maybe a Cape Wrath it will have DX. The group alone could be worth more than £50 if it’s not knackered.

 

[Peachy!]

Quick history lesson, just in case I sounded a bit harsh above.
In 1992 the Falcon group in Brigg (owned the Claud Butler/Holdsworth/Falcon & other brand names) placed a massive order in the Far East for aluminium frames. These were to be introduced the next year with a very top of the range XT equipped “Antaeus” (I bought one for £50 last year) and a whole bunch of bottom of the range. This meant they had a huge amount of basic Reynolds 500 frames to shift, so they stuck with the old graphic, did a splatter effect, bolted on the very cheapest out of date kit they could get from Shimano and sold them through the cheap monthly payment catalogues throughout the early to mid 90’s, they were never advertised in the proper range.
Of course this doesn’t make it a bad bike & any bike saved from the skip & used is a good bike. It’s just not worth anything.

 

[Matt-k]

Wow! You should go on Mastermind. That all makes perfect sense as the bike is a stone's throw from Brigg.

 

[legrandefromage]

low pro brakes and one piece cranks suggest a lower end model from around 1993

 

[legrandefromage]

Yes, am that good

<bows, smiles, points and waves to no-one in the crowd>