Geoffrey Butler - Ishiwata 017

[Royman]

Hello
I can confirm that the GB shown above is my bike
It is made from Ishiwata 022 and it is now adorned with 1984 C-Record
I bought it from a guy who lived in Lingfield in Surrey (which is not that far from Croydon) in around 2017/18
who used to time trial it in the 80's
It is a beautifully made frame with fantastic chroming on the forks, seat and chain stays
He bought it as an off the peg frame and built it up himself with a mix of Shimano 600 calipers, Simplex rear mech, gel 280 rims with Miche hubs

 

[Mr Weirdo]

Hello
I can confirm that the GB shown above is my bike
It is made from Ishiwata 022 and it is now adorned with 1984 C-Record
I bought it from a guy who lived in Lingfield in Surrey (which is not that far from Croydon) in around 2017/18
who used to time trial it in the 80's
It is a beautifully made frame with fantastic chroming on the forks, seat and chain stays
He bought it as an off the peg frame and built it up himself with a mix of Shimano 600 calipers, Simplex rear mech, gel 280 rims with Miche hubs

Hello

Thank you ever so much for contacting me.

Thank you for the info as well and do you know if your bicycle has a serial number on the bb shell?

It's lovely looking bicycle...

 

[juvela]

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What a lovely iron!

This livery screams MCMLXXXIV.

wrt GB information - wonder if VCC has a marque enthusiast for GB?

Mr Weirdo -

very minor chainset tip for your machine:

the early years Sakae Ringyo Silstar chainsets have the odd three degree taper

the set on your cycle appears late enough that it should exhibit the standard two degree taper

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[Mr Weirdo]

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What a lovely iron!

This livery screams MCMLXXXIV.

wrt GB information - wonder if VCC has a marque enthusiast for GB?

Mr Weirdo -

very minor chainset tip for your machine:

the early years Sakae Ringyo Silstar chainsets have the odd three degree taper

the set on your cycle appears late enough that it should exhibit the standard two degree taper

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Thanks for the additional info juvela

 

[Nob]

With Benotto Tape

 

[georges1]

very lovely bike

 

[Mr Weirdo]

I took a couple of pictures of both chain stay/rear dropouts today because...the inside of the rear derailleur dropout looks slightly different from all the other three...can you see what I mean? Is this a frame builders quirk? I haven't seen this style before but that's no surprise as I never completed my I Spy Book of Rear Drop Outs I bought my badge off eBay instead It's not cheating! One for the oldies

 

[jim haseltine]

Chain/sprocket clearance. I had a frame back in the 70s (a MKM if I recall correctly) which was fine with a 5-speed block but a 6-speed would jam on the end of the chainstay when swapping wheels. I had the stay end filed back and filled with brass.

 

[Mr Weirdo]

Chain/sprocket clearance. I had a frame back in the 70s (a MKM if I recall correctly) which was fine with a 5-speed block but a 6-speed would jam on the end of the chainstay when swapping wheels. I had the stay end filed back and filled with brass.

Thanks for that...I never knew