Old Claudbutler seeks a new home

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Hi Sue
It was lovely to meet you and chat about bicycles and Claud. Thank you for giving me such a beautiful bike. I will do the very best I can for you all, and of course Claud.


...have very much enjoyed seeing this one; especially like the livery

on me screen it appears "parchment" but suspect that with lavandation it may become a light yellow

looking forward to following along... ;)



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...have very much enjoyed seeing this one; especially like the livery

on me screen it appears "parchment" but suspect that with lavandation it may become a light yellow

looking forward to following along... ;)



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It's a strange colour, I'll need to thoroughly degrease the frame, than a careful oxyallic acid bath overnight. The steerer tube will give us the original colour hopefully.
 
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forgot to mention above -

t'is obvious from OP's images that headset is an Alatet but pictures do not give close view of upper stack

find meself a'wonderin' if it be the Thomas D. Cross & Sons Ltd edition or the Brampton Bros.

will be interested to hear when you have had opportunity to examine

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there is a small brownish transfer at the front of the toptube which appears to read: "______ TRACK" Model (first word unreadable for me)

is another reader able to make it out?

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forgot to mention above -

t'is obvious from OP's images that headset is an Alatet but pictures do not give close view of upper stack

find meself a'wonderin' if it be the Thomas D. Cross & Sons Ltd edition or the Brampton Bros.

will be interested to hear when you have had opportunity to examine

View attachment 991065

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there is a small brownish transfer at the front of the toptube which appears to read: "______ TRACK" Model (first word unreadable for me)

is another reader able to make it out?

View attachment 991066



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I'll take some close ups tomorrow. It says Road track model
Looks like a complete Alatet.
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I'm very pleased you got this GIGFY!! I'm really looking forward to seeing this one!

Plus, as a bonus, I found out the name of the headset on an old Holdsworth La Quelda that is sat in my resto queue!! It's the same as this Alatet.
Thanks Phil, nice of you to say so. Claud is a beautiful bike. I can't save the saddle sadly. But! Seat post and stem are not seized 🎊🎉

The Brampton version I believe. The TDCross version is not as ornate from memory @juvela will know for sure
 
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