R J Quinn or a somewhat mysterious frameset

[caemis]

Hi there,
a few weeks back I spotted a frame set in the German forum. The price was fair and the specs were looking good.

There was not much information on it, other than it was build in the shop of R J Quinn. No year, no purpose.

However, I want to give it a go, build it and right it, as it does look quite comfy.

Maybe you have some more insights on the Quinn Brothers or any idea regarding the year and/or purpose (i.e. touring, club, ...) on the set.


Here you go:



Cheers

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Nevex pro lug's and very pretty. I'm not helping

 

[KermitGKona88]

All I know is, when the might Quinn gets here everybody's gonna jump for joy!!!

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

All I know is, when the might Quinn gets here everybody's gonna jump for joy!!!

I'm so glad you did that

 

[squirrelchaser]

I think the tale is not straight forward and quite interesting . I can't remember the details but know I found them easily .
I have an early 80's RJ Quinn that was almost certainly built in the Holdsworth factory .

 

[chickendrumsticks]

I'm so glad you did that

I'm glad he did that so I didn't have to.

 

[Jonny69]

Does it look like it originally had a derailleur hanger on the dropout? Has it been cut off or does it look like it never had one?

 

[caemis]

Does it look like it originally had a derailleur hanger on the dropout? Has it been cut off or does it look like it never had one?

Never had one, I'd say. Maybe some 5speed build with a Simplex derailleur in the rear, but then again there is no braze on for a FD.

As I couldn't find any catalogue or advert or at least some overview of modells it's probably hard to tell.

 

[RetroDavy]

R J Quinn was a shop on Edge Lane in Liverpool. It's still there though with a slightly different name. My dad, from Liverpool, had an R J Quinn-framed road bike with very nice lugs and wrap over seat stays.

There's a little about it here: https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=23399

And a Retrobike thread about Quinn cycles here: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/recollections-of-quinn-bikes.106588/