willi moore now with pics at long last

[biggs682]

trying to trace some history re frame set i just purchased , has willi moore decals all over it , i can find a connection between willi and merside wheelers and the fact he was a olympic champion in the 70's i think , anybody else have any more info , will post some pics when i have it , but it looks like it dates from mid 80's

see link for some pics

http://www.flickr.com/photos/68734341@N04/

 

[Midlife]

Name rings a bell from my early teens LOL

At that time some riders just stuck their names on the bike in place of the makers decals. Sandy Gilchrist did just that for his road bikes.

Shaun

 

[Old Ned]

Willi had a frame building business in the 80's which was rather peripatetic. In the space of a short time he was in Liverpool, Newbury and Bognor (see Edit). Mike Mullett worked for him at Newbury and then took the business over when Willi moved. I have adverts in Cyclings in '82 which have all addresses in them.

He was a top TT'er on Merseyside and beyond in the 60's and 70's.

EDIT - he moved from Newbury to Redlynch near Salisbury NOT Bognor. 3 different addresses in 1982. He also 'came back' into competition and rode very well.

 

[Midlife]

Blimey Old Ned I'm a decade or two out

I was thinking about the very Early 70's when he was riding and I assumed it was a frame from that era...........if so I was tempted to suggest it was a Condor

Shaun

 

[Old Ned]

Here's the man himself travelling at speed in the 1968 25 Champs on the Northwich by-pass J32 course.

Riding a Harry Quinn.

I had a cheap camera in those days.

 

[biggs682]

ned thats glorious pic , captures the moment well done

frame turned up today bonus is that its 531 sl complete with shimano 600 notched head set and forks and tips the scales at under 2kg , so nice and light .

bottom bracket has EO stamped in . cant see any other markings yet , will try and get some pics in daylight and post them for all to see .

is willi still alive cant find anything to say not

 

[Old Ned]

As far as I know Willi is very much alive and in recent years has been performing at a high level in veterans road racing with the LVRC.

 

[orbeas]

Willi moore

Willi won a bronze medal at the 72 Olympics , was in the team pursuit squad..
Remember being in Harry Quinns on day seeing about my cross bikes, and asked Harry what was the frame he was building in the jig..
He said it was Willi Moore's for the Olympics pursuit..

 

[Midlife]

Nice snippet of info .......

I was 12 in 1972 and a bit of a bike freak....but don't recall a Harry Quinn in the line up at the olympics... I wonder what it was badged as ?

Shaun

 

[biggs682]

ok thanks for all the help , have now added link that hopefully works to first posting .

would like to try and work out who makers was , i read about a connection with the brothers Soens who did make frames , its quite unusual only having 1 boss for gear lever although looking at it now it has had a 2 lever set up on it somewhere in the past .