Helton frameset / Henley Cycles - any info?

[KneesUp]

I picked up a frameset at a car boot this morning because it was so cheap I thought it was worth it just for having a spare pair of 1” threaded forks. I’d never heard of the brand but it is badged as being 531c and it’s got Campy dropouts. So even with a stuck in bottom bracket it was worth the £5 I gave for it I think. The bb shell is plastic so presumably won’t be too hard to get out with some combination of gentle sawing / plumbers torch. It looks likes someone has had a bit of a go already so it might benefit from a bit of refacing too.

I was just wondering if anyone can tell me anything about Helton? Is it the same Helton that now makes tandem roof carriers? I guess they are Yorkshire based given it was sold in Huddersfield.

The plan is to build it up with as many of the spare bits I have as I can. It’s basically a tool for tidying up my parts stash …. Yeah that’s it. I’m slightly annoyed that I bought this and then saw a quite nice 70s record player that I didn’t have enough cash left for (the car boot is in a field a long way from a cash machine) but there we are. Record player probably didn’t work anyway. …

 

[Veronese68]

Sorry , don’t know anything about Helton. But that should be a great frame once you’ve sorted the bottom bracket out, in a good size too. I like that a lot 👍

 

[biggs682]

@KneesUp very nice

 

[DCLane]

Honley Cycles in Honley still 'sort of' exists - I was near them today. They don't have a website, except for the tandem carrier, and operate out of a garage-sized space.

Worth giving them a call as it looks to be an own brand sold by them - https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/honley-cycles-holmfirth

 

[KneesUp]

Thanks for the lead - maybe I'll give them a call.

I've been weighing up the bits on the shelves whilst I was on the trainer earlier - I think I have everything I need to build this up as a 2/3 x 8 Camapgnolo set up other than a headset (don't have any of those lying about at all) and brakes (I have some 105 callipers somewhere though).

I'll update when it's done.