ID part on old Moulton Midi please.

[templehead]

Mooching around eBay (as I seem to do more and more these days...) and I spotted this old Moulton. Any idea what the bracket thing circled in the photo is please? Is it some sort of bodge? Cheers.

 

[biggs682]

Certainly looks like it's some sort of stiffener that is holding it all together

It's not the only one though

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16703728...tkp:Bk9SR6D2yJfqZA&LH_ItemCondition=3000|7000

 

[Drago]

I'm with Biggs. That's most likely a frame brace of some sort, less likely a mounting system for a forward rack or somesuch.

 

[alicat]

Yes, I think it's a frame brace. We had a Moulton Mini when I was a child and it didn't have anything like that on it.

 

[biggs682]

I'm with Biggs. That's most likely a frame brace of some sort, less likely a mounting system for a forward rack or somesuch.

I found an internet thread about it earlier and it was available through Raleigh at the time .
But can't find said thread now to post a link .
I had a Moulton of some description in my early teans as my paper round come riding across building site bike but have no recollection of where it came from

 

[biggs682]

Found the thread see below from a CTC forum post.

"They removed the front suspension to save money. And had such an issue with the frames breaking where the.headtube and main tube meet that they had to make a bolt on metal brace which was staggeringly ugly."

 

[templehead]

So a factory-fitted bodge then? "Staggeringly ugly" is fair comment, I reckon! Cheers.

 

[Poacher]

Certainly looks like it's some sort of stiffener that is holding it all together

It's not the only one though

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167037287524?_skw=moulton+bicycle&itmmeta=01JD8QJ7CDRAHH0TQRXXGRCAB0&hash=item26e432bc64:g:t9MAAOSwjPJm9n7g&itmprp=enc:AQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx+KZ9MfhVJKmkRrvHpcoaecGgHB1L0zljVBbenA8XLcswKyGR/A6TORtPJUf/4z2PR9jArY2usUaytKUCV1G2xEore3twdiFxY80J15gkXR+lLRWbFFJWxVh+sbOveO4xHaPYkX4KeQz7GUf9Mzz5SQG4fxsPxUTLUsi/I3sj7IthdcQP0IK+FkjfwgU5gX6YkKqoaaWaBQFllC3APBDZYRER7WqN7DcOJUmGWvitSdjdyf56k1xwG8VNlH/DY8eej0h+QK7mJMzmKShk5qVLWP2umZt2qgvJIgFqPG8TazJM9EXxtcaJcw==|tkp:Bk9SR6D2yJfqZA&LH_ItemCondition=3000|7000

Did you look at the seller's other items?
They're sitting on a mountain of Moulton parts!

 

[rogerzilla]

F-frame Moultons are funny things. They have their enthusiasts (I have two), they are expensive and difficult to restore, and they are almost worthless, unless you have something rare like a Safari or SpeedSix.

The 14" ones need rewheeling as the original tyre size is now almost impossible to find.

 

[biggs682]

Did you look at the seller's other items?
They're sitting on a mountain of Moulton parts!

No I didn't