woodbutcher
Veteran
- Location
- S W France
Egad Sire, its part of Mr B's plan that is so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel !
J F Wilson
- Thread starter biggs682
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booze and cake
probably out cycling
Nice lugs, and I do like a rowdy paint job, and the straight steel fork blades look good
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Nice lugs, and I do like a rowdy paint job, and the straight steel fork blades look good
Not a lover of straight forks but i can't see them once i am riding it
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Just had the below build info back from J F Wilson , who also confirmed that it was special order for a Mr Peter Dakin a then local to Sheffield rider
" Hi yes, Peter nice fella."
" It was built in August, 1995. Using Reynolds 531c tubing:"
"Seat tube 23 & 1/2" centre of bottom bracket to top of seat tube."
"Top tube 22 & 1/2" centre to centre"
" Down tube 24 & 7/8" centre to centre"
" Seat angle 73.5' with a head angle of 73.5' "
A bit later than i was expecting but nice to have the info confirmed
Rode it 6 miles today and it felt very nice
" Hi yes, Peter nice fella."
" It was built in August, 1995. Using Reynolds 531c tubing:"
"Seat tube 23 & 1/2" centre of bottom bracket to top of seat tube."
"Top tube 22 & 1/2" centre to centre"
" Down tube 24 & 7/8" centre to centre"
" Seat angle 73.5' with a head angle of 73.5' "
A bit later than i was expecting but nice to have the info confirmed
Rode it 6 miles today and it felt very nice
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Had a look at the Chorus headset this morning and it looks like a spacer is missing between the two caps
Anybody have one ?
Anybody have one ?
IanSmithCSE
Guru
- Location
- Worcester, Worcestershire
Good morning,
I remember seeing the Wilson web site a few times where they had many similar paint schemes and if I remember rightly they/he also made a significant number of frames out of 501 tubing.
That seemed a bit odd to me as the I thought that the price difference between 531 and 501 was never great in the context of hand built frames.
Or it may be that I saw the only few made as nobody wanted them. :-)
Bye
Ian
I remember seeing the Wilson web site a few times where they had many similar paint schemes and if I remember rightly they/he also made a significant number of frames out of 501 tubing.
That seemed a bit odd to me as the I thought that the price difference between 531 and 501 was never great in the context of hand built frames.
Or it may be that I saw the only few made as nobody wanted them. :-)
Bye
Ian
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Looking at the below there should be a washer fitted so will have to see what i have or can get
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
This one has been doing a fair amount of miles since picking it up and has yet to come up with a reason why it can't be a keeper .
Did 47 miles on Saturday morning and it proved very confident and comfortable as a leisure riding machine rather than the racing machine it was built for .
Did 47 miles on Saturday morning and it proved very confident and comfortable as a leisure riding machine rather than the racing machine it was built for .
Hover Fly
Lazy so and so
- Location
- Besides the lake, beneath the trees
Just looked at my chorus headset, the washer fits in a recess so it isn't visible
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
RichardB
Slightly retro
- Location
- West Wales
