Ken's bike collection.

[fossyant]

Some nice kit there. Yup that yellow bike is a quality frameset.

 

[RedRider]

Great idea to collect these local bikes, I'd love to own one myself. To my mind they deserve an exhibition in the Museum of Liverpool somewhere down the line.

 

[insouciant]

Amazing collection.

I clicked 'Like' on the Fothergill one and then realised I actually like them all...

The Sirius and the Soens are highly attractive!

 

[Cyclopathic]

I too particularly liked the Sirius. The gold on blue is very stylish, vintage but not dated or out of date.

 

[sittingbull]

Thanks for all the replies, they are appreciated and have been passed on to Ken (who is not on the internet but will hopefully get to see this)

Just to add a little more information and feedback from Ken:

....the yellow one was a skip find.

....the Quinn looks like being a "Harry" although it apparently makes a difference to the restoration as to which "Harry" it was, this one does not have a Q after the frame number which implies Harry Quinn jnr.

....the Fothergill had bent forks (now aligned) and has been professionally painted.

....the Soens was a skip find and has been re-sprayed.

....the Whitcomb was a skip find (frame only in very good condition, no forks)

....the Tierney has been re-sprayed.

....the Sirius was a skip find and has been re-sprayed.

....the Claud Butler Saxon was a skip find in very poor condition (frame and forks) and has been professionally painted.

 

[George Blackwell]

Some super frames there my mate had a Fothergill track frame back in the late 60s at least we thought it was a track frame could easily have been a path frame, still it was featherlight and had horizontal dropouts and nervex lugs as the one pictured.

 

[sittingbull]

I found out today there's a problem with the wheels for the Fothergill re-build, apparently the free wheel cluster was seized (sorted now with the application of some heat). However the Weinmann alloy rims (I thought they would have been steel) are out of true and the spokes/nipples are solid and are having to be cut out.

With the cost of 72 new spokes and the fact the rims aren't in great condition he's now looking for another set of suitable wheels from the 50's, preferably with large flange hubs

 

[DonSchwann]

@sittingbull - does Ken still own the Whitcomb you posted on here? If so, I'm pretty sure I saw him (and his gorgeous steed) yesterday riding through the Garden Festival gardens! He overtook me on my Ian May.

 

[sittingbull]

Yes he does and yes you almost certainly did see him

I keep meaning to take some more photos and update this thread. The Fothergill is complete and there have been a few additions, plus those I've not seen or photographed yet. If you see him again say hello and tell him you've seen some of his bikes on here, just make sure you've got plenty of time to talk about bikes

 

[DonSchwann]

I would, but he sped by so fast it was all kind of a blur!

 

[Tony Raynor]

Those are lovely bikes. I'm going to have to go round and start looking in skips if that's what you can find :-)

 

[sittingbull]

Here's Ken's Ian May, it's included in the Ian May thread too

It's the first bike I've seen with a ""pro tag" - braze on race number holder (on the top tube).

I believe it to be in original condition with the likely exception of the saddle.

 

[biggs682]

cuffing stunning

 

[DonSchwann]

I LOVE Ken's Ian May! Damn, that thing's got me green all over.

 

[Tony Smith]

That IS as nice a bike as you can get