Unknown Blue track / Path bike

[biggs682]

Well a good friend of mine picked this up recently . And as of today 4th June 2019 it now resides in my garage

And its got mahooooosive crank in fact 60 tooth !!!!!

The only number he has found so far is 205 on the right hand rear drop out , it has rather distinctive rear seat stay caps almost like saw teeth that you can just make out in below picture .

Nervex stamped bottom bracket shell drillings both ends for calipers and sits on 700c rims got to admit i like it a lot . Rear brake bridge has long diamond shaped flanges and has a lightly curved profile .

Got no idea who made it so ideas or suggestions and can you imagine pushing that crank around !!!!!!!!

 

[raleighnut]

Nice

 

[wisdom]

It's nice could it have been a track bike at some time?Especially with that type of rear dropout.

 

[biggs682]

It's nice could it have been a track bike at some time?Especially with that type of rear dropout.

Thats our thoughts but strange how its drilled fr brakes

 

[raleighnut]

Thats our thoughts but strange how its drilled fr brakes

If you trained on the road then rode track events you just unbolted the calipers and levers and did it (possibly with a different set of wheels that you carried to the velodrome on yer bike)

 

[biggs682]

If you trained on the road then rode track events you just unbolted the calipers and levers and did it (possibly with a different set of wheels that you carried to the velodrome on yer bike)

True

 

[DCLane]

Track bike or a time trial bike - designed for flat TT's. Or a rider with huge thighs.

 

[midlife]

Looks like a 60's path bike.... Those seat stay caps with a ridge were a sign of quality, can't bring to mind a builder who scollaped them..

 

[carpenter]

I searched "scalloped seat stays and came up with this:

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/hillspecial.html

Hills made path bikes, also interesting read - I hadn't known that welded frames were made in the 40's due to lack of lugs.

 

[biggs682]

I searched "scalloped seat stays and came up with this:

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/hillspecial.html

Hills made path bikes, also interesting read - I hadn't known that welded frames were made in the 40's due to lack of lugs.

will have a look at that later

 

[biggs682]

Got a better pic of rear seat stay

And they are different to anything i have seen

Fork crown is nice and the stearer carries the same 205 stamping

 

[midlife]

Ohhh that's really nice . I'm wondering if it's an early Ellis Briggs but whatever it is its class :

 

[Seevio]

It took me way longer than it should have done to work out picture 2.

Admittedly I was looking at it on my phone but I was thinking how come the small ring is on the outside. And how does the crank go behind the small ring but in front of the big ring?

Yeah, yeah, I've worked it out now.

 

[GuyBoden]

It took me way longer than it should have done to work out picture 2.

Admittedly I was looking at it on my phone but I was thinking how come the small ring is on the outside. And how does the crank go behind the small ring but in front of the big ring?

Yeah, yeah, I've worked it out now.

I'm hoping it was just a pic for comparison purposes, or is it for real........

 

[biggs682]

I'm hoping it was just a pic for comparison purposes, or is it for real........

yep 60 tooth