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splendid, that looks like the only option out there! (aside from these tanwalls on ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PAIR-VINTAGE-26-x-1-1-4-32-597-TYRES-BLACK-AMBERWALL-SUIT-60s-70s-RACER-/202817078172 )
Cheers
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26 x 1 1/4 tyre options... talk to me
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Plan is to clean-up and flog the standard k to cover the cost of a cyclo derailleur & shifter, stick a brooks and some drops on and see how it fares as an everyday beater...
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Apart from the 70's simplex derailleur it all looks pretty original
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I finally relented and returned the 1947 Gillott I'd stolen from my father 8 years ago!
This left a classic lightweight-shaped-hole in my heart which led to an impulse-purchase of a Dawes Cyclo Sport that came with a Standard K ladies bike for a princely £35, I picked them up yesterday. Sellers pic below -
I did wonder...
26" wheels are pretty common on speedway bikes and the geo is similar - would explain the epic BB height
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local pick-up and I've just tidied my workshop so for once in my life I know where all my junk is!
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Bought a f&f on ebay yesterday for £12. Put some bits on it this am.
BB height is > 350mm (which is way more than any track bike I've owned)
front tyre clearance is rizla on a 28mm road tyre
Frame is 44 x 57cm so it's probably not intended for very short people.
There's a welded gusset on the DT - I'm wondering if I've bought a cycle speedway frame
(also there's mudguard eyes and plenty of clearance at the back for 700c)
Looks like it'll be fun whatever it is -
If you're looking to extract max value from this I'd be inclined to split it for parts - as a whole it's a bit impure but pretty much everything on it is desirable to some degree....
FYI Ricci was a bike shop in Cornwall, not sure if it's still going but in the pre-internet days I used to get their typed out price lists etc in the post, they sold the glittery italian exotica that was hard to come by in suburban England! -
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