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It does.
I searched too and drew blank. I also searched for "Central cycle works" which it says below Bond & Son,but again, nothing. Shame not to be able to ID it.
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Nice. The prices are so unpredictable at the moment I could see it going for 30 quid. It seems that only hetchins, ephgrave and a few other marques are holding a consistent price.
Here's an interesting ratty one- once chrome frame, Nervex lugs, oil ports... the frame number suggests holdsworth but it doesn't look any I've seen:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F233013536086
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Lusso do made-to-measure bids for 20% on top of standard price, they might do something similar for jerseys. It could be worth emailing them.
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has your LBS kidnapped it now?
Interesting to read your experience of EB. I had pretty much the same problems. Dropped off a 1953 Ellis Briggs frame in person last October and was told it should be ready for around Xmas - I finally got it back in May! During all that time they never called or emailed me once! …It's taking all my self restraint not to hijack your thread with my own EB rant, so instead I'll go back on topic: any pictures of the KC built up? We need closure!
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Great. It always nice to see that something you've been watching go to a good home.
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Nice! Was that for sale in the Midlands somewhere? If so, I was watching the price keep dropping but knew Mrs Nonowt would go mental no matter how cheap it got. Glad it's going to get some use.
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very nice. love same seller's Hetchins too (and the modern Paris track bike)...
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Hadn't spotted the poor feedback @7ven . It is pick up only so I suppose that gives the buyer a chance to check it over... Resilion brakes and all that chrome makes me think it could be just pre-war? Durax cranks were first adventised in the UK in 1939, says Classic Lightweights. Interesting bike and looks like it's mainly just in need of a good clean. Glad it's the wrong side of London.
This is a new one on me: R.A. Blackwell (of Hackney Road)
Parts wise it's a bit all over the decades (but all quality. Is that an artisan brass shim on the bars/stem?). It must be pretty rare as the internet only throws up a head-badge reproduction, a frame on flicker and someone mentioning they have a 1965 model... The site of RA Blackwell is now the newly built RE:Hotel on Hackney Road - I wish I could remember what was on that corner before...
Early '50s Claud Butler lugless "lady Lightweight" in Wigan. Has a nice old Carradice bag and sprung Brooks B66 but the rest of the parts have come of a Raleigh 3-speed. £100ono:
Same seller has a very tidy Sun town bike which features a rather incongruous Major Taylor style adjustable track stem. Also £100ono:
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the Gillott is very nice. It's vanished off ebay now tho…
this is very nice too: FH Scott with original paint and parts (Harden front bacon slicer hub, Reynolds stem, clip type headset so maybe pre-war?). Just over 82:00 miles on the clock:
same seller has a fairly decent Campag'd 80s/90s Pearson too.
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this Oscar Egg should polish up nicely:
almost identical to this one:
http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/1940s/1955-1959/1959-velo-course-oscar-egg/frame number suggests 1953 for this ratty £10 Claud in Chesterfield. Seat tube looks like it might have been modified though...
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It might be worth asking Hilary Stone (via Facebook) otherwise endless trawling through eBay and eBay.fr might be the answer.
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yep, I think you could be right - especially if this is correct:
"Certainly available as early as 1956 (if not before), they had small blue identifying discs over the valve hole (easily lost). I have also seen these rims (26 x 1 1/4) on Fratelli Brivio hubs dating from earlier, perhaps 1950."
The blue disk is missing from one of my rims. Unlike the later ones in the photo on velobase, there's no engraving on the rim.
Love the wingnut info sheet!
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cheers @SideshowBob .
Interesting about the wingnut - I didn't know that. Yep, the rear mech is the Juy 51 (5 speed version). It just had the one cable on it when purchased and seemed to work really well for the two hundred metres I rode up and down the road to test it out (once I got my head round shifting in the opposite direction. The info on CL shows the second cable can be attached to the first with using a "pear type solderless cable nipple." I might try that.
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/components/simplex-juy4s.jpg
My FB hubs are laced to alloy Weinmann rims (which I can't put a date on) and the spokes have been beautifully tied and soldered.
As you can see in the pictures the old boy who was the original owner (I bought it from a wheeler-dealer guy in Southend who'd bought it from the original 80+ year old owner) gem taped the pedal barrels and shifters, I'm guessing to try and protect them from rust. It's horrible stuff to get off!
I've also got Regina Gran Sport Corse (5 speed) freewheel which I need to find a way to get off...
I love that FB chainset. It's amazing how well these old bits can clean up.
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Lovely. Great work!
I have some of the same parts - early simplex, FB hubs and gem tape - on my '53 Ellis Briggs Superbe:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Pq7XOXDJj6kVInP52
I'm making much slower progress though. A replacement bayliss wiley bb arrived today so hopefully that will spur my into action...
Good luck with the rest of the build.
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Different builders have made Condor frames over time so there's no consistent numbers, at least for the older pre-80s frames. And some aren't number.
When I spoke to them about mine (pictured up the page somewhere) they said they only had records from -I think - the mid 90s.
Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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27" 1980's FW Evans. slightly scruffy but what still a total bargain at £35! It's in Lewes and it's not mine but if it was closer it would be... canti brakes, looks to have braze-ons for a rear rack, would make a nice tourer
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I did it for the 1st time with a couple of friends. Left about 9.30 got to dunwich at 8, after numerous food, beer and pee breaks. Lovely night once the moon came out from the clouds, really quite magical. It was easier than I expected - riding uphill in total darkness seems to take some of the pain out. I didn't seem any bad behaviour but we did get diverted at High Beech (RIP Dominic).
High points:
● Broad demographic of people doing it ●Feeling like the road is pulling you through the blackness
●People waving you on, selling flapjacks and filling water bottles from their front gardens
●The weather (also see bad points)
●A granny cycling covered in fairy lights with DD illuminated on her jacket.
●A guy on a recumbent with a fibreglass shell painted as a race car.
●Pub stops and the very welcome pre-booked grub at the cyclist in sudbury. ●Seeing groups already cycling back to London
●No punctures, no cramp and a pint of stout for breakfast.Low points:
●Fatality mentioned above (Not that I knew what had happened during the ride) and seeing another cyclist getting treatment at the roadside.
●My saddle working loose and becoming progressively uncomfortable until I worked out what the problem was.
●Change in the weather - showers and headwinds for the last 5 miles or so. and it also pissed it down the entire time I was in Dunwich!I'd definitely do it again , providing I can get a lift home again (queuing for coach in the rain didn't look fun).
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Great, thanks.
The pre-book is a good idea - I'll run it past my ride companions and see if they're up for it.
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I'm guessing you are open for regular sales as well as the pre-booked feasts?
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Ah, I had my eye on that Quinn! ...But alas had no way to get to it (and realistically nowhere to put it either). My seed of a plan involved lots of shiny mid-80's Shimano 600 and maybe a Turbo saddle. Try T-Cut or waxing the frame before thinking about a repaint - it'd be a shame to lose it's 80's stylings. Even a rub with DW40 and a soft cloth will bring some life back. Also build it up and ride it for a bit before repainting to make sure you get on with it. The cost of repainting won't be easily recouped if you decided to sell it on.
Good luck with the build!
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Don't make any sudden moves. Have a good think about what you want - specific fixed/ss/track bike? road frame conversation? lightweight tourer? do want to be able to fit mudguards (something I'd recommend for a commuter)...
Personally, I buy a decent second-hand 70s-90's steel road bike. Something with Reynolds 531 or similar tubing. Ride it for a bit, if you like it and convert it to SS (if that's still what you want). With a bit of effort and patience you can easily get something nice for less than 150 quid on here or ebay. Plus, if you don't like it you can sell it on without losing any money. If you search ebay for brands like Orbit, Ribble, Evans, etc they tend to go for less than the more well known brands.
It's fun to by a frame and build up a bike to your spec but it can easily get way out of hand financially. There's always shit you forget to factor in - brake blocks, tyres, cables, bar tape, etc. - which can easily add 100+ quid.
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ah, ok. I figured it might not be as simple as I first thought...
thanks!
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potentially daft question:
I have an old A&R A60 amp running some Wharfedale Diamond 7.1 speakers. I'm wanting add another set of speakers for the kitchen. QED do a switch box which theoretically should allow this. The amps manual says "outputs are designed for driving speakers of 8 ohms nominal impedance or higher. 4-8 ohms speakers can be used where marked as such. 4 ohms speakers can be used but not a high volume."
The switch box says "Minimum Load Impedance - 4 Ω (Using Two Pairs of 8 Ω Speakers)."
The diamonds are 8 ohms but the cheap Mission LX1 i'm thinking of getting are 6 ohms. What I need to know is - if I run them both through the QED switch box will anything blow up?
I think not but as I don't actually understand any of the information I've written above -any confirmation or warning would be great.
thanks!
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Yep, shop decal seems most likely.
Nice Hobbs here:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F323561209223
Seller has a couple more Hobbs too and a lovely '70s ladies Kingston (Rotrax) which looks much older.