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Nice.
Where did the grips come from?

I will take it if you decide to pass on.

I have a T25 so has my son in law. Daughter still has a couple of Beetles.

Anjou was great fun although our average was 4kmph. It was the first time I have had to walk down hill, due to a pinch point, 2700 riders and the first drinks stop at the bottom.

The 2 vineyard stops plus the lunch stop with a bottle of wine slowed us too. But who cares lovely day loverly people and best of all loverly bikes to look at. we also had virtually closed roads to ride on with marshalls and or police at every junction. The cars that we did encounter gave us plenty of room and always let us go first. We passed a gypsy camp and thought we was bound to get some abuse but none of it, they stood at the side of the road clapping and cheering us.

How did the Cambridge ride go?

Got mine finished enough to ride at Anjou Velo Vintage.

just had a text from Herne Hill we are good to go.

See you later.

I will be checking with the track in the morning that we are good to go. Will post here around 11am

Now 5 places left.

I have booked HH for next Saturday 3:30 to 5:30

I have 2 coach's attending and 30 places. Currently 23 are taken so if 7 of you want to come along let me know. First come first served. Those that have not ridden the track before will be able to do the induction. If you want to use your own bikes they must be fixed, no brakes and dropped bars or just use one of the tracks bikes which is included in the cost, which will be £15 with any money left over going in to the kitty for drinks after the session.

Do NOT break it. let me have it to restore back to its former glory. So it can last another 66 years and beyond.

I would be interested in this. PM sent.

Do not bother with two sets of forks. When I built my PQ last year I built two front wheels one with a dynamo and the other with a Hope hub to match the rear. I even had a braze on fitted to the forks to hold the dynamo wiring when not in use. I had every intention of using the dynamo wheel for long Audax rides only and the other wheel for the rest of the time. In reality I have only ever used the dynamo wheel, the other still lives in the wheel bag unused in the workshop. I guess the next build will have to use this wheel.

That Head angle looks a bit on the steep side.

Would swap for a frameset 1" to 1.5" bigger in the same sort of condition. from the 40's 50's and British would be good.

Mike
So sorry to hear this terrible news. I hope you get it back in good nick before Bespoked.

NOW ON RETRO BIKE
This is the Blue Riband that I recently bought. It is 21" which is too small for me. I will let it go for the same price I paid not looking to make a profit just to get another classic back on the road. I have more pictures if needed also I have included the text from the original advert below. £180

*Absolutely stunning vintage 1952 Hobbs 'Blue Riband' classic racing frame, frame No. E2516 on bottom bracket shell and fork steering stem, because of the spearpoint lugs I am almost certain it's the 'Championship' model. The frame has been resprayed in the last year to match its original colour and lug lined in gold, as original, frame is either Reynolds 531 or Accles & Pollock Kromo, in 1952 Hobbs used either tubing, whichever one was used this frame is extremely light.*Frame includes Brampton bottom bracket with TDC axle and also includes seat stem.
Seat tube 21" (54mm)
Top tube 21" (54mm)
Downtube 23" (58.5mm)
The headset is TDC, could be original fitting.
*A superb example of British Lightweight frame building. *
For the purists out there who have pointed out that Hobbs Frame Numbers were normally on the rear dropouts,
by 1952 Hobbs was not following closely the original methods of stamping the frame Number, this can be confirmed by the V-CC Hobbs expert.
I should have also pointed out that the Frame is built with Oscar Egg lugs.
The rear dropout width is 120mm.
Wheel size: 27s or 700c. with brake drop of 60mm. Preparation and re-spray by Mario Vaz.

I may have to move to Manc.

Good work so far.

Will you be using the Nova disc blades? or risking it using a non disc blade. I have been waiting for Reynolds to get round to making disc blades for a long while now.

What forks are you going to use on the town bike?

Looking forward to watching this thread grow.

This is the Blue Riband that I recently bought. It is 21" which is too small for me. So I thought I would put it on this Hobbs thread to see if any of you are interested. I will let it go for the same price I paid not looking to make a profit just to get another classic back on the road. I have more pictures if needed also I have included the text from the original advert.

*Absolutely stunning vintage 1952 Hobbs 'Blue Riband' classic racing frame, frame No. E2516 on bottom bracket shell and fork steering stem, because of the spearpoint lugs I am almost certain it's the 'Championship' model. The frame has been resprayed in the last year to match its original colour and lug lined in gold, as original, frame is either Reynolds 531 or Accles & Pollock Kromo, in 1952 Hobbs used either tubing, whichever one was used this frame is extremely light.*Frame includes Brampton bottom bracket with TDC axle and also includes seat stem.
Seat tube 21" (54mm)
Top tube 21" (54mm)
Downtube 23" (58.5mm)
The headset is TDC, could be original fitting.
*A superb example of British Lightweight frame building. *
For the purists out there who have pointed out that Hobbs Frame Numbers were normally on the rear dropouts,
by 1952 Hobbs was not following closely the original methods of stamping the frame Number, this can be confirmed by the V-CC Hobbs expert.
I should have also pointed out that the Frame is built with Oscar Egg lugs.
The rear dropout width is 120mm.
Wheel size: 27s or 700c. with brake drop of 60mm. Preparation and re-spray by Mario Vaz.

I met Barry Chick today. Nice bloke.

I have some old Bluemels guards with a mudflap on my Paulus Quiros audax bike, they must of known something 50+ years ago as the down tube, bracket area and my feet stay very clean and relatively dry. A friend uses SKS longboards which work well.

love it, I am getting inspired to have a go at this frame building lark.

#edit# there's one on the bay at the moment but it has no ferrules which you'll need.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-GB...item27da15481a

Bugger I will not be getting that for cheap now then ;0)