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dugast tubs nice. @7ven might have a couple of bottle cages knocking about.
I'm sure it's great fun to ride.
Incidentally @7ven Im still in dept from the cage I bought from you.

Looks great, how are you getting on with the campag gearing system. What's the frame and it definitely needs tubs. As for the mudguards either a full wrap around guard or nothing at all, but what ever works for you I guess.

Forks included. Simplex dropouts.
All the paint has been rubbed off to reveal details about the tubing I can't read it but it's not Reynolds. The derailleur hangar has been cut off.

White cliffs of dover

Sandgate

There not in order

Couple of pictures of the trip just to get us in the mood for our next pre 50s ride.

True but it's a bonus if you can use them as well. I rode mine from Paris to London last summer and it gave me no end of joy. Though I was no where near as quick as the other riders on their modern bikes the gear changing was consistent and reliable.

Is this the model ?
I had plenty of problems adjusting it and it still isn't perfect. I'm not sure if you can see it but I bent the end of the plunger spring around so it would tighten up against the carrying arm, because as you said there is no slotted barrel cup to adjust or hold the spring in place properly.
Also ensure to turn the tension arm spring as far you can clockwise before tightening with the pivot locking screw and then pull back spring and hook behind the carrying arm to give maximum tension.

My wife bought this Mac a Couple of months ago and has now after some deliberating decided to by a Mac Pro. So w have no need for both so the desktop Mac has to go, to be honest there was never enough room for it anyway.
So I need to sell it, it has a 250gb flash drive fitted, which was extra.
Any suggestions on price or selling platform would be appreciated thanks
It's hardly been used and is in excellent condition. Cheers

Apollo for £20 in Warrington ends in a couple of hours. I'm not sure what hi tensile tubing is but it's got vertical drop outs and fairly tight geometry.
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Thanks @jeff80
I will take you up on your offer, can I come and pick them up?

Heads straight for the wardrobe. I have a set but the stays are just to short and to buy them new on line with the wing nuts you may as well buy a new set.
It's a great idea love it.

Hi guys
I'm after a decent set of Bluemels mudguards if anybody has a set for sale. There are a couple of options on Ebay but I'm after a set with the wing nuts and long stays.
The mudguards also need to be for 27 1 1/4 wheels and black if possible.

I thought the lugs looked very Chapter Lea like, particularly the rear drop outs and the fork crown. I could of course be mistaken.

My local LBS suggested I buy a modern sealed BB unit, to alleviate the problem of water ingress in the BB shell, but I feel that would be cheating somewhat, so i will see how the mudguards work out.

Very nice @clubman, the frame geometry certainly doesn't give away its age, however the lugs being Chater Lea certainly do as they were not so common after the war.
27" wheels were also more unusual., It is also lacking a lamp boss lug so it could have been used for time trial or possibly track work.
I love those Stronglight cranks which were around definitely post war albeit in very small numbers.
Talking of practical classics I have fitted my first ever pair of mudguards to one of my own bikes. Im usually not a fan but I have had trouble with water ingress in my BB on my commuter bike, so I thought fitting mudguards might alleviate the problem. We shall see.

It's got to be worth it just for the horn!
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Nervex Pro, post 1955 design on the head lugs.
The fork crown was their randomeur/sportsman cut, yours have had little cut outs added , by hand I suspect.
The randomeur style follows through to the Mavic style brake hanger on the rear, Mavic centre pull brakes were very fashionable in the late 1950s.
I like the wrap over seat stays, very nice touch.
This is a good quality frame in continental style for a disconcerning clubman.
If it is a hobbs the frame number is usually stamped on the rear dropout.

I know that Gillott used A&P fork steerers if only because they preferred them.

Nice beach.!

Yer.. but careful, from a distance it looks like a great barn find, However on closer inspection, none of the parts match or are period to the frame and the paint work is thick and gloopy.

Sorry @mechy this has gone to @Rik_Van_Looy

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Hmm....Looks like I was wrong!
another one here but half the price

I bought this on eBay as a pair but this one has never worked properly. So I took it apart to fix it.
Unfortunately I have never managed to get it back together. All the parts are there and in good condition, nothing seems to be broken that I can see so I'm not sure why it wasn't working. Anyway it's been sat in a box for two years and I'm clearing out the cupboard.

Indeed true and strange but there is no doubting the fact that the forks are not a match and for that reason it's still a no from me. I have had experience of a frame without the matching forks and it's frustrating having that niggling feeling in the back of your mind.