Hi,
I came across this post and thought I'd add what I know about Pascoe Cycles.
I bought a PASCOE bike in Feb 1977 direct from Kevin Pascoe. He'd adverstised it in the Trading Post, possibly because the bike was surplus, or maybe a sale had fallen through.
The bike was a fairly standard steel-framed 10 speed.
In 1980 when I wanted a custom made bike, I went back to Pascoe Cycles. He may have sold the business in between, because it seemed someone else was operating it.
Anyway, I went ahead with my purchase.
I ended up with a Reynolds 531 frame built by Frank Paino, Dura-Ace hubs, Mavic Module 3 rims, Gipiemme cranks and pedals, Galli brakes, 3TTT stem.
Being a student at the time, I was on a limited budget, and the frame was a little roughly finished in spots. It ended up with the PASCOE decals on it rather than Paino.
I was still riding the bike until about three years ago, when I realized it was just looking rather tired. Chrome was coming off the 600 Arabesque front derailleur, the inner tube was bulging through the sidewall on the front tyre, a pedal dust cap had gone west somewhere, the chain was showing rust spots and one of the brakes was sticking. Probably time to find a new home for the old Pascoe. The only issue was that I didn't want to let it go at the price someone would offer. Then I figured that the sum of the parts would be greater than the whole; yeah, break it up and sell it on
eBay.
When I was looking at it again around Christmas time, a thought occurred to me, "What if I could turn it into a single-speed?" After having a look at the rear hub, I figured it would be possible. (This was the first Dura-Ace cassette freehub with splined sprockets.)
I know it's "just" a piece of machinery, but the bike and I have been a lot of places over the years. In the end, I couldn't take a faithful friend out the back of the woodshed and shoot it.
So, it's being overhauled and restored. A new dustcap has arrived in the mail today, and I'm waiting on a couple of new tyres.
Shouldn't be too long before it's back on the road!