Hard Rubbish/Flea market finds
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Postby silentbutdeadly » Fri Mar 01, 2013 3:13 pm
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Postby HappyHumber » Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:31 pm
Few old interesting bits on it regardless. What are the derailleurs and drivetrain?
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Postby LG » Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:37 pm
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Postby HappyHumber » Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:41 pm
Hit me up via the BNA dm; I'll get an alert. If y'know, you know.
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Postby singlespeedscott » Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:41 pm
Love it.
Looks a bastard combination of 1950-60's Australian and French design. I love the Simplex front rod driven derailleur. Very "French Constructeur"
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Postby WyvernRH » Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:13 pm
Well by the badge it is a British Coventry Eagle from the Midlands with possibly original kit from the late 50's. I have a few catalog scans somewhere I'll try and do some matching (with that fork crown especially)
These guys were a small manufacturer like Norman, Elswick etc who carried on way into the 70's.
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Postby LG » Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:04 pm
Will get some more photos, but the lugs and layout are pretty standard.
I reckon I'll eventually get some decals which are still available and give it a coat of blue, but my sandblaster is a little broken at the moment so it will need to wait a while.
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Postby WyvernRH » Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:28 pm
Don't knock it too much, 26x 1 1/4 was a common 'club racer/tourer' size for wheels in the UK in the 1930's to 50's and 26 x 1 1 3/8 was also not uncommon on bikes not meant for, shall we say, less 'Sportif' uses. It may well be a early frame (from the lugs) that has been re-fitted with the Svelto derailleur (1958 onwards at a guess?). AFAIK the badge didn't change much from the 30's to the 70'sLG wrote:This one runs 26" wheels and has weinmann junior brakes, so probably more aimed at the younger market. Rear changer is huret svelto.
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Postby LG » Sat Apr 27, 2013 11:16 am
Also, just had a look at the black bike from landscapecadmonkey previous to mine. That actually looks like quite a nice frame and reasonable old as well.
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Postby HappyHumber » Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:34 pm
I'd agree. A lot of the latter day "cottage industry" handmade frame builders clambering overthemselves to get into the North American Handmade Bicycle Show (aka NAHBS) ... Have an overly wanked headbadge. Just google-image "NAHBS"singlespeedscott wrote:There's plenty of US manufacturers with cast or CNC'ed head badges.
Maybe it's something to do with the boringly neat fillet brazed & TIG'ed frames?
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Postby find_bruce » Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:15 pm
For the lazy, there is a gallery on velonews & a mugshot page on prolly is not probably which range from the traditionalHappyHumber wrote:I'd agree. A lot of the latter day "cottage industry" handmade frame builders clambering overthemselves to get into the North American Handmade Bicycle Show (aka NAHBS) ... Have an overly wanked headbadge. Just google-image "NAHBS"singlespeedscott wrote:There's plenty of US manufacturers with cast or CNC'ed head badges.
Maybe it's something to do with the boringly neat fillet brazed & TIG'ed frames?
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Postby rosscojj » Sun Apr 28, 2013 11:15 am
Rough weights: 2100 gm frame 700gm fork
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Postby cotterpin » Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:25 pm
Available to builders in Australia early 80's.
Definitely hand built, probably Oz.
Did you buy it in Victoria?
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Postby rosscojj » Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:53 pm
Cotterpin - I Bought at the local tip shop in Bendigo.
It appears that it was originally a blue color after stripping some of the paint off the dropouts.
There are no markings or serial numbers on the frame apart from 74A & _0A stamped on the lugs.
The Dura Ace hubs have B C on them so that would make them 1977?
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