An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
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An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby akq » Mon May 06, 2013 4:44 pm
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby LugNut » Mon May 06, 2013 7:50 pm
An oldie but an...oldie. I'd let the poor girl rest in peace as a garden ornament.akq wrote:Trying to identify the maker of this bike,it has a Sturmey Archer gear changer,think it would have been 3 gears,looks like a twist shift arrangement,the main tube says Local as the manufacturer and on the front stem it says "South" and the other word is missing,serial number under crank is 046(or 48) and it has an Oxford light
I can't offer much help on the identifying front, other than that it looks like a 3 speed club racer. The date of the Sturmey Archer hub, if it is legible, might give you some indication, but that could have been fitted at a later date.
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby akq » Mon May 06, 2013 8:37 pm
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby Dan » Tue May 07, 2013 11:06 am
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby akq » Tue May 07, 2013 1:26 pm
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby rustychisel » Tue May 07, 2013 2:24 pm
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just saying.
Those roadsters were as common as muck in the 1950s and 1960s, my first two or three bikes were variations on the theme, from 20in wheels to 26in then 28in. Coaster brakes, then 3 speed Sturmey Archer gears. The frames were pretty ubiquitous, might have been Super Elliot, Malvern Star or a half a million other bike shops who put 'their' brand name on them. They're okay, and an important historical artifact, but something special... unlikely.
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Wed May 08, 2013 10:26 pm
Rusty, the OP didn't use your description in the sales blurbrustychisel wrote:Those roadsters were as common as muck in the 1950s and 1960s, my first two or three bikes were variations on the theme, from 20in wheels to 26in then 28in. Coaster brakes, then 3 speed Sturmey Archer gears. The frames were pretty ubiquitous, might have been Super Elliot, Malvern Star or a half a million other bike shops who put 'their' brand name on them. They're okay, and an important historical artifact, but something special... unlikely.
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Postby rustychisel » Wed May 08, 2013 11:41 pm
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby Dan » Thu May 09, 2013 5:19 am
Yep.rustychisel wrote:Hmm, another flippin ebay flipper...
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby akq » Thu May 09, 2013 3:36 pm
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby munga » Thu May 09, 2013 3:46 pm
i'm getting a funeral plan, pronto!
seriously tho, you can do what you like with your kerbside fossicking. i for one give no flying bicycles for your profiteering. where's our cut?
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby munga » Thu May 09, 2013 3:48 pm
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby akq » Thu May 09, 2013 3:53 pm
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby Typhoon Ken » Thu May 09, 2013 5:16 pm
After that comment I wouldn't be asking for any more advice.akq wrote:You can have 100% of **** all and the satisfaction of saving the planet
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby akq » Thu May 09, 2013 5:33 pm
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby Kermit TF » Thu May 09, 2013 6:55 pm
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby akq » Thu May 09, 2013 7:20 pm
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby Dan » Thu May 09, 2013 7:28 pm
akq wrote:You can have 100% of **** all and the satisfaction of saving the planet
Last edited by akq on 09 May 2013, 17:37, edited 1 time in total.
Edited, or off the cuff: which one?akq wrote:Mate it was a joke a flippant off the cuff remark,not intended to offend or upset.Just added a nice smiley in case anyone didnt get that it was a joke
What about the time you sold a clearly damaged bicycle without disclosing that it was in fact damaged, despite this having been pointed out to you by a (now past) member of this community? In fact, I seem to recall that complaining about that particular incident was in fact your motivation for joining the forum in the first place.akq wrote:And just for the record,if I do sell a bike I generally look after the buyer...
Safe to say I won't be adding you to my saved sellers list.
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby akq » Thu May 09, 2013 7:45 pm
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby Dan » Thu May 09, 2013 8:32 pm
You're right, you're able to use an open internet forum in (mostly) any way you see fit. I'd suggest you may have burned the 'ask in the retro forum' bridge with your 100% post, though.
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby akq » Sat May 18, 2013 10:36 am
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby akq » Sun May 26, 2013 8:35 pm
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Re: An Oldie but a Goodie!!!
Postby ldrcycles » Mon May 27, 2013 7:51 pm
After some very careful inspection I've worked out that the head tube logo reads "Built by The Local Cycle Co. South Brisbane".
My google searching so far has come up with the information that Guthrie Bicycles (best known as the parent company of Ashby) made bikes under the Local brand, but there is no other information about how, when or where Local started.
I'll keep searching, in the mean time the old girl is very tired and will need a lot of TLC. Most of the components are past the point of no return, but the frame and fork are ok. One of the BB cups has sheared off in the BB so in due course I will need to send it to a local engineer for some attention.
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