Re: [CR]Help identifying a frame make

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 05:05:41 -0600
Subject: Re: [CR]Help identifying a frame make
From: "Steven L. Sheffield" <stevens@veloworks.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <001001c41ade$e2962890$3093480c@mcclintock>


On 04/05/2004 01:23 AM, "Terry McClintock" <terry.mcclintock@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Can anyone enlighten me as to who may have made the frame shown at this link?
>
> http://home.att.net/~terry.mcclintock/bikesforsale.html
>
> It was sold to me as a Woodrup, but the seat lug doesn't look like any
> Woodrups I've seen (not that that means much). It has Campagnolo dropouts and
> fork ends, English threading, pro repaint, no decals and unknown tubing. A
> couple of long-time and knowledgeable frame builders have guessed it could be
> a Ron Cooper or a Witcomb. Again, the seat lug is not like my 70s UK Witcomb
> track bike. Any help would be appreciated.

Doesn't look like a Ron Cooper seat-cluster arrangement to me.

Ron sets the stays in more of a semi-fastback position, like so:

http://veloworks.com/roncooper/coopergallery/pages/greyseattube.html http://veloworks.com/roncooper/coopergallery/pages/blueseatcluster.html

The stays on your frame are too high, and start to wrap around the cluster too much ...

Steven L. Sheffield Needs more coffee in Midvale, Utah

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