Stan also manufactured (or had manufactured) lightweight parts such as alloy chainring bolts in the era of Campy steel ones. I have a set floating around somewhere.
I've come across Stan's name as a racer in issues of Cycling Magazine from the 60's.
Wm. Lewis imported the Stan Pikes for a brief period in the early 80's
Brook Watts Longmont CO
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>I, too, am fascinated by all the information on small-production frame
>builders from the UK. It also gives me the opportunity to plug my
>favorite, Stan Pike. Stan built frames for only a short time, from the
>late 70's through November of 83, when he died at age 46. He has been
>described as "one of the most highly rated builders" of his time by
>Hilary Stone, who just happens to have a lovely Stan Pike up for auction
>on eBay right now:
>http://ebay.com/<blah>
>8789&rd=1
>- item number 2250988789
>Stan started building in the garage of his home, but eventually bought a
>shop in Crewkerne, South West of England in the county of Somerset. The
>shop, formerly Bob White cycles, was re-named Stan Pike Cycles. Stan
>set up workshops in the back where he built the frames until his death
>in 83. He supposedly also built frames for Don Farrell cycles, Ken
>Ryall cycles, Fred Baker cycles, which carried their respective names,
>and taught Arthur Needham at Argos how to build frames. After Stan's
>death, his son Phillip, who had been his assistant in the frame building
>operation, carried on for a short time with a line of frames labeled
>"Pike of Crekerne", but folded the operation by the mid 80's. I'm still
>trying to determine the number of frames Stan actually built during his
>lifetime. I have a frame that was built in February of '83, one of five
>frames built that month, according to the information that I got from
>Stan's other son, Steve. I'm continually searching for information on
>Stan Pike and his frames. Mine can be seen here:
>http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British/Pike_Stan.htm, but there are
>still a few minor mistakes in the description.
>Wayne Bingham
>Falls Church VA