[CR]Anglo-Italian Track-Pista frame telai

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:47:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Norris Lockley" <norris.lockley@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Anglo-Italian Track-Pista frame telai


 I think the title of the email says it all ! I need to some help, please, to identfy a track frame that has been hangi ng purposelessly from a nail in my workshop. So I am offering List members the chance to put their coffee-breaks to a good cause today.

As  I recall this frame was my first ever purchase on Ebay some seven yea rs ago..and I think that I bought it from a CR List member.

When looking at the Ebay photos I arrogantly assumed that the frame was a 1 930/40s english, but on receiving the parcel, slitting it open and pulling out the frame track-ends upwards  and first I realised that I had an enig ma on my hands.

The front end of the frame and its lugwork shout English!, but the track-en ds, the seat lug and the numbering style proclaim Italian !.

The frame needs refinishing but shows traces of a matt chrome or nickel pla ting under the tacky paintwork. There are even signs of it having had a fro nt derailleur mounted...

It is extremely light..and beautifully contructed...and possibly rare. I ha ve never seen anything like it before. I know quite a lot about English fra mes, their styles, their builders, but have never really got involved in th e Italian scene although I have quite a number of  Italian frames and bik es in my collection.

So I am hoping to appeal to the cognoscenti among you...

The pictures can be found in my Flickr store :-

http://www.flickr.com.photos/cyclecrank   should take you to the store and all the photos of this and other frames and bikes, but a more direct li nk to this particular set is:- http:// http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclecrank/sets/72157607354392606 

Come on guys..give an old man some help while he still has the legs to twid dle a fixed gear.

Norris Lockley..Settle UK