[CR] Frame ID help - last try!

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From: "Tim Arnold" <arnelius@hotmail.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:35:26 +0000
Subject: [CR] Frame ID help - last try!


Thanks to those who have dropped me emails. I now know that due to the Clements ends it is likely to have been produced around 1951-54 and that the lugs are most probably Nervex legere, not pro. Someone has suggested it could be a Holdsworth-built bike that was sold through another outfit (there were lots of small lightweight shops around at the time, not all of whom had their own framebuilder) and hence may not have been badged or frame numbered as a Holdsworth.

I have resigned myself to the fact I may never know its exact origins. If I haven't found out by the weekend I am going to take her to be sprayed sympathetically to that period but without decals. Pics at the Flickr link below. Many thanks!

Tim Arnold London, UK

From: arnelius@hotmail.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: New to CR - hello, and frame ID help! Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:10:41 +0000

Hi all

My name's Tim Arnold, 33, and I live in London, UK. I have always been a keen cyclist but have only recently become interested in classic bikes and restoration. I mostly ride a fixed wheel bike which I built up myself last year. That gave me a taste for building more, and I recently built up an old Hercules touring frame for my girlfriend using whatever I had in the parts box.

I recently acquired a lovely frame which I think it 1960s. It has had at least one horrible rattlecan spray job. It is badged as an Allin but I am pretty sure it isn't one (frame number is higher than their last ones and stamped on bb shell, not rear dropout). It has Nervex lugs (pro, I think) and unusual shaped rear dropouts. Frame an forks together weigh 2.5kgs so I guess it's 531.

I want to restore this bike as close to the original as possible, decals and all. If I can't identify it, I guess I will not badge it up but would still like advice about colour schemes and period parts. Please see my flickr set for pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/timmy2wheels/sets/72157622731285243/

Many thanks for reading and here's hoping someone knows what it is!

Tim Arnold London, UK

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