Hello Craig,
Nice to see an original BJ Olympus again.
I believe this would have been made by Danny Foster....the master framebuilder and my mentor when I started my career with Bob Jackson in May 1971.
I wouldn't have attempted to build an Olympus until a year or so later......I was taught the slow methodical way.......not every apprentice framebuilder got to build the quite tricky Olympus, with the reinforcing tangs that demanded greater heat control so as not to overheat and damage the tubes.
Thanks for bringing it to my..... and the lists attention.
cheers Kevin Sayles...who actually drove past the old Bob Jackson shop yesterday for the first time in 20 years or more....... Otley West Yorkshire UK
----- Original Message ----- From: Craig Ryan To: kevin sayles Cc: john@os2.dhs.org ; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [CR] [indentify frame.....its a Bob Jackson]
I just took in a Bob Jackson. Bought by customers father new from a bike shop in early 1972. Frame built in fall 1971 as a stock frame. Flickr site has some photos I shot. As a note the top tube is not vented to either the seat tube or head tube. Fork measured up at 367 @ 54mm rake.
http://www.flickr.com/
Craig Ryan Noblesville, IN forestaframes.com
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On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 6:08 AM, kevin sayles <kevinsayles@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
Hi John, Its a BOB JACKSON
Had a look at your pals frame, and as a former framebuilder for Bob Jackson I'm going to state that I'm 99.9% sure its a Bob Jackson Olympus.........note the extended tangs on the bottom bracket shell...the heart shaped gear lever catch.......and yes we did the chainstay bridge that way!
The only thing which is slightly a miss is the use of a Wagner chevron top fork crown instead of the typical 14bis semi slope...with welded on tangs [fork liners]....but the fork on this bike also has fork liners, even so I'm still convinced its a BJ......it might even be one I made?......my own Olympus had a Wagner crown, but I didn't bother with the fork liners.
Wonder where my 1973 BJ Olympus is now!?........if anyone out there has a 23" x 22" top tube Olympus with a Davis sand cast BB shell with the extended tangs and unusually an extended tang underneath the bottom Prugnat type I headlug, and with a Wagner crown with the centre point removed, possibley still with half chrome front and rear stays [last seen in a French blue enamel, and sold to... I think... a Mr Guymer? in Hull UK] I'd love to be reunited with it again!
Cheers Kevin Sayles Otley West Yorkshire UK
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