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Old 09-11-13, 07:01 PM
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What bike is this from, and where do I get one?

I was Looking for a vintage frame with gorgeous lugs to do a custom build with.
I came across this pic:


So, to all you I-Spy bicycle geniuses: What bike is this? I must have this frame!
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Nervex lugs I believe. Looks a bit like a repainted Motobecane Grand Record from the early 1970s.
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Hey, that's a place to start looking.
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Raleigh Super Course (fairly cheap), Peugeot PX10 (not quite so cheap) Raleigh International (more expensive), Schwinn Paramount (pretty expensive), and many many others, have genuine Nervex lugs. Others, such as Motobecane Grand Jubilee, have good imitations.
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The Raleigh seems to fit my price range right now.
It doesn't need to be some hyper-spectacular frame... It just has to be pretty.
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HOLY CRAP!!! These are amazing, but the bike they're attached to is made out of condensed unaffordium... $6100 on eBay.

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Whatever you do, DO NOT search on Columbine in Mendocino - they're doing custom bikes/lugs IIRC. What they do with their lugs via hand-filing is just out of this world. Makes the Nervex lugs look like kiddie projects.
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Originally Posted by bargainguy
Whatever you do, DO NOT search on Columbine in Mendocino - they're doing custom bikes/lugs IIRC. What they do with their lugs via hand-filing is just out of this world. Makes the Nervex lugs look like kiddie projects.
The reason I'm looking for a vintage roadie is because I'm doing a custom build on a budget. When I have a more disposable bike budget, and have the knowhow to braze my own frames, I'll look into some more extravegant lugs.
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Originally Posted by bargainguy
Whatever you do, DO NOT search on Columbine in Mendocino - they're doing custom bikes/lugs IIRC. What they do with their lugs via hand-filing is just out of this world. Makes the Nervex lugs look like kiddie projects.
Too late - OMG! Gorgeous! However I do like slightly more subtle works of these guys - https://vanillabicycles.com
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Sacha's creations are awesome. Fair warning, tho -- you'll have a looooong wait for a custom frame, as he's one of the most in-demand boutique builders today.
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Originally Posted by bargainguy
Sacha's creations are awesome. Fair warning, tho -- you'll have a looooong wait for a custom frame, as he's one of the most in-demand boutique builders today.
I think waiting list was like 5 years? And I think because of demand or as new enterpirse they now created this - https://speedvagen.com/
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Yep, probably more then 5 now:
"As of June, 2011 the wait for a custom Vanilla is over five years."
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Originally Posted by teh_d3th_st4r
... made out of condensed unaffordium ...
I hate that stuff!
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You want fancy lugs....


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Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
You want fancy lugs....


JUMPIN' JEEBUS! That's gorgeous!
What is it?
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Hetchins BG? My ex wifes Dad had 5 or 6 old ones

Even before getting into bikes I appreciated these things are gorgeous
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After googling Hetchins... ZOMFG! Why hadn't I heard of these!? These are some of the most beautiful bikes I've ever seen.
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If you're checking out Hetchins lugwork, check out the various "curvy stays" they did as well. If memory serves, it was originally to circumvent some restriction on "straight" stay race bikes, but then became quite the fashion statement.
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Originally Posted by bargainguy
If you're checking out Hetchins lugwork, check out the various "curvy stays" they did as well. If memory serves, it was originally to circumvent some restriction on "straight" stay race bikes, but then became quite the fashion statement.
Oh, dude, Hetchins are now my new favorite thing.
I thought my Soviet bikes were cool! It is my new goal in life to locate and acquire one of these works of rolling art.


Especially this one^
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I just did a repaint on a 1974 raleigh super course TT that I'm throwing together for a friend as a single speed, I'll try and take some pictures tomorrow, dug it out of a junkyard pile and thought the lugs were pretty unique
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Originally Posted by whipped_takara
I just did a repaint on a 1974 raleigh super course TT that I'm throwing together for a friend as a single speed, I'll try and take some pictures tomorrow, dug it out of a junkyard pile and thought the lugs were pretty unique
I hope to be lucky enough to score a bike with stunning lugs to polish.
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Originally Posted by teh_d3th_st4r
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Thank You. That is my '98 Hetchins Magnum Opus with Vibrant (curly) stays.



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What's with the booze in your bike pics, BG?
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Originally Posted by mongol777
I think waiting list was like 5 years? And I think because of demand or as new enterpirse they now created this - https://speedvagen.com/
Speedvagen has been around for quite some time now.
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Originally Posted by bargainguy
If you're checking out Hetchins lugwork, check out the various "curvy stays" they did as well. If memory serves, it was originally to circumvent some restriction on "straight" stay race bikes, but then became quite the fashion statement.
I've heard that the Hetchins curly stays were intended as a brand identifier at a time when race bikes in UK were not allowed to have decals to preserve "amateur status".
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