Originally Posted by
Dawes-man
I'll be passing the shop today and get a pic of the whole bike. The shop owner might be there and able to cast more light on the frame.
I'd be very surprised if it was Japanese. The seat stay eyes look English to me. I've seen the tulip shaped lugs somewhere else but can't remember where.
It's a track frame, by the way.
there was a great blog site (all in Japanese IIRC) of a collector of vintage British Lightweights...he must be famous since his collection was extensive and the examples were amazing...but I can't find the link.
It would be an ideal site to scan for some similar lugwork, and you could probably even READ the text, which I couldn't do.
Hope somebody here has the link...