Originally Posted by
boxie98
Could very easily been built by myself in the Coventry Eagle/ British Eagle/Barry Hoban (clements)Factory in Wales 80's. All lugs, drop outs are what we used. But i have to add that most frame builders at the time were using the same. if the seat tube is 27.2 and it was built in Wales its 531 tubing. I have a low profile in the attic with the exact same colours that i built and sprayed 85ish. ps they must of been short of short point seat tube lugs at the time as it is different to the head tubes lol
Ah - I was trying to get in touch with you - sent you an email via the BF system.
Post is 27.2, and it feels like 531. I'm surprised the ST lug isn't part of the same set - both headlugs and seat lug are short-point. I notice the white/red example has a long point seat lug matched with the short-point headlugs - is this normal?
Incidentally, what was the production run for these machines? What year were the seatstay caps changed to the cheaper version you allude to in the other thread?
I notice you mentioned the decal set was a prototype - how long did those prototype decals run? It would seem as if this bike had the same style on the white/red (unless the production decals used the same shape/die cutout).
-Kurt