View Single Post
Old 09-17-13 | 10:02 AM
  #10  
rhm's Avatar
rhm
multimodal commuter
 
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 19,810
Likes: 597
From: NJ, NYC, LI

Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...

Originally Posted by vjp
Why do you think it is not a Witcomb?
It just doesn't look anything like any of the London Witcombs I've seen in photos. They don't seem to have used these lugs. Peter Weigel looked at the photos and confirmed it's not a Witcomb USA, but could not say whether it might be an English one.

I recently contacted the man who keeps a registry of MKM bikes; the serial number on mine matches their format. But the location and manner of stamping it is different and, again, it appears MKM didn't use these lugs.

The closest match I've seen so far was an early 60's Claud Butler (made by Holdsworth) which seems to have the same lugs and similar ends. But the serial number is all wrong for that.
rhm is offline  
Reply