Originally Posted by
juvela
thanks so much for the information chewa. much appreciated.
am located in California where Scots are not oft viewed so have precious few in person examples to compare with.
a local to me cycling friend had David build him a track frame in the early '70's. it is yellow and has the "hatchet face" seatstay treatment. hence me question.
did you take in your machine as frameset or cycle? was she in ex-works livery? how kitted out?
thank you again for creating this thread!
There is lots of info on Bob Reid's site
http://www.flying-scot.com/core/welcome.html
I saw my first Scot when I was 14, riding a gas pipe 10 speed along the Clyde valley. I caught up with an old guy riding a beautiful blue bike. I asked him what it was and he said (in a thick Glaswegian accent) "This, laddie, is a Rattrays Flying Scot, the finest bike you could ever ride!"
I got mine in my late 30s and still get a buzz everytime I open the garage and see it hanging on the wall.
I have three 531 framed bikes (one is 531c) and they all ride beautifully, but the Scot is something special.
I stripped the Holdsworth down to just frame and fork. Removed all the cups etc, except the fixed cup on the BB which I couldn't shift. The bead blasters took it out by using some heat on it. It was in original paintwork, which was in a pretty poor state, lots of chips and surface rust and the seat tube badge had faded.
Basically, I got the frame back as bare metal. It was in really good nick, no marking from rust so other than small bits of surface pitting, looked great.
They have blasted (and powdercoated) a couple of frames for me in the past, and I am planning to get my everyday bike blasted and re-powdercoated as it is looking the worse for wear after many years of commuting and touring.