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07-17-14 | 09:43 AM

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rhm

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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...

Definitely quite an old frame, I'm thinking early 1950's. Internal routing in the top tube for both the brake cable and the derailleur cable. Distinctive seat post clamping; very Italian lugs. Serial number on the seat tube, classically Italian. This was (and will be) a very pretty bike.

There's a boss on the fork for a sidewall dynamo:

And there's a chain guard mount on the chain stay. Derailleur hanger may have been cut off?

Balilla brakes:

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