... and these were go to school bikes as a college employee!
1. c.1962 Dawes Realmrider 4-speed, 27-in wheels, nice zippy frameset, etc.
2. 50s Raleigh Lenton Gran Prix with replaced head tube (?), rattle-canned blue and built as a fixed-gear. Vital parts transferred to
3. early 80s Trek 620 frameset, full 531, sewups, cracked white Bluemels fenders, fixed-gear with Stronglight 93 cranks and Normandy track hub. Too small, later replaced with
4. c.1970 (?) Raleigh - possibly an early Gran Sport, maybe an early Competition - Nervex Pro lugs, Wagner box crown of some sort, Huret ends, coated in house paint, plucked from a trash heap at the side of the road complete with a Stronglight 93 with a drilled 42t ring. Flat black bbq grill paint made it look better. Eventually settled down as a fixed-gear with planet bike fenders, a scarred B17 and my Carradice Nelson, spent the work day locked to the rack outside the library with a basic lock. No matter - it was left alone. I foolishly sold it when I was granted access to indoor, secure parking, and I miss that bike almost every day.