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Old 07-20-17, 09:34 AM
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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...

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Here's one I've been working on (off and on) lately. I don' t think I've shown it here before.




It's an Armstrong Moth frame from about 1950. It came to me with neither headbadge nor decals, so I made these decals based in part on Auchencrow's Armstrong, if anyone remembers that one!

At present it's built up with approximately correct 1950's parts including GB Coureur brakes and Scheeren stem, alloy shell AW hub, and a dynohub in the front wheel. I intend to rebuild with an ordinary steel hub when I have a moment; I don't think I need lights on this bike.

At first I thought I'd build it up as a 1930's bike, with a Lauterwasser bar, shorter GB girder stem, and Resilion brakes. But I don't have a good cable for the rear brake, so this didn't work out well.
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