This my 1951-52 Sun Manxman. This frame/fork is no stranger to the forums. It was first offered for sale by
redcaymatt in October of 2015. I inquired about it then, and it was eventually purchased by daf1009.. You can view the link to daf’s purchase and the discussion of his future build
here.
I purchased the frame/fork/headset from daf in December 2016. Armed with some information about suitable components (a dangerous thing), I was immediately stymied by the threading of the Cyclo Benelux shifter braze-on. Turns out, I wasn’t the only one with that problem and I was in good company. You can view an entire thread about the uniquely threaded shifter braze-on
here.
Parts were procured at a snails pace, and this sat on a back burner as I ran into some issues that I won’t even mention because collectively, we have probably all been there on a build (missing that one last little bit).
Enough back story, here it is, country, period and condition appropriate to the best of my ability.
Many thanks to those that helped me along the way. Very generous C&V forum members advised, inspired, answered questions, gifted missing bits to help with this build and I thank you.
Headset: TDC Continental J 1" BSC
Pedals: Strata Engineering Co.
Saddle: Wrights W3-N
Freewheel: Cyclo 4 speed 14T-20T
Rear Derailleur: Benelux Mk7 with shifter
Seat post: Mory 26.8mm with Sun seat post binder bolt
Crank: CU Williams
Bottom bracket: Bayliss Wiley
Stem: Titan
Bars: M. Kint - Maes bars
Hubs: Airlite 40 fixed/free and 32 front
Brakes: GB Hiduminium Side Pull Brake Calipers and GB Levers
Frame Pump: Britannialloy