Originally Posted by
taylorcc
The hurlow frames look very nice. I think the fork on this bike is probably not the original... well I say that because of the front brake... of course that could have been drilled after the fact. I have uploaded 2 photos of the fork crown to the same flickr set (link above).
It is common on British bikes to be drilled for a front and rear brake when new, as it allowed you to ride the bike on the road for time trials, hill climbs and of course training. The reason that so many people have thought that your bike looks like a road bike with track ends fitted later is because it IS road geometry. Hurlow, Gillott, Hobbs, Bates,.... they ALL built bikes in the same vein as yours.
Cool bike!