Originally Posted by
viscount
1944 Bates Vegrandis. Diadrant forks & cantiflex tubing.
Would love to fit the original (track?) bars!
Originally came as a fixed and the guard/fender mounts were there so that you could ride to your race/time trial venue and remove them easily.
Was a top competitive machine in its day.
Soma makes a couple of retro-style track bars, you could very well be one of the few customers that actually puts them on an appropriate bike!
http://store.somafab.com/dropbars.html