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Kilroy1988 07-04-17 07:26 AM

[MENTION=73614]rhm[/MENTION] [MENTION=185977]clubman[/MENTION] Just came back in here to see if anyone had mentioned anything else, after returning to the new website. The heading in the tab that opens when you're there, and if you save the site to favorites, is "Classic British Bicycle Components." So, I that that answers that question...

-Gregory

rhm 07-04-17 07:58 AM


Originally Posted by Kilroy1988 (Post 19695146)
[MENTION=73614]rhm[/MENTION] [MENTION=185977]clubman[/MENTION] Just came back in here to see if anyone had mentioned anything else, after returning to the new website. The heading in the tab that opens when you're there, and if you save the site to favorites, is "Classic British Bicycle Components." So, I that that answers that question...

-Gregory

Okay, well done! That is interesting.
Still, I'm puzzled. As much as I like "classic British," those terms, in this context, are pretty much synonymous with "obsolete." I have a hard time imagining any component that has the elegance of classic Chater Lea (or Williams, or Bayliss Wiley &c) and modern (read: shimanoesque) functionality; and certainly nothing affordable.

repechage 07-04-17 09:12 AM

I think the world needs 11 speed compatible cottered Chromed Steel cranks and chainwheels.

Cassette Airlite hubs...

Disc option too... :)

realsteel 12-26-17 12:58 PM

Update
 
Chater-Lea has just updated its website.

Still no word on their products but quite a bit of interesting information and history: https://chaterlea.com/

SoCaled 03-15-26 04:30 PM

Revivng this Zombie!

Saw a $4,000 dollar Mercian listed this a.m. as a Chater Lea model https://losangeles.craigslist.org/la...921285682.html wasn't in my bike vocabulary. When I looked it up I found this https://www.chaterlea.com/
This thread seems to have died before the current parts line was released. Spendy to be sure, but some slick looking stuff.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...68137d7575.png
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...79d492dfb3.png


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