Help me identify the Bike.
03-09-20 | 09:54 AM
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Help me identify the Bike.
Hello, can somebody tell me, hat brand is the frame or same information abourt the bike? The are Nervex pro lugs with campagnolo ends on the frame and fork, 27 seat tube, english threads. Thanks!
PHOTOS : drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ljOtKiAUP4qt81HiSWKT52Fc_SRly9FQ?usp=sharing
PHOTOS : drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ljOtKiAUP4qt81HiSWKT52Fc_SRly9FQ?usp=sharing
03-09-20 | 02:59 PM
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Thank you for posting!
Do not think it could be later than 1968.
"JS" appears to be fond of oil lubrication for track hubs.
Do you know the meaning of the letter A on the hub barrel transfers?
Curious that a road model headset was used in the assembly - perhaps what was available...
Nominally at least, we appear to have a bar with a 26.4mm centre fitted to a stem with a 26.0mm clamp.
Note absence of lockring for cog. Perhaps just put together for photo op...
...wondering if origin might be latin america...
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verily, we should all benefit by a visit from Detective Chief Inspector MauriceMoss
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Thank you for posting!
Do not think it could be later than 1968.
"JS" appears to be fond of oil lubrication for track hubs.
Do you know the meaning of the letter A on the hub barrel transfers?
Curious that a road model headset was used in the assembly - perhaps what was available...
Nominally at least, we appear to have a bar with a 26.4mm centre fitted to a stem with a 26.0mm clamp.
Note absence of lockring for cog. Perhaps just put together for photo op...
...wondering if origin might be latin america...
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verily, we should all benefit by a visit from Detective Chief Inspector MauriceMoss
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Last edited by juvela; 03-09-20 at 04:21 PM. Reason: correction
03-09-20 | 03:58 PM
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Can't help with the identification, but it's a beautiful machine. Thanks for showing it here.
The saddle and rims, together with the fact that it's a track bike, would have me looking towards Germany for an ID, but I'll readily agree that's just circumstantial evidence.
The saddle and rims, together with the fact that it's a track bike, would have me looking towards Germany for an ID, but I'll readily agree that's just circumstantial evidence.
03-09-20 | 04:14 PM
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Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Great photography, too. I looked at all the pictures.
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04-17-20 | 07:11 PM
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a stunner and agree that high quality photos really do it justice. No idea of make or nationality but a saddle with "Berlin" stamped on a saddle rivet seems a very strong clue! And the subtle "points" on the stay ends seems to be a touch favored in places like Austria.I think the "J S" and cap "A" are transfers like you might find for hobby or even ceramic use, must have had some meaning for the (earlier) owner. 27 seatpost means that if Columbus tubing this is SP, as expected for track, or at any rate a heavier wall tube for seat tube.
Last edited by unworthy1; 04-17-20 at 07:15 PM.
