Need help to date this Freddie Grubb Track Path
05-20-13, 09:59 AM
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Need help to date this Freddie Grubb Track Path
Hello everybody,
this is my Freddie Grubb Track Path. Bought the frame two years ago and built up the bike with (mostly) period components. It's my daily commuter and sometimes I use it for audaxing. Phantastic bike but there is a big problem: I can't date the frame. I guess it has been built in the middle of the 50's but I'm not sure. Frame Nr on left rear dropout is 5247. Matching Nr on steerer. Head badge and transfers seem to original. Also original colour scheme but painting has been repaired sometime by hand. Is here someone how can tell me the exact date of building?
Kind regards!
Ralph
this is my Freddie Grubb Track Path. Bought the frame two years ago and built up the bike with (mostly) period components. It's my daily commuter and sometimes I use it for audaxing. Phantastic bike but there is a big problem: I can't date the frame. I guess it has been built in the middle of the 50's but I'm not sure. Frame Nr on left rear dropout is 5247. Matching Nr on steerer. Head badge and transfers seem to original. Also original colour scheme but painting has been repaired sometime by hand. Is here someone how can tell me the exact date of building?
Kind regards!
Ralph
05-20-13, 11:42 AM
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How were you able to build it with period components, if you didn't know what period?*
(*Sorry, just being snarky!
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Seriously, early to mid 50's looks about right to me, but I doubt I know any more than you.
(*Sorry, just being snarky!
)Seriously, early to mid 50's looks about right to me, but I doubt I know any more than you.
05-20-13, 01:46 PM
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05-20-13, 01:55 PM
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Great looking bike!
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05-20-13, 08:03 PM
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Cool bike! Nice build. Headbadge points to '52-63 I think. The serial # makes me think 1952 but that's just guess.
05-21-13, 02:58 AM
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Thanks for all the answers and jokes ... Unfortunately, not really new knowledge. Maybe a few more details.
It is a 24'' frame, 73 degree head and seat angle, round fork blades, eyelets for mudguards. All this speak for a Freddie Grubb Comet Road Track as shown in the 1956 catalogue
Head badge speaks for a (Holdsworth) year after 1952
Frame number speaks for a year before 1955 (compare https://www.classiclightweights.co.uk...rubb55-rb.html
an https://www.lfgss.com/thread38672.html
Does anyone know when Holdsworth introduced the Freddie Comet? Or does anyone know the numbering system in the early Holdsworth era?
It is a 24'' frame, 73 degree head and seat angle, round fork blades, eyelets for mudguards. All this speak for a Freddie Grubb Comet Road Track as shown in the 1956 catalogue
Head badge speaks for a (Holdsworth) year after 1952
Frame number speaks for a year before 1955 (compare https://www.classiclightweights.co.uk...rubb55-rb.html
an https://www.lfgss.com/thread38672.html
Does anyone know when Holdsworth introduced the Freddie Comet? Or does anyone know the numbering system in the early Holdsworth era?
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Try contacting Hilary Stone at www.hilarystone.com he may be able to get you a little further down the road.
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Are you a member of the Classic Rendezvouz google group? There is a higher level of expertise there, I think, than on this list. If you haven't already, I suggest you post your bike, and your questions, there.
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Splendid bike, and it is your daily rider? Even better.
05-22-13, 03:13 PM
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Thanks! Not quite my daily bike. Sundays I take this one https://www.flickr.com/photos/4996064...7625311824916/ 
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Oh so sweet!
I've been lusting after a Pre-latin series Hetchins for years....Then I let a 24.5" (my size) Super Special slip through my hands because of a crappy re-paint...arrghhhh! Love your daily rider!
Are you running new cables on the Resilions? I ask because I've got set in need of refurbishment and have been hesitant due to the complexity of the cable.
I've been lusting after a Pre-latin series Hetchins for years....Then I let a 24.5" (my size) Super Special slip through my hands because of a crappy re-paint...arrghhhh! Love your daily rider!
Are you running new cables on the Resilions? I ask because I've got set in need of refurbishment and have been hesitant due to the complexity of the cable.
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Oh so sweet!
I've been lusting after a Pre-latin series Hetchins for years....Then I let a 24.5" (my size) Super Special slip through my hands because of a crappy re-paint...arrghhhh! Love your daily rider!
Are you running new cables on the Resilions? I ask because I've got set in need of refurbishment and have been hesitant due to the complexity of the cable.
I've been lusting after a Pre-latin series Hetchins for years....Then I let a 24.5" (my size) Super Special slip through my hands because of a crappy re-paint...arrghhhh! Love your daily rider!
Are you running new cables on the Resilions? I ask because I've got set in need of refurbishment and have been hesitant due to the complexity of the cable.
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