Tandem Identification
04-21-09, 01:55 PM
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Tandem Identification
My friend and i have just bought an old tandem frame. It has had a couple of bad paint jobs and here are no manufacturer logos or identification marks other than a frame number just below the seat post which is 106651. Does anyone have any idea how we might be able to identify it? We're from england and bought the bike here so i'd assume its english. It has a very old chunky headset and an eccentric bottom bracket, hub brakes and 3 speed sturmey archer. We've stripped it down and are respraying it.
04-21-09, 02:41 PM
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Let me be the first to advise to post a pic.
04-22-09, 05:58 PM
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A 3-speed may put into the circa 1940s-50s category.
There were a plethora of UK framebuilders at that time.
There were a plethora of UK framebuilders at that time.
04-22-09, 07:08 PM
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^^^^^
Is there empirical evidence of this?
Is there empirical evidence of this?
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My friend and i have just bought an old tandem frame. It has had a couple of bad paint jobs and here are no manufacturer logos or identification marks other than a frame number just below the seat post which is 106651. Does anyone have any idea how we might be able to identify it? We're from england and bought the bike here so i'd assume its english. It has a very old chunky headset and an eccentric bottom bracket, hub brakes and 3 speed sturmey archer. We've stripped it down and are respraying it.
Well, with nothing else to go on, I'd venture a guess that it is an old heavy steel framed English tandem equipped with eccentric BB, hub brakes and a 3 speed Sturmey Archer (#106651).
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05-04-09, 04:01 PM
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Will generally be difficult to identify, most English builders of the time used the same lugs and tubesets. Were there any cranksets on it? They will often identify the maker.
