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What decade do you prefer for the bike? Have a look at Speedbicycles and click on the numbers in the left column to view the bikes. Did you want a bike which has been fully restored, or a bike with patina? It is quite a straightforward process to photograph, process and print. In Australia small...

Interesting project there may be multiple paths to achieve this. The one I would choose is: Determine the overall dimensions of the 'image" This will guide the number of photos(s) required to achieve the required pixel count for high quality printing. I would go with finished resolution of...

You might be referring to this archived article https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165413/http://www.blackcountrysociety.co.uk/articles/nicholls.htm

I would be interested to see if you could stretch the leather by wetting it, then laying it over the saddle shape and then vacuum bagging it. Then remove the leather, let it dry, and see if it had been stretched where required. Vegetable-tanned leather works best, and a nice piece of kangaroo...

an option for the dent

The CO2 canisters in the Pennine pump hold significantly less (8g) than is needed to get to normal riding pressure. So the pump may have been for getting the tube up to a low pressure and then finishing it off with the CO2. I have both versions of the Pennine pumps and they are a conversation...

Nitrogen gas went into those large canisters. on Classic Lightweights Pennine CO2 (and other) pumps

Thank you for the contact details. The least I could do was prepare and then give you a print-quality copy of the catalogue page.

I am glad I commented on your post and I applaud your research and attention to detail. I would encourage you to detail the build in a separate post. It seems to be an ideal case study for getting the details right! It would be appreciated if you can post Fausto's details as I would also like to...

The catalogues were on a wonderful site "threespeedhub" which has seen its domain registration expire. I linked to the archive using the wayback machine internet archive. The owner of the web site had also created a Facebook page but that has had no activitity since 2015...

have you seen these? Ellis-Briggs-1954 Ellis-Briggs-1955

the distinguishing features for the 4 frames of that period are set out at https://giostorino.it/registro-storico-gios/ The Facebook page has frames accepted into the Historical Register as being genuine period Gios Torino frames https://www.facebook.com/rsgiostorino There are ample frames...

That is unfortunate if that was the way it was interpreted.

His life has now taken a different path. It is highly unlikely that the blog will be updated.

He was "thinning his herd" in 2022, and hasn't posted in Classic Rendezvous since July 2022.

It would need to be a very unusual shoe repairer. You need to start with a larger piece of thick vegetable tanned leather than they would have on hand. The leather to be used is the same as for boot soles. Often the shoe repairer would buy pieces stamped to suit that purpose. Then you need a...

I'd just make a new leather top.

Offer it to the bike enthusiast for £500. What bikes are in the bike enthusiast's personal collection to support that valuation? His wildly optimistic valuation has made the whole exercise toxic. You could have a family member list it on ebay with collection only with a reserve of say £150, and...

What a history! Another of my bikes, a 1952 EA Boult had been ridden by the original owner up until the morning I bought it. Only the frame and saddle remained from 1952 with the other parts modernised as the parts wore out. Dave didn't want the frame to go to scrap and there were no family...

The bike appears to have little or none of the 1949 equipment. Fitted bikes from this period often reflect the value of that original equipment, particularly if the frame is not from a high-profile maker. Frames in original paintwork are also valued. It appears that the frame has been modified...