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Does anyone know the difference % wise of frames made from Accles & Pollack Cro Mo, Reynolds HM, Reynolds 531 plain, & Reynolds 531 butted, or cheap seamed carbon steel please. Trying to establish as to whether you can identify what type of tubing might have been used on old 50's,60's frames...

Re: This is a really interesting frame, as we have been trying to establish the date when the Man on bike headbadge was first used. This seems indicate it was earlier than conventional(i.e as per Kilgariff) wisdom. This is the lowest frame serial no. on record with a Man on Bike headbadge, it...

PS also frame geometry the Blue Star /Silver Star/Southern Cross was 73/71 Head Seat angle ,the massed start frames were 72 parallel

Its a great frame with a Lug design Ive never seen on a actual frame, I would think its earlier than 1958. Probably 1954 or 1955 , what is the serial no. and where is it located ? That would help in dating it , I think its probably 5000 series When Holdsworth first took over the Grubb brand they...

Re: I know I am late in responding to this , but have you got a side view photo of the Grubb head lug with diamonds? If its got diamonds on the sides as well(so three diamonds altogether) its probably the Nervex Serie Legere feature cut 94. This is featured in the 1958 Nervex catalogue which...

Re: F H Grubb Cycles As the Grubb marque enthusiast for the VCC I am trying to fill in some gaps in the popular Kilgarif website. The period of transition between FHGrubb and early Holdsworth Grubb's is particularly interesting . We have a lot of catalogues but there seems to be sometimes a...

Thats a great frame, I have seen a similar hand painted downtube logo before. I am trying to establish when the serial number location changed from head tube to bottom bracket. There are some notes in the VCC archives suggesting that Grubb staff started a new numbering system after Mr Grubbs...