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----- lug pattern appears to be BOCAMA Professionnelle Luxe this pattern offered with or without cutouts and with or without a reinforcing lip on the edge adjacent to the headtube given its apparent application it is somewhat odd that it was constructed without eyelets on the frame ends -----

----- for adhesive cotton twill Tressorex is thinner than is Tressostar and easier to stretch around brake levers and the like, both are VELOX products from France -----

----- visited site yesterday for some searches and all operated smoothly after getting through the warning gate me machine hath exploded not and me data be in tact ;) -----

----- when searching on Flying Scot always remember to search on Rattray as well IIRC the VCC has a marque enthusiast for the badge as well -----

----- lug pattern Prugnat 62/d -----

----- the forum has a section for road bikes for sale it resides here - https://www.retrobike.co.uk/forums/road-for-sale-complete-bikes.47/ -----

----- anyone recognize this? seen on a 1950's era cycle... mounting clamp for brake lever -----

----- drive side dropout appears as if it may have been repaired since fork ends and dropouts do not match it could be that fork is a replacement...or it could be that dropouts are not original -----

----- Raleigh built 1960's chainset is Raleigh/Nicklin headset is TDC/Raleigh original gear ensemble likely Huret headset and bottom bracket thread both 26TPI if no serial on bottom bracket shell it should be on left rear dropout there is a guide to decoding them here...

----- Sekine maintained a plant in Manitoba beginning in 1973 an operation which lasted for about a decade the cycles will exhibit a seat tube transfer stating whether produced in Japan or Canada -----

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----- dropouts appear either Cyclo of England or Agrati Cyclo dropouts would be consistent with a Falcon/Coventry Eagle product pulleys on the Allvit rear mech appear to be all metal, last year for this was 1965 presence of GB brake levers and centrepull hangers suggests original brake...

----- the combination of this seat stay treatment and this pattern of Prugnat lug is suggestive of a possible Holdsworthy origin may not have been done by Holdsworthy itself but perhaps by someone who had worked there the drilled seat stay bridge appears original, would assume crown to be...

----- headset is Brampton Alatet Thomas D. Cross & Sons Ltd also produced an Alatet model, theirs is the one employed by Raleigh the frame's bottom bracket shell is a Brampton item the raised marking is a model number for the shell, nothing to do with manufacturer of cycle certainly appears...

----- a most beautiful job with it, what a fortunate cycle to have fallen to your hand! 😁 frame - three tube 531 plain gauge dropouts Cyclo (of England) bottom bracket shell, may be Agrati N. 000.8507 fork crown Agrati "ROMA" pattern N. 000.8028 Ernest employed a fair amount of Agrati...

----- frame - lug pattern NERVEX 48/161 bottom bracket shell NERVEX nozzle cut Ref. 161 dropouts appear they may be NERVEX Ref. 1010 pump pegs NERVEX Ref. 845 fittings - headset appears Brampton; may be type with floating u-races which takes 1/8" ball chainset Takagi, this firm, once...

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----- the RGF marking on the bottom bracket shell is the maker of the shell - Raccords Gargatte Freres the firm also produced a few fittings ----

----- raised markings on bottom bracket shell issue from shell's maker - Brampton and have nothing to do with manufacturer of frame/cycle they represent a model designation for the shell -----

----- there be a bit more information in this forum post...but no real answer - https://www.bikeforums.net/22843796-post13.html -----