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Just seen the new post with more pictures. Nice lugs, with a design that goes back to the 1930s.

A nice bike you have there. Most components are probably original although I suspect the saddle, mudguards, and pedals were later replacements. Unusual to see Resilion brakes on a 1951 frame as they had gone out of fashion by then, but a traditionalist would recognise their benefits. They were...

That's a very nice bike and very well preserved. It was built October 1949 and it still has many original components. Hubs are probably BH Airlites with GB wingnuts, so period correct, and nice to have the Hobbs Lytalloy headset and lamp bracket. The brake callipers seem period correct too, but...

Yes, I believe Ekla lugs were available in the '30s (not absolutely certain though), and they were used by a great many frame makers, so not easy to identify individual frames. The headset is very unusual, and a sort of hybrid that I haven't seen before, but obviously intended for a stem without...

That was once a very nice bike. The corrosion is probably not as bad as it looks. Johnny Berry was a very good frame builder and the componentry is good quality too. Well worth restoring in my view. The only issue I can see (provide that the frame is sound enough with the obvious corrosion) is...

Don't know the make but it's a decent quality lightweight with Ekla lugs, so late 1940s or maybe early 50s.

Re: Dropouts are Campag, short and almost vertical, not the usual semi- horizontal type. The frame number makes it 1970. I have fitted a pair of Mavic Module 2/Campag SF 700c wheels (as shown in the pics) which seem to look right, so it was probably built for sprints. I think 27s might be a...

Re: And a few more pics. The carefully filed v-shape tip at the lower end of the fork blade seems to be a Vic Edwards feature. I agree that it was probably modified to take allen key brakes at the time of the repaint. Quite likely the internal cable guides were added at that time also...

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I've just acquired a rather tatty Pat Hanlon that I somewhat reluctantly took in part exchange for a 1950s bike I was selling. Reluctant only in the sense that I am trying to reduce my collection of 20-plus bikes! On closer examination, however, the Hanlon appears to have great potential. It is...

It would be worth trying to put it together with largely 1950s bits, and it needn't cost much if you go to a cycle jumble and steer clear of exotica. It is, I think, a road/path frame, as it has brake drillings, so it would probably have been built using GB bars and stem , Williams C34...

Those CB bilams are lovely frames, built by real craftsmen, and they ride beautifully. The U on the bottom bracket could well be a mark of the man who built that frame. It is not part of the frame number.

Re: That will build into a gorgeous machine with that selection of componentry. Some rare stuff there, and a Flyer frame is always a gem. Chrome front and rear ends will set you back about £150 these days, so not cheap, especially when you add enamelling, lug lining and transfers. But frames...

Yes, definitely a Mistral. I have one the same. They appeared in about 1964, and it was the top of the range Holdsworthy frame, built with 531 double butted throughout. Yours has top quality kit on it too, and almost certainly a time trial iron with tubs and five speed gears. A nice bike.

It would probably have come with GB Sport brakes, which was, I believe, only sold as original equipment. It's the same as the Courier but without the quick release. The Courier Plus came in about 1957, but it looks identical so still looks right. If you need a longer drop, GB made the Grand...

A quick look at the 1951 Sun catalogue (from the VCC library) shows that the 26in wheels are indeed correct for this model. It originally had GB brakes too.

Looking great! Lovely original paint. With such generous wheel clearance, I wonder if your frame was intended for 27in wheels, and someone put on some 26's at a later date? Neither of the hubs dates from the 50s, so quite possible. That said, many frames of that era were designed for fitting...

Re: With the Concorde all finished, I took it out for a ride and it's a mighty impressive machine. That said, I rode my 1952 Bates the same day and was struck by how little frames have changed in so many decades, The Bates feels just as lively, it's probably just as stiff with it's 'cantiflex'...

Re: Here's the forks fitted to the bike. Much better, wouldn't you say?

Re: With the Vee'd out area filled with weld, (tack-welding it first to prevent distortion) and the excess weld ground off, it looks like this.