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That bike has had a hard damp life
That bike has had a hard damp life
1990 Jack Taylor Tourist Tandem #8638 FINISHED pg7
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Atlantis.
Garden gate?
Freesat aerial?
Garden gate?
Freesat aerial?
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Alms for the poor?
Sorry Jim, did it again.
Alms for an ex- leper?
Sorry Jim, did it again.
Alms for an ex- leper?
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Right, it’s back and using my half full glasses I’ve decided it’s worth doing up.
Couple of positives have happened, first the good form from the previous (temporary) owner giving me a partial refund, then after discussing the frame with Steve at Arthur Caygill I’m going to save a fair amount by removing the various details from the frame myself (redundant pump pegs, old school BB steel tube guides & coaster brake mounts) also we discovered that after closer examination the front seat tube can be saved as all the various cracks were only paint deep and the rammed in seat pin is aluminium so I’m going to treat that to some caustic soda.
The rest of the work (including a new chain stay) will be done by AC including a baked enamel paint job sometime in January, so that gives me a while to sell a bunch of parts.
Couple of positives have happened, first the good form from the previous (temporary) owner giving me a partial refund, then after discussing the frame with Steve at Arthur Caygill I’m going to save a fair amount by removing the various details from the frame myself (redundant pump pegs, old school BB steel tube guides & coaster brake mounts) also we discovered that after closer examination the front seat tube can be saved as all the various cracks were only paint deep and the rammed in seat pin is aluminium so I’m going to treat that to some caustic soda.
The rest of the work (including a new chain stay) will be done by AC including a baked enamel paint job sometime in January, so that gives me a while to sell a bunch of parts.
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Just dont tell him some daft sod has cut the BB shell in half!
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That’s a nicerer result glad to hear your half fullness.
peetee
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Good news. On reflection many would call this a basket case but it’s a Taylor built by the lads so well worth the effort.
I have, probably, just what you were looking for; a 24”+22” Taylor frame. This time last year I might well have moved it on (but only if a 24” single JT could be found to replace it). It was looking for a wall big enough to hang up on - no easy thing when you live in a 175 year old terrace cottage.
As fate would have it I made the acquaintance of two retro-mad club riders who were pretty mean time trialists in their day and when I mentioned the possibility of building up the frame in TT guise for them to try their eyes lit up like Christmas trees!
Still looking for a stoker stem and solution to the oversized rear BB shell (I’ve bodged a square taper axle in which turns nicely with just the cranks on but is sure to self-destruct with 1500 watts going through it!)
Here it is it partially built up. Apologies for the clipped photo, I couldn’t stand any further back!
I have, probably, just what you were looking for; a 24”+22” Taylor frame. This time last year I might well have moved it on (but only if a 24” single JT could be found to replace it). It was looking for a wall big enough to hang up on - no easy thing when you live in a 175 year old terrace cottage.
As fate would have it I made the acquaintance of two retro-mad club riders who were pretty mean time trialists in their day and when I mentioned the possibility of building up the frame in TT guise for them to try their eyes lit up like Christmas trees!
Still looking for a stoker stem and solution to the oversized rear BB shell (I’ve bodged a square taper axle in which turns nicely with just the cranks on but is sure to self-destruct with 1500 watts going through it!)
Here it is it partially built up. Apologies for the clipped photo, I couldn’t stand any further back!
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