Sundayjumper
Specialized Fan
I've recently bought an FW Evans frame, from raidan73, who bought it to rob some of the bits it had ! Sale thread with pics: HERE.
My purchase was was a bit of a whim, but I was vaguely hankering for something properly retro, and as a teenager I'd worked at the Kingston branch of FW Evans so I felt this ticked the boxes for me, even though the mid eighties were (just) before my time.
The frame arrived, and in Googling for images it was noticable that the distinctive rear cable hanger was not at all common. It was just on the early models, which were all silver. Eventually I arrived at THIS thread, where GrahamJohnWallace talks about when he hired a bike from Kingston FW Evans, that was black, and the invoice stated it was frame 0001.
Hmmm, mine's black. Has it been resprayed ? Maybe, but the badge on the head tube looks authentic and appropriately aged for a 30 year old bike
Where's the frame number..... does this look like "01" ??
It could be 61 I guess, or 10 or 19 even if read from the other side. I'd really like your input here GrahamJohnWallace ! If this turns out to be frame number one then it's a very nice piece of history.
My purchase was was a bit of a whim, but I was vaguely hankering for something properly retro, and as a teenager I'd worked at the Kingston branch of FW Evans so I felt this ticked the boxes for me, even though the mid eighties were (just) before my time.
The frame arrived, and in Googling for images it was noticable that the distinctive rear cable hanger was not at all common. It was just on the early models, which were all silver. Eventually I arrived at THIS thread, where GrahamJohnWallace talks about when he hired a bike from Kingston FW Evans, that was black, and the invoice stated it was frame 0001.
Hmmm, mine's black. Has it been resprayed ? Maybe, but the badge on the head tube looks authentic and appropriately aged for a 30 year old bike
Where's the frame number..... does this look like "01" ??
It could be 61 I guess, or 10 or 19 even if read from the other side. I'd really like your input here GrahamJohnWallace ! If this turns out to be frame number one then it's a very nice piece of history.