Hinds is Back on The Road

[grumpyoldgit]

Excellent , hope you assured him his old track iron is in good hands

Please send any pictures,he would love to see them.

 

[grumpyoldgit]

Few more pictures.Turned the brake spreaders round.Still waiting for new bar tape,& looking for Campagnolo blanking plugs,anyone got a pair?

 

[grumpyoldgit]

Oh,& I found out that the frame builder was a certain Mr Bird.

 

[chipper]

Ok, so I threw a bucket of water over it , here's my Hinds road/track

Some really nice lug work , nicely filed as well . Round section fork blades and twin plate fork crown.

Would love to know the history of the frame , age , who build it etc .

 

[grumpyoldgit]

I will get back to you on the history.

 

[Theeb]

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Good to get a bit more info on Hinds!

 

[grumpyoldgit]

Ok, so I threw a bucket of water over it , here's my Hinds road/track

Some really nice lug work , nicely filed as well . Round section fork blades and twin plate fork crown.

Would love to know the history of the frame , age , who build it etc .

Hi chipper,Kevin Scriven was a 'Works' rider for Hinds.My bike is one of his,he rode it for about 1200 miles on a tour of Normandy.When I met Kevin,I forgot to ask him about dates.The frame builder was Mr Bird.
From the components,I would guess your bike is later than mine.

 

[kingbling]

Nice story and equally nice bikes the pair of them. I'm really like the lug work knowing what goes into making them. A job well done gentlemen

 

[grumpyoldgit]

Nice story and equally nice bikes the pair of them. I'm really like the lug work knowing what goes into making them. A job well done gentlemen

An old friend of mine had a Saturday job in one of the cycle shops,he had to draw the shapes on the blank lugs,& file them to shape.I understand this was standard practice,right up to the 1970's.

 

[chipper]

Thanks for the update , Mr Bird would be Alec Bird I guess , I think my frame is the same era as your frame , the components fitted, are much latter. I decided a while back to take mine off the road, it's too nice to use as a hack , long term plan is to fit some quality period correct track parts , definitely won't be repainting it
love it as it is.