Robin Williamson 653?

[Gtpulse]

I’m going to guess the sticker on the blue Williamson bike is 653. Nice size, comes with a Carlton and a. N. Other.

https://www.easyliveauction.com/cat...aturday-auctions-23rd-november-2024-lot-5167/

 

[chickendrumsticks]

Don't know if he was a frame builder? Owned Biketrax in EH until 2017, which looks like a rental firm now.

 

[Walterscot]

Robin Williamson had a well kent bike shop under his own name in Edinburgh for years. He wasn’t a framebuilder but he put his name on many bikes; there are plenty still around east central Scotland.

For a bit more context he was one of the first to recognise the potential of mountain biking in Scotland. His shop stocked MTBs before many and he also helped to create the Glentress Mountain Bike Centre in the mid 80s. His shop in Stockbridge eventually became an Alpine Bikes store.

Didn’t know he had anything to do with Biketrax but Biketrax is a lot more than a rental firm. It’s a full-service independent bike shop with a cafe in the Fountainbridge area of the city.

 

[chickendrumsticks]

Robin Williamson had a well kent bike shop under his own name in Edinburgh for years. He wasn’t a framebuilder but he put his name on many bikes; there are plenty still around east central Scotland.

For a bit more context he was one of the first to recognise the potential of mountain biking in Scotland. His shop stocked MTBs before many and he also helped to create the Glentress Mountain Bike Centre in the mid 80s. His shop in Stockbridge eventually became an Alpine Bikes store.

Didn’t know he had anything to do with Biketrax but Biketrax is a lot more than a rental firm. It’s a full-service independent bike shop with a cafe in the Fountainbridge area of the city.

LinkedIn says he sold Biketrax in 2017. Could be wrong I guess.

 

[Walterscot]

LinkedIn says he sold Biketrax in 2017. Could be wrong I guess.

He could well have done, I just wasn’t aware of that part of his story.

 

[KermitGKona88]

I am going to stick my neck out and say it is Reynolds 453 tubing, which replaced 531 plain gauge, although the colour is wrong it should be orange numbers, it was only produced in 3 main tubes and had a registered trademark after the numbers.

 

[Gtpulse]

Hammer price £20, I’d have been pleased with that!