The British bike thread
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Frankenorange
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Halfords Sport. Haven't been able to find any information about the builder. Reynolds 531 main triangle, mix of Weinmann, Shimano and SR parts.
I reckon it is a Falcon by that seatstay wrap.
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Guinessisgoodforyou
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I think you could be right. The fork crown also points to Falcon. I think they are just Halfords stickers from the UK car chain
chickendrumsticks
Senior Retro Guru
Typical of its day though. Not a bad ride and we thought we'd arrived when we got one, or something like it.Halfords Sport. Haven't been able to find any information about the builder. Reynolds 531 main triangle, mix of Weinmann, Shimano and SR parts.
Frankenorange
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Wonder if it is the same frame that gets chrome to become a San Remo while those destined for Halfords go straight to paint?
sjcprojects
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I realised a while ago that these days I only own British bikes (even the Carbon and Alu ones are British brands), not particularly by design but I suppose because I have a preference for the smaller frame builders.
Going back a bit earlier in this thread, I don't have an Italian bike built using 531, but I do have a British bike built in the home city of Reynolds, but ironically using Columbus tubing – this Alan Richards (Tower Cycles Birmingham, 1983):
And here's one built about 6 miles from me – a 1994 MB Dronfield built by Vernon Barker (Dronfield, South Yorkshire):
Going back a bit earlier in this thread, I don't have an Italian bike built using 531, but I do have a British bike built in the home city of Reynolds, but ironically using Columbus tubing – this Alan Richards (Tower Cycles Birmingham, 1983):
And here's one built about 6 miles from me – a 1994 MB Dronfield built by Vernon Barker (Dronfield, South Yorkshire):
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The Richards is a beauty . Are the bars chopped or just rolled up ?
My Roberts is annoyingly Columbus too , the odd one in .
sjcprojects
Orange 🍊 Fan
The Richards is a beauty . Are the bars chopped or just rolled up ?
My Roberts is annoyingly Columbus too , the odd one in .
Thanks. Yeah, the bars are chopped (not by me, I bought them like that). But I have also rolled them up a bit to make the reach to the levers more comfortable. I got those bars because they also have holes drilled for the cables, which I quite like, but they do look a bit odd chopped, maybe. I might swap them out for something more standard at some point.
Roberts generally seemed to prefer Columbus over Reynolds, I think? From the examples I've seen, anyway.
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I went through so many bars trying to get what I wanted and ended up back where I started , more or less , Cinelli Giro's and 65's if the tt is short enough . There are Nitto's that work for me on older builds but still look ok , apart from the branding stickery things . Their numbering "system" is mind bending though .
Apparently that was one of the things that Chas was best at , mixing tubesets to get the best result in his designs . Mine was built by Winston so it's hard for me to part with even though it doesn't "fit" with me or the rest of my bikes .
MattiThundrrr
Kona Fan
That is where the artistry of frame building really begins
