Vintage Geoff Wiles bike

[Gustilik]

Hello!
I am searching for a little help identifing a vintage Geoff Wiles bike i intend to buy. As i can tell it is a pre 90' s bike considering the shimano 105 line.
Searching online, i found only Geoff Wiles bike built with reynolds or columbus tubing.
As i see no decal on this bike about the tubing used, i presume that either was used ordinary tubing, or the bike was repainted at some point, considering the decal " sprayed bu 4pi".
Do you have any information about this bike and especially about the tubing used?

Thank you!

 

[fiveSixteenths]

Quite a few bike shops used to buy frames from builders and badge them
My Dave Yates was badged a Geoff Something-or-other and I only got the bottom of it by looking for a serial number stamped on it - often something that’s hard to do until you’ve bought it
It does look like a good quality thing, with that seat-post cluster and the fork crown
If it’s not particularly expensive and it’s your size I’d likely take a punt on it, quite likely it’ll be made with a flavour of Reynolds 531
And mods might want to move the OP’s post to the right section

 

[fiveSixteenths]

Also, do a bit of googling and his name will tell you more

 

[LondonClassic]

A Geoff Wiles frame was considered the nuts when I were a teenager (late 80s). In north Kent lots of club riders had a Wiles. A kid I was a 6th form college with worked in the shop as a Saturday boy. Geoff Wiles cycles used to be in Cuxton Rd, Strood (Medway).

Have a look at this thread:

https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=9451

 

[pigman]

Quite a few bike shops used to buy frames from builders and badge them
My Dave Yates was badged a Geoff Something-or-other and I only got the bottom of it by looking for a serial number stamped on it - often something that’s hard to do until you’ve bought it
It does look like a good quality thing, with that seat-post cluster and the fork crown
If it’s not particularly expensive and it’s your size I’d likely take a punt on it, quite likely it’ll be made with a flavour of Reynolds 531
And mods might want to move the OP’s post to the right section

you can see the fork crown?

 

[argonsixar]

looks like Andy Palmer resprayed it.

 

[Gustilik]

thank you guys for your answers. although there are no decals, the frame looks to be of good quality. I am not aware who Andy Palmer is.

 

[fiveSixteenths]

you can see the fork crown?

Just about