I hear variants of "plush" used when folks discuss steel and particularly
531 but I'm not sure what to make of it. I have 6 bikes with 531 frames and
I ride them all: 1970 Raleigh Pro Mk I, a Falcon San Remo of undetermined
age but likely 1969-1971, a 1971 Raleigh International, a 1972 PX-10, a
Patrick was correct on the bracket on the fork of the Jack Taylor. That was
the bracket for the headlamp. The fitting on the top of the stem is an
integral center-pull brake cable hanger and adjuster. I had it set up with
some long reach Mafac brakes and it worked beautifully. Here's a close-up.
Lovely understated frame. I take it that the braze-on on the fork is for a
generator. But I can't figure out what's up with the braze-on and bolt in
the middle of that coppery stem. What is it for?
On Monday, June 26, 2023 at 11:03:19 AM UTC-5 mr.wa...@gmail.com wrote:
> My first "real" bike af
My first "real" bike after my two-speed Schwinn Typhoon was a Frejus I
bought at Robert's Cyclery in Chicago. It was the first bike I'd ever
ridden that felt alive. I rode that all through high school and college.
Years later I picked up a nicely restored '63 Jack Taylor Super
International fra
Thank you Eric,
JohnS
On Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 11:14:27 AM UTC-4 campyo...@me.com wrote:
> The mount I added to the Singer is this one:
>
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The mount I added to the Singer is this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Elite-0123301-Clamps-Bottle-25mm-70mm/dp/B00OS6HKIM/ref=asc_df_B00OS6HKIM/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241987970787&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8490519446908074857&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=10142
Hello Eric N,
Thanks for the close up of your bike. Because of it I noticed the clamped
on water bottle cage on the seat tube. Do you like? Which brand is it? I
would like to add a water bottle cage to my '82 Sequoia's down tube (Tange
Special Series Touring, Cro-Mo Double Butted), great riding
My late 80s Holdsworth Mistral is 531c (I assume that's the competition
tubing?) And is the only frame I've ridden that has that "planing" feeling
that Jan gets so hot under the collar for.
I have converted it to 650b and it is my go to roadish bike when I'm not on
a Riv. Definitely a special fr
I, too had a mid-70's Bob Jackson and a late-70' Paramount built with 531
tubing. Both were sold due to economic circumstances not long after. But
I recall that the Paramount of that era was rather crudely constructed with
a poorly applied paint job, some mediocre components, and wheels that
Oooh, I have some of those charts too.
I think the 531 magic was also in my 1970s era Bob Jackson, and less so in
a 1974 Paramount and late 70s Vent Noir. The BJ did not have a model
marquis transfer on the frame other than multiple BJ labels, but, no fender
eyelets on the Campy dropouts, a 531
I’m not an expert, but I believe that most/all of the bikes from the Alex
Singer shop were made with 531. My two Singers are.
One is made of the more unusual “531 Professional” tubeset, which featured
thinner walls for lighter weight than standard 531 tubing.
531 Professional is rumored to be
On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 2:38:16 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote:
I've read that the PX-10 as well as old Raleigh Internationals from about
the same period (late '60s and early '70s?) had plush yet nimble rides, I
guess a combination of long, narrow-gauge, not-thick-wall tubes and gentle
ang
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