$50! What frame is this??

[Fspeed]

Just got this on Craigslist for 50, seems solid I just don’t know what it is. I’m hoping someone can help me find some original photos of the frame and bike when it first came out?? Thanks!

 

[Cycleops]

Difficult to say from those pics. We need close ups of the lugs, drop outs and any numbers on the BB.
Whatever it is for fifty noted you can't go wrong.

 

[Fspeed]

Here’s a few more

 

[Fspeed]

I think the numbers on the BB are GD912387

 

[Cycleops]

Could be an old Raleigh. I'm no real expert but maybe @raleighnut @biggs682 or @midlife might have a better idea.
Very relaxed geometry.

 

[midlife]

It has a brazed on kickstand bracket which usually means foreign frame or far east manufacture and imported. Loads of these ended up in catalogues like Grattens BITD. Unless you find a makers decal I'm not sure you will pin a name on it.

 

[Fspeed]

It has a brazed on kickstand bracket which usually means foreign frame or far east manufacture and imported. Loads of these ended up in catalogues like Grattens BITD. Unless you find a makers decal I'm not sure you will pin a name on it.

where is the kickstand bracket? I can only find the little brake cable clips

 

[midlife]

where is the kickstand bracket? I can only find the little brake cable clips

I'm sure I can see it on the two pics of the bottom bracket? A flat plate with a hole in it to bolt on a kickstand.

 

[Ian H]

I think I can see a kink in the down-tube, which would explain the non-matching fork.
Agreed, doesn't look British.

 

[biggs682]

No idea on the maker sorry

 

[Fspeed]

I'm sure I can see it on the two pics of the bottom bracket? A flat plate with a hole in it to bolt on a kickstand.

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I guess I thought a kickstand bracket would be a lot smaller, that plate by the BB is nearly structural

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Could be anything, but looks like a converted multi-gear bike to me. The frame could even be half-decent. It's not modern, because it's lugged and it has a tubular rear brake bridge not a pressed flat steel plate often found on cheap frames. The diameter of the seatpost may also give you an idea if the frame is plain hi-tensile, cro-moly, or mang-moly tubing.