Ebay: Rare early vintage Harry Hall frameset

[joe1983]

Hi selling my early Harry Hall frameset - thought to be the 50th frame produced by HH. Original paint in excellent condition, Reynolds 531 tubing and forks, Campagnolo dropouts, 57cm seatube centre to top.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=120412071034

 

[hubgearfreak]

it's a lovely bike joe, but i'm not sure that your listing is correct. you've stated that it has vertical dropouts, but are you sure?

here's a link explaining. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_dr-z.html#dropout

if they are, as i suspect, actually horizontal, then you may wish to include in the listing something along the lines of

ideal for retro fixed/fixie - it's bound to push the final bid up

i've no interest either way, sadly, it's too small for me

 

[joe1983]

Thanks for the info hubgearfreak but after double checking the dropouts they are definitely not horizontal, most probably semi-vertical but not good enough for a fixed gear I would suspect.

Thanks anyway!

Joe

 

[betty swollocks]

I think hgf means the middle of the three here.

 

[ColinJ]

Thanks for the info hubgearfreak but after double checking the dropouts they are definitely not horizontal, most probably semi-vertical but not good enough for a fixed gear I would suspect.

Thanks anyway!

Joe

I think you are wrong Joe. I made a singlespeed bike out of an old steel Basso frame with dropouts just like that and it works fine. Surely fixed would too?

 

[joe1983]

They are of the first type though i.e. vertical as opposed to horizontal or track dropouts.
Lovely frame for a geared build though!

 

[fossyant]

They are classed as horizontal, none are parallel to the road.....

You can move the wheel back and forward.

That is one very nice frame.....

 

[hubgearfreak]

Lovely frame for a geared build though!

dérailleur gears, maybe but not more sophisticated variable transmission systems