Ian May cycles

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midlife

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Lovely looking frame, graceful curve to that fork, reminds me of a Mercian Strada Speciale :smile:

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biggs682

Itching to get back on my bike's
Location
Northamptonshire
Lovely looking frame, graceful curve to that fork, reminds me of a Mercian Strada Speciale :smile:

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Shaun

@midlife i can see what you are saying
 

biggs682

Itching to get back on my bike's
Location
Northamptonshire
Just unpacked another Ian May badged machine, frame number looks to be 03325 so does not an Ian May made one .



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It was the rear stays and fork profile that caught my eye.

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well finally started work on this one by pulling the fork out so i could clean and re grease the Tioga headset , number stamped on steerer tube matches bottom bracket and after a bit of cleaning i can now see for drop outs are Campagnola as well so its got some pedigree just not sure by whom .

Also started stripping bottom bracket out as that feels a bit notchy
 

biggs682

Itching to get back on my bike's
Location
Northamptonshire
Well first ride this morning on my latest Ian May rides nice and smooth feels compact size wise , know i can start doing some gentle bedding in miles for a few days then start riding it in earnest next week .

I noticed during its recent overhaul that frame and fork numbers are the same and it takes a 27.2 mm seat post , older style nutted calipers , nice cable guides above the bottom bracket and both the forks and rear drop outs are campagnola items so its not to shabby a build just the by whom question .


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biggs682

Itching to get back on my bike's
Location
Northamptonshire
You should get away with clip on 'raceblades' but IME they're a bit fragile on the 'hooky' bits.
better than nothing
 
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