Nice lug work

[Dirk]

Walking around Wadebridge, Cornwall this morning. Came across a nice Argos parked up outside a cake shop. Got chatting to the old guy who owns the bike, and he said that the lugs were specially made for him, as a one off, by a jeweller in London. What do you reckon?

 

[Ian H]

Very nice. Part of the reason for cutting out lugs was to make it easier to check that the braze had fully penetrated the joint.

 

[uphillstruggler]

is there any reason to doubt Norman ?

looks very nice anyway and he was nice enough to spend the time of day.

 

[biggs682]

Very nice indeed , love the look of that paint job

 

[Cycleops]

Whatever the truth about the lugs they are truly a thing of beauty.

 

[growingvegetables]

... the lugs were specially made for him, as a one off, by a jeweller in London ...

Kinda narrows it down, I suspect ... http://www.hartleycycles.com/about/

And she makes some beautiful bikes.

 

[Dirk]

Kinda narrows it down, I suspect ... http://www.hartleycycles.com/about/

Possibly.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I recon those lugs are from somewhere in this catalogue:

http://www.framebuilding.com/NEWPARTSPAGES/lugs.htm

 

[daysnways]

not entirely implausible,...however, anyone with their name on their frame and running those tacky wheels on a retro bike may need help

this bike seems to have an identity crisis...lol

 

[Cycleops]

Maybe too much pension to spend. If I was called Norman I don’t think want to be advertising the fact.

 

[Dirk]

not entirely implausible,...however, anyone with their name on their frame and running those tacky wheels on a retro bike may need help

this bike seems to have an identity crisis...lol

He said he used to Audax a lot in past years and had been a member of a local club, the name of which escapes me now. Seemed a nice chap, possibly in his late 70s. I think his surname was Heyes.

 

[booze and cake]

The good: Lovely looking frame, and great the chap is still cycling, and it looks to be my size if he ever wanted to pass it on, I'd happily ride it and I'm not called Norman
The bad: those wheels, red?!...with that frame..somebody have a word..and I expect many of us have flexibility issues in our late 70's, and I'm sure it makes for a more comfortable ride for him an all, but I cannot un-see that Mr Tefal headset/stem arrangement

 

[Drago]

Lovely frame. Shame its painted like a late eighties shell suit.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Lovely frame. Shame its painted like a late eighties shell suit.

I'm sure that one day it was the height of fashion. The next day was a different matter though...

 

[wonderdog]

Spokesman may blow me out of the water but I think these lugs hark back to an early iteration of a Carlton International. The Italians may have invented Rococo but English lug cutters refined the movement.