Pat Roth

[Midland]

I'm a new member of this group, live in Bristol and been cycling for 70 years or so. Always belonged to the CTC and am a lapsed member of the Severn Road Club.
I thought I would add to the thread relating to Pat Rohan bikes and post a picture of the one I bought in the 1960's which was in a poor state of repair but had potential. There was no Reynolds sticker on the frame but its very light with thin tubing particularly the front forks.
It came with large flange Campagnolo hubs with tubs so I updated with new tubed rims and stainless spokes.
The chain rings and brakes were non descrip, dumped and upgraded to Campag.Super record . I used it for 10 and 25ml time trials and alternated it with my standard Tom Board bike for comparative times. The fixie was marginally quicker on the 10mile course. My times were only average for a senior.
From the cycle chat on this forum , I guess my frame was made in 1951 if the information is correct. The frame number below the bottom bracket is 151. Happy to receive any more information about Pat Rohan

 

[biggs682]

Welcome @Midland and that is a good looking Pat Rohan bike and I presume it's always had rearward IE track dropouts ?

Are you still riding it ?

 

[Midland]

Still riding it, but just for fun.
Everything is original just as it was made, presumably by Pat Rohan.

 

[Sharky]

Welcome,

I used it for 10 and 25ml time trials and alternated it with my standard Tom Board bike for comparative times. The fixie was marginally quicker on the 10mile course.

I also rode fixed for time trials and I did comparisons with a very similar geared bike over a season. The geared bike was only 20 secs faster, but the fixed bike won out over simplicity and ease of keeping a dedicated bike for time trials

 

[midlife]

Very classy looking bike . I never rode fixed for TT, just a fixed winter bike for “twiddling” low gears.