ren531
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Royal mail bicycle ID
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Drago
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Think Pashley made them?
classic33
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May not be Pashley.
https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=162878
Elswick Post Office Bike
View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/theoldbikeshome/5754236510/in/gallery-155955932@N02-72157709603829296/
https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=162878
Elswick Post Office Bike
View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/theoldbikeshome/5754236510/in/gallery-155955932@N02-72157709603829296/
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N0bodyOfTheGoat
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Pashley made the internal hub gear postie bikes that were phased out not long after I joined 15 years ago, never seen that sloping toptube design.
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ren531
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It has PO on the top of the seat tube, I'll put the frame number on later when I get time, I acquired 3 trade/carrier bike frames ,1 is badged as a Pashley Workbike , the 3rd one with a big fixed front rack looks very similar indeed to the Pashley.
They all have multiple layers of paint on them more could be revealed when that's removed.
They all have multiple layers of paint on them more could be revealed when that's removed.
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raleighnut
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Chains slack. 
classic33
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See the first link provided, Pashley will deny it's one of their frames.
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ren531
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It's also very oily, you can't touch any of them without getting filthy hands, they didn't hold back with the oil can .
Chains slack.
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ren531
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The frame number on the PO bike is 52076 . It's missing the headset and seems to be a finer thread than any headsets I have including some quite old ones , could it be the old Raleigh 26tpi or maybe something else ?
classic33
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If Pashley, it may have no name other than "Postman's Bike".
https://tradesmansbike.wordpress.com/1983-pashley-post-office-bicycle/
https://tradesmansbike.wordpress.com/1983-pashley-post-office-bicycle/
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ren531
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Interesting reading, going to study it more tomorrow.
Thanks for putting up the link to that.
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ren531
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Ok ,so this could explain why the thread is different.
grldtnr
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Could be Dawes, they and Elswick were the main suppliers, before Pashley got the contract, certainly remember them when I started on the Post,
I had a double top tube on my Dawes posty bike, coz I was a big leggy ( still am ) back then.
Looking at the front rack, I'm guessing it's a Pashley, the Dawes had a mesh platform with long leather straps, the Pashley came with a basket affair and a plastic tray insert.
I doubt a frame no. will be of any help, that was a Royal mail identifier.
Incidentally, posties got an allowance for basic maintenance and cleaning, Paraffin was issued to clean the bike, anything more than oiling and brake adjustment, was done by the likes of me,who had an interest in bikes ,as part of the office duties, a full strip down and inspection every 3 months, and if deemed condemned, we had to cut the seat stay lugs out, coz that's where the frame no. was, then give it to the 'Guvnor.
I had a double top tube on my Dawes posty bike, coz I was a big leggy ( still am ) back then.
Looking at the front rack, I'm guessing it's a Pashley, the Dawes had a mesh platform with long leather straps, the Pashley came with a basket affair and a plastic tray insert.
I doubt a frame no. will be of any help, that was a Royal mail identifier.
Incidentally, posties got an allowance for basic maintenance and cleaning, Paraffin was issued to clean the bike, anything more than oiling and brake adjustment, was done by the likes of me,who had an interest in bikes ,as part of the office duties, a full strip down and inspection every 3 months, and if deemed condemned, we had to cut the seat stay lugs out, coz that's where the frame no. was, then give it to the 'Guvnor.
grldtnr
Veteran
Could be Dawes, they and Elswick were the main suppliers, before Pashley got the contract, certainly remember them when I started on the Post,
I had a double top tube on my Dawes posty bike, coz I was a big leggy ( still am ) back then.
Looking at the front rack, I'm guessing it's a Pashley, the Dawes had a mesh platform with long leather straps, the Pashley came with a basket affair and a plastic tray insert.
I doubt a frame no. will be of any help, that was a Royal mail identifier.
Incidentally, posties got an allowance for basic maintenance and cleaning, Paraffin was issued to clean the bike, anything more than oiling and brake adjustment, was done by the likes of me,who had an interest in bikes ,as part of the office duties, a full strip down and inspection every 3 months, and if deemed condemned, we had to cut the seat stay lugs out, coz that's where the frame no. was, then give it to the 'Guvnor.
I had a double top tube on my Dawes posty bike, coz I was a big leggy ( still am ) back then.
Looking at the front rack, I'm guessing it's a Pashley, the Dawes had a mesh platform with long leather straps, the Pashley came with a basket affair and a plastic tray insert.
I doubt a frame no. will be of any help, that was a Royal mail identifier.
Incidentally, posties got an allowance for basic maintenance and cleaning, Paraffin was issued to clean the bike, anything more than oiling and brake adjustment, was done by the likes of me,who had an interest in bikes ,as part of the office duties, a full strip down and inspection every 3 months, and if deemed condemned, we had to cut the seat stay lugs out, coz that's where the frame no. was, then give it to the 'Guvnor.
