Superbe Frames

[biggs682]

Whilst doing a bit of research last night on google i stumbled upon a name of a frame maker that i had not heard of before .

The name is Superbe based in Beeston i wonder if any cc'ers had any memories or bikes from there ?

Reason for my looking was a local ad for a bike that has a Superbe decal on and it got me thinking

Web site is here https://superbeframes.com/

 

[Poacher]

Sid Standard was a local legend. We were on holiday when he died as a result of a collision with some farming equipment which was towed out from a field by a tractor in Derbyshire while Sid was descending at speed. We arrived home on the day of his funeral and learnt of his death from our sympathetic taxi driver, who was held up by the size of the cortege. My mate Crazy Nick has a Superbe which is just as he bought it from Sid's shop, except that he has swapped drops for straights. I bought a Superbe frame a few years back from the Radcliffe cycle jumble for £64. It was a riot of colour from a respray - I probably have pics of it somewhere - and when I rode one of @totallyfixed 's Rutland rides, he said "What the hell is that?". I replied "That, Steve, is a bicycle.". I've since had it resprayed in a rather more tasteful shade of metallic blue by Dave Yates. Very foggy here today, but if it brightens up I'll drag it out for a photo.
Thanks for posting that link - I didn't know about it. I have a note of my frame number somewhere, so I'll look for the workshop details.
I met David at the previous time the Tour of Britain and he promised to let me know the details of frame tubing etc., but never got back to me!

Edit: photo here: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-522#post-4247744

 

[biggs682]

@Poacher thanks for that information.

And that's a nice looking bike and reminds me why I like steel bikes over the modern plastic ones 😅

 

[Poacher]

More pics here of Crazy Nick's Superbe. I was on an early-mid 70s Bob Jackson, which I still have.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today-part-1.8938/page-603#post-2341076

Yet more pics, including a rather indistinct one of my Superbe in its eye-aching paint job, black at the front end, white mid-section, small patches of violet and fluorescent pink rear triangle and lower seat tube.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today-part-1.8938/page-754#post-2599425

 

[Poacher]

My Superbe in full glory, or should that be gory? April 2013

Various pics of the horrendous colour scheme in September 2014, just after I'd stripped it down for repainting.

 

[dan_bo]

My Superbe in full glory, or should that be gory? April 2013
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Various pics of the horrendous colour scheme in September 2014, just after I'd stripped it down for repainting.
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Quite like that

 

[Poacher]

Tram 209 is named for Sid Standard: https://www.thetram.net/tram-names#...roducing thousands of youngsters into cycling.

There was talk about 3 years ago of commissioning street artist Zabou to paint a portrait of him, but that seems to have petered out. Shame!

 

[biggs682]

Quite like that

It's a nice scheme

 

[V-CC]

Sid Standard was not just a cycle builder but also the inventor of an automatic change hub gear. Quite a chap!
Patent for the hub gear here:
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/pub...T=D&ND=3&date=19760422&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP

 

[Paulus]

My Superbe in full glory, or should that be gory? April 2013
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Various pics of the horrendous colour scheme in September 2014, just after I'd stripped it down for repainting.
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I quite like the colour scheme as well.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Sid Standard was a local legend. We were on holiday when he died as a result of a collision with some farming equipment which was towed out from a field by a tractor in Derbyshire while Sid was descending at speed. We arrived home on the day of his funeral and learnt of his death from our sympathetic taxi driver, who was held up by the size of the cortege. My mate Crazy Nick has a Superbe which is just as he bought it from Sid's shop, except that he has swapped drops for straights. I bought a Superbe frame a few years back from the Radcliffe cycle jumble for £64. It was a riot of colour from a respray - I probably have pics of it somewhere - and when I rode one of @totallyfixed 's Rutland rides, he said "What the hell is that?". I replied "That, Steve, is a bicycle.". I've since had it resprayed in a rather more tasteful shade of metallic blue by Dave Yates. Very foggy here today, but if it brightens up I'll drag it out for a photo.
Thanks for posting that link - I didn't know about it. I have a note of my frame number somewhere, so I'll look for the workshop details.
I met David at the previous time the Tour of Britain and he promised to let me know the details of frame tubing etc., but never got back to me!

Edit: photo here: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-522#post-4247744

Have you heard from totallyfixed at all? I think his last post on here was about 2016.

 

[biggs682]

Sid Standard was not just a cycle builder but also the inventor of an automatic change hub gear. Quite a chap!
Patent for the hub gear here:
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/pub...T=D&ND=3&date=19760422&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP

I wonder if any are still operating

 

[iandg]

I had heard of Sid Standard (I raced for Nottingham based VC Europa late 70s/early 80s and locals talked about him). Don't remember "Superbe" frames tho'.

 

[Poacher]

There was talk about 3 years ago of commissioning street artist Zabou to paint a portrait of him, but that seems to have petered out. Shame!

Senior moment confession! The Zabou project came to naught, but another artist, Buber Nebz, was commissioned and completed his mural just a few short weeks ago. When this morning's rain cleared up I rode over to Beeston, a complex route from the other side of Nottingham, to photograph his work.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/street-art.221565/page-95#post-6850152

Have you heard from totallyfixed at all? I think his last post on here was about 2016.

Haven't been in touch with him since about the time he stopped posting.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Haven't been in touch with him since about the time he stopped posting.

Thats a shame I liked him, his rides were very good, though I wouldn't have the time to do one of his rides now and I'm not fit enough to keep up.