Its strange how this works, the worse bike I had was actually a good bike. As a young fella with a growing family and a hefty mortgage I either built my bikes from bits or brought them from newspaper adds/ shop window adds. At one point I did a lot of overtime and saved enough to build up a bike on a new frame, 12 speed on a 531 frame, it looked lovely, but I couldn't get on with it. I never worked out why but It was never right for me and I struggled on it for the two years I rode it.. eventually a club mate of mine was selling a Dawes frame and I brought it then swapped the components off the Bromidge onto the Dawes and rode the Dawes for years and had some great rides on it. The local plumber had the Bromidge frame in part payment for a central heating repair.