new frame

peejay78
peejay78 Posts: 3,378
edited April 2008 in Road general
this one is going to be an old fashioned winter trainer. the bob jackson remains bike number one, the peugeot i'm not sure about right now, and the carlton is a polo bike/beater.

it looks like early 60s, friend i got it from said it as a 'stokes of coventry'. anyone know anything about them?

what i do know is that it has lovely nervex lugs and it's light as a feather.

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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    nice

    would be better if it was made out of aluminium

    perhaps with a sloping top tube

    :D:D:D
  • GaryGkn
    GaryGkn Posts: 1,199
    Sell it to me for 30 notes and put the money towards a Langster!
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    GaryGkn wrote:
    Sell it to me for 30 notes and put the money towards a Langster!

    thats what he is really after...

    i wish he'd stop messing about with these old steel things and just get down to evans for a langster.
  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    it's sweet.

    research says "George Stokes and Co of Coventry", it's a path frame.

    531, but slim seatpost - maybe like the viking in the other thread.

    going to build it soon, then sell all my bicycles and buy instead one of each of the city edition langsters.
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  • Dickie
    Dickie Posts: 1,489
    PJ I think you possibly have an A.S.Gillot looking at the lugs and details. If you do have a Gillot, good result. Wonder how the ali and carbon of todays bikes will be in 50 years, I'm curious how it will hold up.
  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Nice frameset - as feathers go however it won't really be that light!
    d.j.
    "Cancel my subscription to the resurrection."
  • GaryGkn
    GaryGkn Posts: 1,199
    Okay Peejay you have sold it to me. Get down to Evans and get that Langster!
  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    provenance (past owner, purchaser) suggests it's definitely a george stokes.
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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    gary - he's ignoring us...

    come on peejay - get down to evans and get that langster

    never mind the bowery - just get the langster - in rust!

    god i'm pissed right now.
  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    sorry, was in evans, admiring the pinnacle sit up and beg fixed wheel.
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  • BUICK
    BUICK Posts: 362
    That's a gorgeous frame. I'm moved.

    If you want a Langster that badly I'll do you a straight swap :lol:
    '07 Langster (dropped one tooth from standard gearing)
    '07 Tricross Sport with rack and guards
    STUNNING custom 953 Bob Jackson *sigh*
  • GaryGkn
    GaryGkn Posts: 1,199
    Peejay you have been hankering after a Langster for 30 years now! Take the deal!
  • BUICK
    BUICK Posts: 362
    Actually - having thought about it, the Langster is made of a lighter alloy, it's got that cool sloping compact geometry - and I've put some nice coloured tires on it and a charge saddle now...

    Oh go on - I'll still do a swap as long as I get a high 5

    :wink:
    '07 Langster (dropped one tooth from standard gearing)
    '07 Tricross Sport with rack and guards
    STUNNING custom 953 Bob Jackson *sigh*
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    BUICK wrote:
    Actually - having thought about it, the Langster is made of a lighter alloy, it's got that cool sloping compact geometry - and I've put some nice coloured tires on it and a charge saddle now...

    Oh go on - I'll still do a swap as long as I get a high 5

    :wink:

    oh you are good at this....


    :)

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