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Normally i save them.This one appears to have been repaired before .So a mini poll .
Claud Butler International .Circa 1949/1950.
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Fixed Wheelnut

That looks like a previous repair below that break

If you want it to ride I'd say scrap it if you want it as a display bike then fix it up.

bonk man

I would weld it up and use it.. but then I do have a tame weldy/brazy mate...whats the worst that can happen? Bottom bracket fall on the floor and be laughing stock on the club ride

Seriously though if you want it to have another home, I have a lad looking for a steel bike [ yours looks like his size] in any condition to have a go at road riding and I really do have a frame repair person who can repair it fairly cheaply.
Let me know, cheers.

peejay78

be shame to lose a lugless early frame like that.

gkerr4

a) skip

NervexProf

bonk man wrote:

I would weld it up and use it.. but then I do have a tame weldy/brazy mate...whats the worst that can happen? Bottom bracket fall on the floor and be laughing stock on the club ride

Seriously though if you want it to have another home, I have a lad looking for a steel bike [ yours looks like his size] in any condition to have a go at road riding and I really do have a frame repair person who can repair it fairly cheaply.
Let me know, cheers.

Not easy to repair - fillet brazing puts a lot of heat on the converging tubes - heating and removing the seat tube, bracket shell - and then re-brazing would put a lot of stress on down tube and chainstays. Looks like there is another crack on the inside of the right hand chainstay too.

Would take someone with a lot of skill to effect a safe repair.

Skip - sadly!

meagain

I really don't think that you need THAT one Paul. Everything reaches its end eventually - that frame has done so. It's only a bike after all.

meagain

PS "I have a lad looking for a steel bike [ yours looks like his size] in any condition to have a go at road riding"

WHAT size, bonkman? I've a 22-22 1/2" Carlton all 531 Butted and sound as a bell. Fiver to clear space if you can collect from Nottingham.

bonk man

meagain wrote:

PS "I have a lad looking for a steel bike [ yours looks like his size] in any condition to have a go at road riding"

WHAT size, bonkman? I've a 22-22 1/2" Carlton all 531 Butted and sound as a bell. Fiver to clear space if you can collect from Nottingham.

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bonk man

meagain god what a misery guts you are :evil: