Claud Butler Anglo Continental - 1937
Owned by: Ron Staffe
| Frame | 1937 Claud Butler Anglo Continental, seat tube and top tube 23", wheelbase 41",round section forks, Bastide fork crown, frame and forks were restored by Bob Jackson's at Leeds |
| Wheels | Airlite large flange front hub, 1937 Sturmey
Archer AW rear hub, on 26" Dunlop alloys. Gripfast front wingnuts,
Sturmey Archer rear wingnuts. |
| Chainset | BSA 5-pin |
| Pedals | Webb |
| Gears | Hybrid, Cyclo Standard twin wire combined with Sturmey Archer AW1937 built by Peter Read of Phoenix Hub Gear Co, Milton Keynes. Top tube quadrant type lever. Cyclo 3 speed converter from Nick Tithecott at H Lloyd's. |
| Brakes | LAM Super Dural |
| Stem/Bars | Stem/bars: 1930s wide bars (48.5cm) of unknown
make on headclip stem. |
| Headset | Headclip |
| Saddle | Brooks B17 |
| Extra details | I bought the
frame on
E-bay and had it repainted by Bob Jacksons at Leeds. The forks
are not original to the frame but are the correct ones for the
year and model. I thought that the colours on the
1937
Claud which is already posted went well together so I decided on those,
with double box lining and block letterng on the down tube instead of
script. I also had the rear dropouts slightly widened. My gear conversion from the previous Simplex was inspired by Bob Damper's article on hybrid gears. Lighting: Lucas front lamp, Drydex rear lamp, both battery operated |
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Above - Cyclo/Sturmey gear conversion plus head lugs and fork crown