Ellis Briggs - 1969
Owned by: Paul Kimberley
| Frame |
Ellis Briggs, Frame no. 4642 dated by
Ellis Briggs as 21 or 23 March 1969;
531 double butted tubing with Zeus forged fork ends and rear dropouts,
Prugnat type spearpoint lugs and sloping crown |
| Wheels |
Milremo sprint rims with Zeus large-flange QR hubs |
| Chainset | Zeus Competition chainset |
| Pedals | I'm yet to furnish it with some suitable pedals
(its fitted with Japanese SR at present) |
| Gears | Zeus Criterium gears |
| Brakes | Weinmann levers operating Universal centre pull
calipers |
| Stem/Bars | GB Ventoux bars in a 3ttt Grand Prix special stem |
| Saddle | Brooks
professional saddle on a Campag 2-bolt seat post |
| Extra details | After
I had purchased it, a phone call to Ellis Briggs revealed that it was
made in March 1969 and was originally supplied to the 1960's and 1970's
24-hour time trial champion Nim Carline, though I have found various
pictures of Nim riding an Ellis Briggs I have yet to come across one of
him on this machine. Nim Carline owned a rhubarb farm in
Yorkshire and employed the womens champion Beryl Burton as well as
acting as her mentor for many years. Beryl was unofficially sponsored
by Ron Kitching which may account for the amount of Kitching components
and frame parts on this machine. |
Zeus componentry as listed above