Hobbs Raceweight - 1949
Owned by: Ed Wilding
| Frame |
July 1949 Hobbs Raceweight frame number G91845; 23½" seat tube |
| Wheels |
Fiamme 'Red Label' sprint rims laced to BH
Racelite front and home made small-flange rear with Simplex QR |
| Chainset | Giardengo (Italian) double |
| Pedals | Lyotard |
| Gears | Simplex Tour de France 5-speed rear changer,
Simplex Competition front changer |
| Brakes | GB Hiduminium brakes with the early style levers |
| Stem/Bars | Strata bars and stem with the original bar tape |
| Saddle | Brooks B17
Narrow |
| Extra details | This
machine was given to me by my neighbour Ron who had owned it from new.
Apart from spokes, tubs and brake blocks it is all original down to the
handlebar tape. Much to Ron's amazement I have been using it for club 10-mile time trials some sixty years after it was built. |
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Above: Two images showing Raceweight
lugwork and fork crown
Note deeply scalloped seat stay top eye
Note deeply scalloped seat stay top eye