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Claud Butler - 'Anglo-Continental' 1937
| Frame |
Reynolds 531 Double-Butted
tubing, hand-cut Chater-Lea lugs, double oilers on BB shell, Claud
Butler 'Road-Path' adjustable ends, Claud Butler 'low profile'
headclip, Bastide fork crown and special narrow blades, Chater-Lea
seat-binder bolt. |
| Wheels |
Boldoite 'Continental 27' (French
28") dural rims on BH 'Airlite' hubs, with stainless 14/17g spokes.
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| Chainset |
BSA 7" 5-Pin steel chainset, Claud Butler branded
BB set, Coventry chain, Bayliss Wiley freewheel (Villiers fixed cog on
opp. side) |
| Pedals |
BSA Pedals with AFA clips and Binda straps |
| Gears |
Single fixed/free |
| Brakes |
Lam dural, with Lam levers and fabric-bound outer
cable |
| Stem/Bars |
Chromed steel bars and hand-made stem of unknown
origin or type. Celluloid plugs and cotton tape |
| Headset |
Claud Butler
headclip |
| Saddle |
Brooks Flyer
on unbranded Hiduminium seat pin |
| Extras |
Britannia
quick release celluloid 'guards - with separate Bluemels No. 5
spearpoint, Brooks bag, Ingersoll 12H stopwatch on Terry clip, Lucas
lamp and reflector, Britannialloy pump, large alloy bell of unknown
make, Dunlop rubber cable straps. British-made front wingnuts
of unknown origin |

The
distinctive 'axe-head' lug design which was the first
C B curly lug
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Steel bars and stem secured by
Claud Butler headclip. Also stopwatch in Terry spring-steel
clip plus bell.
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Pre-war steel 5-pin BSA chainset
and pedals
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