George Brooks - 1956

Notes: This was made for Mr. T Brady of the Star Cycle Club(North London) along with a companion frame for his wife. They undertook a club continental tour that year that included the assent of Mont Ventoux. Unlike his wife’s frame  and my other George Brooks  which have a 41” wheelbase this has a much shorter wheel base for racing purposes obtained by shortening the distance between the BB and fork ends which is only 23 1/8” and makes a touring set up with 27” HP wheels with mudguards more problematic. The frame was also made for a Simplex 543 gear.  It has double cable stops on the right hand chain stay to accommodate the extra cable which gave a positive up-shift to higher gears. Despite being a racing gear it was chosen because of its ability to deal with a large gear range. It was the most expensive gear at the time – and appears to be so today. This gear, chain ring, brakes and Bars/stem were salvaged from the previous owner’s boxes of old parts. For some reason he did not ever favour alloy rims or quick release wheels and the original set up I think would have had S/F Airlites and Dunlop chrome HP rims. Frame refurbished by Vaz Finishes. Transfers are available through them.