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Ephgrave No. 1 - 1959

Posted: Wednesday 19th August 2020

Owned By: Peter Underwood

Frame23½" - Frame No. LE 3124 (1959) - No 1 lugs - Finish azure blue with white head and seat tube - lugs lined in gold - round forks - track rear ends - mudguard eyes - pump pegs under top tube - 11" bottom bracket height - 17¼" chainstays - 40¼" wheelbase - 'Lollipops' top of seat stays
WheelsAirlite large flange hubs - 32/40 - rear double fixed - 15/17 double butted spokes - Fiamme sprint rims - tubular tyres
ChainsetChater Lea - round (drumstick) cranks - 6½"
PedalsChater Lea with Christophe toe-clips and Binda straps
GearsFixed-wheel
BrakesUniversal 51 front brake
Stem/BarsGB alloy Spearpoint stem – 4 ½”; GB Alloy Maes with ferrule
HeadsetBrampton
SaddleBrooks B17 Swallow or B17 Sprinter
Extra DetailsFlintcatchers front and rear (with sprints). Drilled lightweight bell.
Detail of Ephgrave No. 1 lugs later version with longer spearpoint at front
Detail of Ephgrave No. 1 lugs later version with longer spearpoint at front
Seat stay decoration known as the lollipop - 1956 onwards
Seat stay decoration known as the lollipop - 1956 onwards
Seat stay brake bridge with characteristic Ephgrave work
Seat stay brake bridge with characteristic Ephgrave work
Front, showing lugs, GB Spearpoint stem and bell
Front, showing lugs, GB Spearpoint stem and bell
32 hole Airlite front hub, anodised blue, with 15/17g spokes laced to Fiamme sprint rim (Image Horst Friedrichs)
32 hole Airlite front hub, anodised blue, with 15/17g spokes laced to Fiamme sprint rim (Image Horst Friedrichs)
Chater-Lea single chainset with 165mm round cranks
Chater-Lea single chainset with 165mm round cranks
Drilled time-trial bell
Drilled time-trial bell
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Posted: Wednesday 19th August 2020

Owned By: Peter Underwood

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