10/05/2023
Bisbee Bicycle Brothel Bikes and Frames October 2023
Size (cm)
BIKES ST TT Builder Location
Armstrong Tourmalet, Benelux rod ft shifter and chain rear shifter, Olympic Jubilee 60 saddle, hub SN? 57 57 UK
Bates BAR with GB Hidiminimum brakes, FM 4 speed SA gears, Reynolds Cantflex tubing, 1942-1946 54.6 58.4 UK
Bontager OR 1995 mountain bike, Shimano XT, Rock Shox 21R 42 54 US
Cannondale Crest Team road bike 51 53 US
Catamount USA full suspension, Hugi rear (8), Cook Bros triple (44/32/22), Mavic rims, Fox Alps rr, Marzocchi ft sus 17.85" 22.6" US
Claud Butler filet brazed USB tandem bike 1947. Owned by Captain Dan Henry (bike pavement markings). 53R/52F 56R/55R UK
Columbia Westfield Compax Travelor paratrooper bike 1940s 45 59 Massachusetts
Compax Sports Travelor break-apart bike wi/3 spd SA hub, cantilever brakes, universal 18" size, early 1940's 18" US
Dale Saso utility bike (small ft wheel, big basket on front) 46 61 US
Fat Chance (Chris Chance) Titanium mountain bike, Ringle ft hub, Specialized triple cranks 42 56 Cambridge, MA
Follis mixte touring bike, fancy chromed lugs, upright bars, rear rack, ft Simplex rod & rr chain derailleurs (Rough) 50 54 France
Ideor Asso bike, 1960s w/Campy GS, Dolomiti saddle, Universal brakes, Magistroni crank, Way Assauto pedals 54 54 Italy
Jack Taylor Marathon mixte touring bike w/ Campagnolo components 53.3 (21') 53.3 (21') UK
Jamis Dragon Fly (Tom Teesdale) Aermet tubing ft triangle/853 rear, Shimano XT, Manitou cartridge fork 40 57 US
Katakura Porta Silk Japanese folding bike 1955 44 59 Japan
Lejeune 650B tandem 1971, Mafac cantilevers, aluminum mudguards, TA crank, Suntour VX rear der. 52F /49R 57 F/59R French
Mercian bike with Campagnolo Nuovo Gran Sport components, 27" wheels 21" 22" UK
Mervil mixte frame, Nervar steel single ring crank, rear rack, aluminum mudguards. Very rough condition 55 55 France
MKM (Wes Mason, Ron Kitching, Arthur Metcalfe) bicycle with Campagnolo components 1976 51 52 UK
Mountain Goat Route 66 hybrid bike built by Jeff Lindsay, Deore XT, 1995 44 53.5 US
Paris Sport Victor Cycles Starnord w/Simplex Super LJ derailleurs 56 58 France
Pegoretti Fina Estampa early 1990s) with Campy Vento Reaction wheels, Record crank, belonged to Jim Reavis 55 55 Italy
Pegoretti Luigino (1994) Columbus ELOS tubing with Centaur components (custom built for me) 52 53 Italy
Peugeot PY10 1961 with Simplex crank, blue, Reynolds 531, Ideale 80 saddle, Mafac centerpulls 56 56 France
Raleigh Tourmelet (serial ), Benelux rod shifter, Olympic Jubilee 60 saddle 57 57 France
Sannow (Takahashi) road bike with Campy components. Sannow was a top builder in Tokyo and had a shop there. 51 53 Japan
Serotta (Ben) Atlanta bike with Shimano STI components 52 53 NY
Silk Hope (McLean Fonvielle) with Campagnolo Super Record components/custom for Dr Erwin Elber 54 54 NC
Slim Chance (Chris Chance) TSX with Campagnolo Athena 1993 54 55 Cambridge, MA
Soma Saga touring bike designed in San Francisco, built in Taiwan 48 54 Taiwan
Ta**us Italian bike w/early Campagnolo Gran Sport ders, Universal brakes, Magistroni crank and brakes, 1950s 58 57 Italy
Tom Teesdale off road touring bike 39 56 Iowa
Tony Oliver (British nuclear physicist/framebuilder) custom touring 1982 (birth date of customer in addition to Ser. #) 52 53 UK
Tout Terrain w/Rohloff 14 spd hub & Schmidt generator hub/XT disc brakes 56 52 Germany
Waterford S&S Couplers Reynolds 753 tubing touring bike 53 54 Wisconsin
Woodrup Giro touring mid-1990s (Kevin Sayles), blue/burgundy; XT ders & hubs, Sugino crank, Suntour XC brakes 53 56 Leeds, UK
FRAMES
A.S. Gillott pink frame 1950 (probably built by Jim Collier or Bill Philbrook who were training Ron Cooper) 54 55 S. London
ALAN Aluminum frame 1970's 53 54 Italy
Alec Bird frame 1977 55 58 S. London
F.H. (Frank) Carpenter women's frame (from app. 1948) 52 54.6 Surrey, UK
FH Grubb frame 1950 or 1951 (FH Grubb died in 1949/Holdsworth took over at end of 1951) 54 56 UK
Flying Scot (David Rattray) frame 1950 (285th frame from 1950) Rattray died 1950; likely John Hamilton build 55 57 Glasgow, UK
Harry Hall/he was one of the 1st to Tom Simpson on Mt Ventoux: "Me straps Harry, me straps." Mid 70s. 57 57 UK
Hercules Tour de France Equipe frame (mid 1950s) 57 57 UK
Hobbs Blue Riband frame (from serial #, appears to be pre-WWII) 51 55 Dagenham, UK
Ken Bird frame 1970sh (he & Harry Hall were the mechanics who got to Tom Simpson on Mt Ventoux) 57 57 S. London
Meca Dural lugged aluminum frame, original steel fork, made from 1930s -1950s by Mercier 53 56 France
Meral (Francis Quillon, builder for Fignon, Guimard) - Company in business 1972-1980s. 58 57 France
Mercian frame built by Mercian's founders Tommy Crowther & Lou Barker (Crowbar) 1950 55 55 Derby
Pickering (Jim) frame. British builder who built in Tucson at the Hotel Congress starting in the 1970s. Died 2011. 52 55 Tucson, AZ
Proteus frame (MD) built by Koichi Yamaguchi who built for Keirin, inc Nakano (10 time world champ). Repaint. 52 56 MD
Rudge frame with rod shifter UK
Ron Cooper frame (probably from 1975). He stated building at Gillott in 1947 & left in 1967 to build on his own. 53 54 Dartford UK
Trevor Jarvis (TJ Cycles) Flying Gate 70s frame (blue/white) 53 55 Shropshire, UK
W.H. Willingale frame from Sutton, South London (one of 2 known to exist according to the VCC ) 58.4 (23") 57.2(22.5") London
