[CR]WTB Avocet Racing III or similar

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

From: <RDF1249@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:27:21 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]WTB Avocet Racing III or similar

Greetings bikelings.  Bob Freeman returning after an absence from the list.  I have just picked up a 1973 Teledyne Titan and want to build it up "vintage ultralight".  It came with a Brooks Pro and that doesn't quite make it, so I am on the lookout for some early lightweight saddle, like an Avocet Racing III or Selle Italia Specialissimo Titanio.  Anyone have such a seat they would be willing to part with? 

Other bikes I have picked up in the last year:  1990 Hetchins MOD, 1980 Colnago Super, 1960-ish Claud Butlers road and track, 1974 Jack Taylor Tour of Britain,  and a 1960-ish Ellis-Briggs.  And lastly, a 1940-ish "enameled-by-Jack Taylor" (take a look at this at http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/rdf1249/lst?.dir=/Red+Jack+Taylor&.view=t and tell me if you recognize the maker. It isn't a Jack Taylor, and I would like to know who made it.  Note the chisel seat stay points, and the wraparound brake bridge.) The story behind this: Troy Warnick turned me on to Mark Lawrence, who was living in Stockton-on-Tees at the time, and who is a personal friend of Norman Taylor.  He had the bike, and Norman told him that they painted bikes for other builders sometimes, but he could not recollect who built this one.  It was badly corroded but the paint shined up quite well as did all the part that came with it. 

Cheers!
Bob Freeman
Seattle