[CR]Reg Harris bikes? - and serial number location question

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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:37:06 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Larry Osborn" <losborn2@wvu.edu>
Subject: [CR]Reg Harris bikes? - and serial number location question

Greetings campers and tryptophan over-dozers

Always amazed by how much I get accomplished down in the bike dungeon when the out-laws come to visit over a long holiday weekend. This visit presented the perfect opportunity to finally start playing with a patiently waiting project, in hopes of taking it out for a ride before the snow piles up, and maybe even having it presentable in time for the Cirque. (Standard Disclaimer "Hey, I did NOT say Cirque 2005").

It's a Reg Harris Professional, early 60s, that appeared on ebay a while back and eventually, indirectly, found a permanent home at the Mountain Rust Retirement Home for Wayward Brit-Bikes. Was puzzled by the absence of a serial number in the usual obvious locations, but eventually found a simple 4-digit number that might pass for a SN, stamped on the front of the steerer tube. Just strikes me as an astoundingly inconvenient location for a serial number. Prior to this discovery, the silliest location I had seen was stamped onto a head badge. (Easy to read, but equally easy to remove.). While we may have a new winner in the silliest location for a serial number competition, the real question for our studio audience is, has anybody else out there run into this before on any other brand? Just curious.

And the second question, and the big money question, is there anybody else out there with pre-Viking/Lambert Reg knowledge and /or bike to compare notes with? This one is a little different from the Pro described in the road test article on CR. Any additional info on the Reg bikes would be greatly appreciated.

Larry "all my numbers were ground off" Osborn Morgantown WV