Just to add another ten pennyworth of information.. Peter Janacek was very largely correct in his description of this builder, but as I recall , at the time in the late 70s early-to-late 80s, Mick Coward ran his own shop, while Mick Mills, a close racing friend, ran an "italian Stallion" shop nearby at Boxhill called "Dauphin Sport". He used to import Campag goodies, Alan frames etc. In the early 90s Mick felt the cold winds of change blowing and could not cope with draught, so to speak, so he had to cease trading. The new owners trade as "Cycles Dauphin"
Mick Coward would build any sort of frame, usually all one-offs, but was well-known for his time-trial machines, the majority of which were built from Ishiwata tubing - atubing that many of us were delighted with. I recall seeing a photo of Mick featured in a "Framebuilders Special Supplement" of "Cycling Weekly". He looked just like a madman with an axe! but instead of an axe in his hand it was a boxwood (I hope) mallet with which he was beating a fork-blade over a piece of wood in order to shape the rake. So does that description help to head off a question to the CR List "How do Framebuilders shape their fork blades?)
Crude as the technique may seem it must have worked because for many years, and all through the period when the rider was one of the UK's top time-triallists, Mick used to build all the frames ridden by the ex Seven-Eleven Pro Sean Yates.
Peter's reference to a builder at S;ough, could have been to Dave Russell, who had a good reputation for very light machines.. although maybe Emperor Sport were down there too... as all that area is much of a muchness to a northerner.
Norris Lockley .. wondering whether I can start sellin wooden mallets on eBay, listing them as" essential frame-building tools"
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