I have been looking through my Fathers old "Cycling's" to find some information for a fellow cyclists and came across this. Cycling May 27th. 1927 on page A19 Between the Wires by "The Loiterer". This article is all about saddle height adjustment. "Most track riders-know themselves and their position so well that their saddle-pins might as well be brazed in the correct position:they never want alteration. I have often wondered why this is not done, and now I find the notion has actually been carried out in a frame specially made by Curry's for a well known pace follower. In this frame the saddle pin is simply the seat tube lengthened, and the seat stays reach this tube at a point several inches above the top tube, this giving the whole seat cluster a very sound appearance. The joints are all welded, of course. I noticed on this machine the cranks were fluted on both sides. What you can't see is the line illustration clearly showing the seat and top tube joint to be lugless. Where the seat stays meet the seat tube there is a neat lug arrangement, the pin is typically "L" shaped of the period. Anybody any idea who the famous pace follower was? Harry Grant rode a Selbach, W.B.Temme a Duckett and I think Halberfield (?) a Granby taper tube. Any ideas.
Yours in cycling. Michael Butler Huntingdon UK.
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