Fred Rafael Rednor wrote:
"It's a shame this is such a large frame size. Otherwise I'm certain there would be dozens of bidders (myself included)."
Sorry, Fred. I'm thrilled its so large. At that size it is almost large enough for me. I think, maybe, I'll bid on it.
David -- the tall guy -- White Burlington, VT
Fred Rafael Rednor wrote:
>The thing I really like about this frame is the graceful style
>of the rear fork-ends. This is the first time I've seen a set
>that had the same rounded contours as forward facing,
>horizontal, road drop-outs. It's a small detail but really
>very appealing.
>
>It's a shame this is such a large frame size. Otherwise I'm
>certain there would be dozens of bidders (myself included).
> Cheers,
> Fred rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
>
>--- Norris Lockley <norris@norrislockley.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>I think that W & E Pollard were based in or around the
>>Wolvehampton
>>area, one of that city's artisan framebuilders along with
>>Percy
>>Stallard.
>>
>>The shop was certainly active in the 50s and 60s and the
>>frames enjoyed
>>a very good reputation for their build quality.At that time
>>in my life I
>>lived maybe 150 miles away from Wolverhampton and the West
>>Midlands, in
>>the industrial area of the West Riding.. up north, so to
>>speak.. and it
>>was customary to have the local framebuilder make your frame
>>up to
>>specification unless, of course, you fancied a Paris, a
>>Hetchins, a
>>Bates, a Gillott or any of the other London-based builders
>>who
>>advertised each week in "Cycling" magazine. Some Rotraxes
>>migrated north
>>from Southampton too.
>>
>>It was curious and I suppose it spoke volumes for the quality
>>of the
>>Pollard frames that good reports about them had spread into
>>the pelotons
>>around Bradford and Leeds who rode mainly on JRJ, Woodrup,
>>Baines,
>>Whittaker and Mapplebeck (later to be Pennine),
>>Ellis-Briggs (including Brian Robinson), Carlton, JT Rogers,
>>Hilton
>>Wrigley, Elsegood, Temple, Geoff Clark, and Jack Taylor
>>frames.
>>
>>I only saw Pollards very rarely.. the first one belonging by
>>chance, and
>>not design, to a school mate called " Brian Pollard".
>>
>>The Ebay Pollard really does need that hellenic rear stay
>>configuration
>>in order to try to bring a degree of stiffness into the 63cm
>>frame, as
>>those fairly "pencil" stays look a little too slender to my
>>eye. Maybe
>>if the frame was a dedicated track frame rather than a
>>dual-purpose
>>fixed-gear road model, the stays might have been beefier.
>>
>>Can anyone out there (Hilary.. are you listening) confirm
>>that the term
>>Hellenic derived from the name of a frame-builder who, it is
>>claimed,
>>first popularised this design.
>>
>>For the record only .. another frame-builder from
>>Wolverhampton whose
>>work did reach northwards and was to be found in selected
>>shops, was
>>Jack Hateley. Jack's frames curiously, never seem to surface
>>these days.
>>
>>Norris Lockley..from a fairly sunny Settle, but still missing
>>those
>>French vines.
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