Re: [CR]Brought a New Baby Home Yesterday

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme:2007)

Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 22:08:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Derek Willburn" <morganx9@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Brought a New Baby Home Yesterday
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <002401c579c9$3f31e8b0$1f0f4c51@norris>


I just examined 8 MKM frames from pictures I've collected and the Butler construction looks similar but none of the MKMs have this fork crown and they also do not have the wrap-around seat stays. I'm not saying it couldn't have been made by MKM though.

Derek Willburn Long Beach, CA

--- Norris Lockley <norris@norrislockley.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Is it only me who can see the resemblance between
> Jim Gilchrist's newly
> acquired Geoffrey Butler..and some of the other
> frames to Members'
> attention has been drawn recently. To my eye the
> frame has the look of
> an MKM..the fork crown being a "Milremo" one
> distributed by Ron
> Kitching's organisation, and the lugs are probably
> long point Prugnat.
>
> I've never been sure if Geoffrey Butler had his own
> frame-builders in
> the 70s, which seems to be the period for this
> frame.
> Does anyone out there know? Frank..I think you are
> nearest of the CR
> Listers to Croyden.
>
>
> Norris Lockley...Settle UK...should be with the
> other 15000 cyclists at
> the CTC York Rally..but will be there tomorrow
>
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