Re: [CR]Gillott Tandem history

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:15:17 +0100 (BST)
From: "Michael Butler" <pariscycles@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [CR]Gillott Tandem history
To: Mark Stevens <mountgerald@btopenworld.com>
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Mark, The only brothers I can recall from roughly that era who got RRA tandem records were the Powney's. Frank & Ron Powney Kingston Phenix Road Club they bagged the London to Cardiff and Lands End to London records. The only two other tandem brother pairing I can think off was Jonathan & David Bayliss Southampton Wheelers but I always thought they were more track tandem specialists. Both brother pairings were late 50's early 60's period I think. Might give you a lead to get started. Best wishes Mick Butler Huntingdon UK


--- Mark Stevens wrote:


> Another question for the Brit time trial gurus' I
> have just bought a fancy
> lugged Gillott road/path tandem built in 1948.
> According to Harry Butler,
> who sold it to me, it was used by 2 brothers who
> went in for road records
> and time trials from '48 on, I guess. He can't
> remember their names. I would
> really like to find out who they were. They must
> have proved a fearsome
> sight as the frame is a double gents at 23 3/4''
> front and back. On Airlite
> large flange hubs and sprints with a pair of flimsy
> Universals to brake
> with, it must have been like trying to stop an oil
> tanker. It has been
> modded at Claud Butlers (I can tell by the
> braze-ons) to take a derailleur
> and resprayed afterwards sometime in the early
> sixties at a guess. Hoping
> for an lead, Mark Stevens. Evanton Scotland
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Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.

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