[CR]fender eyelets on a racing frame?

(Example: Framebuilders:Brian Baylis)

Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:21:52 -0800 (PST)
From: "Kevin D Salyer" <kdsalyer@sbcglobal.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]fender eyelets on a racing frame?

I wrote earlier about trying to identify a Team Champion and the question has been raised about whether the presence of fender eyelets on my frame raises doubts about its authenticity. I have seen some earlier postings to CR from our British colleagues which stated that eyelets were not uncommon on British steel of similar vintage.

So my question is: given a Team Champion frame made in 1973 or thereabouts, what would be the likelihood that it would have fender eyelets? I realize that not many would have these, but is the probability very close to zero?

Kevin Salyer
Lafayette, CA