Re: [CR]eBay Outing 1955 Elswick Lincoln Imp

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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:37:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: "devon warner" <crabulux@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]eBay Outing 1955 Elswick Lincoln Imp
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <p06230921c072bfe706d5@[10.0.1.39]>


this is a truly beautiful item. does anyone on list know the seller? devon warner san francisco


--- Sheldon Brown wrote:


> At 1:01 PM -0400 4/24/06, Hughethornton@aol.com
> wrote:
> >
> >That is a really nice Lincoln Imp frame but isn't
> the 531 TI tubing sticker
> >later than 1955? Does anybody know when they were
> introduced?
> >
> >Hugh Thornton
> >Cheshire, England
> >
> Quoth Peter Kohler
>
> >Now this is lovely....
> >
> >http://tinyurl.com/mytp5
> >
> Hugh Thornton wrote:
> >
> >That is a really nice Lincoln Imp frame but isn't
> the 531 TI tubing sticker
> later than 1955? Does anybody know when they were
> introduced?
>
> Oooh, that looks the spitting image of my old
> Lincoln Imp. I bought
> it used, probably in 1960, maybe '61. It was stolen
> in '63, most
> likely rusting away at the bottom of Marblehead
> Harbor...
>
> Mine was a 4 speed, Benelux Mark VII, Dunlop Special
> Lightweight
> rims, Williams single cottered crank, GB Bars, stem
> and brakes. Had
> pistachio-coloured mudguards, cables and pump that
> matched the head
> tube colour. A gorgeoub bike indeed. It had some
> sort of flip-flop
> hub, and was my very first fixed gear for a while.
> Mine was also a
> 24 speed for a while, with a Sturmey-Archer 3-speed
> hub, 4 sprockets
> and two chainwheels.
>
> I agree that the Ti/Reynolds decal is incorrect. My
> bike was 3 tubes
> Reynolds straight gauge, and I believe my frame was
> identical to the
> one shown, even the same colour scheme and size. I
> believe this was
> some years before Tube Investments bought Reynolds.
>
> Sheldon "http://sheldonbrown.com/elswick" Brown
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Devon warner San Francisco 277-2562 (w) 596-6064 (c)

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