[CR]Re: Gillott with 1 1/8th in top tube

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> I have a 1953 Gillott Taper tube (lugged) with an 1 1/8th inch top
> tube.
> It's the only Gillott taper Tube model I've measured, but I understand
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> they normally had 1 inch top tubes. It's a puzzle, since it's
> unlikely that
> they had lugs made specially to take an oversize top tube for a one-off
> frame, but they appear to be of the standard spearpoint pattern. I've
> already mentioned it to Mark in his capacity as V-CC Gillott Marque
> Enthusiast, but has any one else any ideas, or come across other lugged
> frames of the period with 1 1/8th inch top tubes?
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> Neil Foddering
> Weymouth, England
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I have. My Gillott Fleur de Lys has an OS top tube. It´s 1954 and rides like a dream. Pics on http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/toni, then look for the Gillott. It is not lugged, though, strictly speaking, but bilaminated. Hope it doesn´t make too much of a difference. Oh, I´ve

turned the Simplex cage the right way round, now. Must have been sleepwalking.

Regards, Toni Theilmeier, Belm, Germany.