Simon Bird wrote:- <When I first became aware of this classic/vintage bike malarky I laughed at the obsessive period correctness of the restorations. If I'd got out then I'd have saved a small fortune............
When I got the frame someone had hacked off the Simplex derailleur hanger from the forged double-sided Agrati drop-out> What could be more period correct that a 1950's frame with the Simplex gear hanger hack-sawed off? That's what guys did when they wanted to use a Campag or Benelux gear. It must have been done to thousands of frames in the fifties and early sixties. Ray Green, Harrow, Middlesex