I think the title of the email says it all ! I need to some help, please, to identfy a track frame that has been hangi ng purposelessly from a nail in my workshop. So I am offering List members the chance to put their coffee-breaks to a good cause today.
As I recall this frame was my first ever purchase on Ebay some seven yea rs ago..and I think that I bought it from a CR List member.
When looking at the Ebay photos I arrogantly assumed that the frame was a 1 930/40s english, but on receiving the parcel, slitting it open and pulling out the frame track-ends upwards and first I realised that I had an enig ma on my hands.
The front end of the frame and its lugwork shout English!, but the track-en ds, the seat lug and the numbering style proclaim Italian !.
The frame needs refinishing but shows traces of a matt chrome or nickel pla ting under the tacky paintwork. There are even signs of it having had a fro nt derailleur mounted...
It is extremely light..and beautifully contructed...and possibly rare. I ha ve never seen anything like it before. I know quite a lot about English fra mes, their styles, their builders, but have never really got involved in th e Italian scene although I have quite a number of Italian frames and bik es in my collection.
So I am hoping to appeal to the cognoscenti among you...
The pictures can be found in my Flickr store :-
http://www.flickr.com.photos/
Come on guys..give an old man some help while he still has the legs to twid dle a fixed gear.
Norris Lockley..Settle UK