Alvin Smith, the V-CC "marque enthusiast" for Major Nichols has done up a really great bio of Major Nichols. I couldn't begin to do justice to his story, but you can read it all here:
http://www.blackcountrysociety.co.uk/
I think he is one of England's many under-recognized builders of really fine frames. Alvin has a registry going, so anyone with a Major Nichols (or aware of him) should let him know about it.
Dave Ross Portola Valley, California fantasizing about a vist to Hellyer to give the bike a go
D: That's a nice bike. Never heard of Major. A few details. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ross" <dlr94306@yahoo.com> To: "CR discussion list" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 12:47 PM Subject: [CR] 1975 Major Nichols track bike - ready to ride,and last word on bar tape
> I just wrapped the bars and took some photos (the last 7 shots in the
album are of the finished bike):
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> http://www.flickr.com/
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