From: Mark Stevens <gillottspear@googlemail.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <mailman.2143.1256694418.72377.classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:25:26 +0000
Subject: [CR] 1935 Claud Butler Grass track racer
Hi Guys 'n Gals, photos of this fine bike up on flickr the noo. Here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/makfreak/sets/72157622553344417/
I must dig it out of the store and do some angle, bracker height and
wheelbase measurements. It has a few warts which are mostly highlighted by
the handy flickr 'notes' facility. I dont know whether it was ordered as a
grass racer. I wish I had a copy of the 1935 CB catalogue so that I can
compare angles etc with the spec. It would shed some light on these rare pre
war track bikes. It doesnt have mudguard eyes so is not a road/path or
road/track.
The bike doesnt belong to me. It still belongs to the family, Angie's
Grandaughter. I had it in for conservation and built it up with bits I had
bought from her a year or so earlier so some of the bits - the chainset,
pedals, seatpost and saddle are likely off it or were used on it over the
years. I have a mind that it should go in Dingwall museum.
Mark Stevens Evanton, in the gloriously autumnal Scottish Highlands.