Re: [CR] Churchill Frame

(Example: History:Ted Ernst)

Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:24:00 -0700
From: "Alan Lloyd" <adl2k@yahoo.com>
To: Ken Foster <kenf3@me.com>
In-Reply-To: <mailman.12308.1250213514.344.classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Churchill Frame


> Now what are those 'horns' on the rear fork stays?

If you look at the "C.B. CONTINENTAL" ENDS at the bottom of the middle column at http://classicrendezvous.com/British_isles/Butler_Claud/c_butler_excl_feat.htm or http://tinyurl.com/mubgtn you will see an example of these 'prongs'", claimed to be a Claude Butler innovation and an aid to locating & installing the rear wheel ...

"A light, but intensely practical and rigid Continental type solid steel rear end providing instantaneous location of the rear wheel by rolling the spindle into position behind the prongs. A "C.B." design that superceded all others by reason of its great strength, neat appearance and practicability. Continental appeal combined with "C.B." efficiency and reliability."

I was born in Balham/Wandsworth, grew up in Crawley and I worked in the General Accident building just east of East Croydon station, at the end of George Street, in the 1970s - and I don't recall any bike shop.

I do, however, vaguely remember the bike shop in Salfords (near Redhill), where I worked, owned by Fred Pratt who was married to Claude Butler's sister.

Alan Lloyd
Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.A.