I picked up the Jack Taylor Bambino that Hilary was offering a couple weeks ago. Damn it's cute! I'm having fun restoring it. It came with a 26.4 post, typical of the Taylors, but it actually fits a 26.6. So it may be an example of what Craig is talking about. They must have had some time on their hands in 1963 so made up some kids bikes with whatever they had laying around. Check out pics here and watch for the completed bike in a few weeks:
http://www.flickr.com/
Can't imagine who would buy a handmade bike for his kid. The Taylors were fun guys though, and made bikes of all kinds. I have one of the small wheelers too, an adult bike that takes 16" wheels like a Brompton. They even made an 8-foot tall circus unicycle once.
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About a week ago I mentioned a marked difference in wall tube thickness between
y Plain Guage Jack Taylor and '38 Bates New Club (non Cantiflex Poor Man's
ates). I was just curious about it. Got some interesting replies from Norris,
olin Laing, and couple others. The best explanation came from Colin who used
o work there. He said for the economy models Norman would grab any ol tube left
ver from previous builds and cut it to length. Sounds good to me. Here's the
ddress to my Flickr site for those of you who are sweatin' blood over this
ystery. I've put in photos of both seat tubes.
http://www.flickr.com/
raig Montgomery ucson
Bob Freeman
Elliott Bay Bicycles
2116 Western Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
206-441-8144
http://www.elliottbaybicycles.com
http://www.davidsonbicycles.com