Flying Scot - Frame 62A

This Scot, is rsponsible for the existance of this web site - well at least it started it all back in 1999 and this was it's story following the restoration;

This Scot was purchased in April 1952 and is a typical of the early 1950's high end British touring bike, being constructed round a Reynolds 531 butted tubing frameset, and features continental frame fittings. As with many club touring bikes of that era, it was specified with what was accepted at the time as being the best all-round componentry for reliability & strength in the way of Chater-Lea cranks and a Sturmey-Archer four-speed medium ratio hub. When I purchased the bike in the 1999 from the original owner, it had lain out of use for some 25 years or so and was badly faded on one side (it was hung adjacent to a window) and the deep crimson colour had turned a lovely shade of brown !. Fortunately all of the original transfers and lining were complete as was some of the paint colour as it was when it was new. The frame was re-enamelled in the original colour, and hand lined by Bob Jackson's Ltd. who also fitted the transfers that were again matched to the originals) The bicycle has been used since the frame restoration, and during this time has picked up the odd mark on the finish and some flaking where for example the wing nuts clamp to the fork ends, and most notably one small paint chip (touched-up since) on the rear of the top tube though none of this is particularly serious or noticeable. Most of the original components remained on the bike, though some were changed by the original owner and apart from some re-chroming work on those slender Chater-Lea cranks & pedals the restoration is 75% complete.

Back in 2003 this is how it had been built up.

As usual with a lot of these things the restoration was never 100% completed and in 2009 suffered some minor damage due to flooding. Put to the back of the list of 'things-to-do' of course it a acquired a few extra scrapes though fortunately nothing major and is currently under it's second rebuild!

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