Rebuilt Club Tour

[AdrianStone]

I've just got my Club Tour back from being stripped, powder coated coated and rebuilt, very pleased with it, hopefully good for another 30 years, so will outlive me! Still to add decals...

 

[in4]

… and in British Racing Green too. Great looking bike; ready for spring.

[Matt2matt2002]

My Raven could do with a face lift.
May I ask who you used for the work?

Many thanks

Matt

[Andre Jute]

… and in British Racing Green too. Great looking bike; ready for spring.

Yeah, I noticed that. Cool cyclists have British Racing Green bikes. 

[AdrianStone]

My Raven could do with a face lift.
May I ask who you used for the work?

Many thanks

Matt

It was a local engineering firm in Bridport, they've done frames before and the chap seemed to be enthusiastic about bikes - Townsend Engineering

[AdrianStone]

… and in British Racing Green too. Great looking bike; ready for spring.

I thought to keep it as close to the original as possible, BRG just looked right

[John Saxby]

Lovely bike, Adrian!  Good work by your Bridport firm.

Just curious:  what gearing do you have?  Thinking about the Abbotsbury Hill...

Cheers,  John

[Andyb1]

Great job, and perhaps having no decals makes it less of a target to steal?
If you do fit decals will you have to spray lacquer over the top?

[AdrianStone]

Lovely bike, Adrian!  Good work by your Bridport firm.

Just curious:  what gearing do you have?  Thinking about the Abbotsbury Hill...

Cheers,  John

Hello John, as far as I'm aware the gearing is 26/36/46 front and 13-26 8 speed rear.  I've not tried Abbotsbury Hill yet, not the hill i live at the bottom of, Whiteway... https://climbfinder.com/en/map#lnglat=-2.6350/50.7141&climb=17293&position=13.13/50.71015/-2.63313

Adrian

[AdrianStone]

Great job, and perhaps having no decals makes it less of a target to steal?
If you do fit decals will you have to spray lacquer over the top?

I would have done if I'd not been impatient in getting the bike back together, but they're cheap enough to replace if they become damaged without lacquering

[PH]

If you do fit decals will you have to spray lacquer over the top?

Usually decals on powder coated frames are not lacquered over.  even on new bikes such as Surly or even up market ones like Shand.  Thorn were a bit of an exception, not sure how it was done, but the lacquer wouldn't have been as tough as the powder coat.  You can get clear PC, but it requires a temperature that's likely to burn any decal.

[PH]

Bikes looking good Adrian, I don't mid the plain look without decals, though I might just add a tubing sticker (Easily available) to break it up. If you decided to add Thorn decals at a later date I expect they're available. Did you save the headtube badge?  I think I'd want at least that, so it had some badge, if you haven't got one, maybe Thorn could supply one.
I'm a bit jealous of those who've kept their bikes for so long, even bikes I've liked haven't always kept their place for more than a decade.  Sometimes the desire for something different gets too much, though they haven't always been improvements that warranted the effort and expense.