Jack Taylor #6538


From the ebay listing:

This is an early 1970s Jack Taylor road bicycle. Serial #6538. The Taylor brothers are famous for superbe touring bicycles. This particular bike is a "Tour of Britain" model. Built of Reynolds 531 tubing, it uses the fancy Nervex lugs. The special down tube decals even specifies Nervex lugs and Campagnolo long dropouts. Fully lugged and pin-stripped or course. It even has a grease port on the bottom of the down tube by the bottom bracket. Very few scratches on this bike. No rust or other corosion. The paint is still shiny! Eyelets front and rear. What a great looking bike! It measures 21.5" (53.5cm) center to center. The top tube is 56cm c-c. Mostly original componentry including Campagnolo Nuovo Record part. The rear derailleur is date stamped 1972. The saddle, handlebars, stem, and brake levers are not original. Otherwise, everything is original - right down to the Clement El-Cheesio rear tire. That's right, this bike has sew-up wheels, Campy hi-flange hubs, Mavic Montherly rims, SR bars and stem, Weinmann brake levers. The Campy seatpost is scratched due to raising and lowering the saddle. Campy crank, pedals (with Mikashima Pedal Spin), bottom bracket, derailleurs, down tube shift levers, headset, brakes, hubs, and seatpost.


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