Jack Taylor Cycles - Models

These are the base model descriptions from catalogues and price lists - admittedly incomplete right now, but should be filled in during the next few weeks. Variations on these were available, of course - there are lugless Tour of Britain frames etc etc - but if you ordered a stock model with no custom features, this is what you would get. Brake mounts are for centerpull/caliper brakes unless noted.

For more details on the various models, including standard specs, check out the Taylor Literature page:

Road/Path/track models

Curved Tube	531 butted tubes, lugless, round section forks 73/71 deg., 37" wheelbase, 11" bb height, 2" rake short wheelbase design for hillclimbs and time trials
International	531 butted tubes, lugged or lugless, round section fork blades 73/71 deg., 42" wheelbase, 11" bb height, 2.75" rake mid-price road racer or long-distance time trial bike; ladies frame option
Ladies	531 butted tubes, lugless, "D" section forks 73/71 deg., 41" wheelbase, 10.5" bb height, 2.5" rake available with either upright or drop bars, basically a ladies' Sports
Marathon	racing frame, basically a lugless Tour of Britain
Sports	531 butted tubes, lugged or lugless, "D" section fork blades 73/71 deg, 41" wheelbase, 10.75" bb height, 2.5" fork rake brazed shifter bosses and cable guides designed for fast club riding and hilly tours or time trials; ladies frame option
Super Clubman	531 butted tubes, lugged or lugless, "D" section fork blades, ladies frame option 73/71 deg., 40.5" wheelbase, 10.75" bb height, 2.5" rake
Super track	basically a lugged track (~1970s on)
Tour of Britain	531 butted tubing, lugged, oval section fork blades, Campagnolo dropouts 73/71 deg., 41.5" wheelbase, 11" bb height, 2.625" rake road racing model
track	531 butted tubes, lugged or lugless (until ~1970s, when lugged became Super track), round section fork blades 41" wheelbase, 11.25" bb height, 1.75" rake all around track machine for cinder or grass tracks

Touring models

Super Tourist	basically a lugged Tourist (Nervex Pro, ~1970s on)
Superlight Tourist	Super Tourist w/ 531 competition tubes, and Stronglight or Campagnolo crankset
Tourist	531 butted tubes, lugged or lugless (until ~1970s, when lugged became Super Tourist), oval sections forks w/ wide pattern crown, front/rear carriers, dynamo mounts w/ concealed wiring 73/71 deg., 42" wheelbase, 10.75" bb height, 2.5" rake ladies frame option

Tandem models

Marathon Racing Tandem
Sports tandem	531 plain-gauge tubes, lugless, oval section forks, open design or double diamond, full brazed fittings 73/71/69 deg., 63" wheelbase, 11" bb height, 2.5" rake mid-priced tandem; ladies-back frame option
Super Touring tandem	Touring tandem w/ lighter components
Touring tandem	531 plain-gauge tubes, lugless, oval section forks, double diamond design, front/rear carriers, dynamo mounts w/ concealed wiring, full brazed fittings 63" wheelbase, 11" bb height, 2.375" rake
track tandem	531 plain-gauge tubes, lugless, oval section forks, double diamond or twin lateral design 62" wheelbase, 11" bb height, 1.75" rake specially designed for use in the Olympics

Other

Bambino	11" frame, 12 1/2" x 2 1/4" wheel child's bike w/ integral rear rack
BMX	20" wheel BMX frame - a frame and a built BMX bike are visible on the cover of the Executive article on the Literature page
Camper trailer	single-wheel suspended trailer, in the pattern of those made by French constructeur Goeland (even to the point of using the same Rebour illustration!). Dropouts on the hitch stays may be either track type, Nervex, or cut down Nervex.
Family Triplet
Junior Racing	13" frame, 16" x 1 3/8" wheel child's bike
Junior	16" or 18" frame, 24 x 1 3/8" wheel child's bike (5-8 years)
Junior Sports	19 1/2" frame, 26" x 1 1/4" child's bike (
Mountain	26" wheel mountain bike, circa 1985
Racing Trike
Rann trailerbike	child's tow-behind bike, rack-type hitch mount over the rear wheel. Details of this design can be seen on #8513 A second type of the Rann may exist, based on the hitch style used for the Camper trailer, but this is not confirmed.
Roadster Trike	ladies or gents frame - may be front wheel steering
Small Wheeler	small wheel unisex frame for 8 years and up
Super Racing Trike	Racing Trike w/lighter components

Other designs not listed in Taylor literature

Expedition
Five Bar Gate	Baines "Flying Gate" design
Solo	may not be an actual model
Paris-Galibier	Rensch "Paris-Galibier" design.
Low Profile	double curved tube (seat and top tubes) time trial design
Unicycle

back to the main taylor page

home