Cecil Walker frames
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Cecil Walker frames
Postby BeerBikeBeer » Fri May 10, 2019 6:55 pm
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https://ibb.co/4fLkPCF
Seat stay.
https://ibb.co/zJxcYJs
Bottom bracket
https://ibb.co/0ttPxr2
Gear bracket
https://ibb.co/ZBmNH0k
Rear end
https://ibb.co/hDWQHGT
Seat tube facing forward
https://ibb.co/QdZ93Zk
Serial numbers on frame and forks
https://ibb.co/Z6Q0twf
Frame
Cheers.
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby familyguy » Fri May 10, 2019 8:45 pm
https://www.cecilwalker.com.au/contact-us/
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby nemo57 » Sat May 11, 2019 12:34 pm
If you can post pix of the frame, especially inside the seat tube to show the opening to the top tube, and maybe a good square-on shot of the seat stay brake bridge from behind, and any other shots of the internals - say of the bottom bracket, there are a few guys around who will be able to tell you if it was made by George McDonald, who made many many frames for different shops around Melbourne in that era. Or they may know who else it could have been.
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby GaryF » Sun May 12, 2019 9:13 am
I recall, in the 1990's, lusting after a newly built frame in the new CW shop in Elizabeth Street. This frame was built with old Nervex lugs and it looked very good. I wanted it but, from memory, it cost around $1000 and beyond my means. Asking about it and the lugs, I was told that they were just lying around and it was time to build them into a frame. I liked to go into their shop when I visited 'the city' as they always seemed to unearth some special component gem they had stored away in their storeroom and have it on sale.
Other than that, I found Cecil Walker bike shop in the 1980's/90's really accomodating as to your frame building requirements.
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby P!N20 » Sun May 12, 2019 1:15 pm
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby nemo57 » Sun May 12, 2019 5:24 pm
I'm no expert, but that treatment of the seat stays/top tube is just the same as my '76 Hillman:
That was the detail that Gordon Hill regarded as confirming it to be a Geo. McDonald-built frame.
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby P!N20 » Sun May 12, 2019 8:51 pm
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby nemo57 » Tue May 14, 2019 3:51 pm
https://www.gordonhillbikeframes.com/
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby feelthewheel » Wed May 15, 2019 8:23 am
I can confirm that the Hillman family does indeed have the original build book. Unfortunately for me this meant what I thought was a frame built by George (or Henry) wasn't, but better to know exact provenance. They appreciated being contacted by a collector who was interested in a bicycle's genuine history rather than someone just asking 'what's it worth' (for all the flippers out there).nemo57 wrote:That's true. So, BBB, you could ask Gordon Hill directly: he has details of most, if not all, handmade Hillman frames.
https://www.gordonhillbikeframes.com/
The search for a nice old Hillman continues ...
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby nemo57 » Wed May 15, 2019 2:40 pm
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby Imwit » Thu May 16, 2019 10:23 pm
There is a great interview with Daryl that I thought was by Gavin Bannerman but I can't find it right now. (there are others with Peter Bundy and Ewan Gellie etc on Vimeo).
Just out of interest, does anyone know who was building for Cecil Walker in the 2000's? My mum has a custom built Cecil from around then and I always wondered who built it.
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby nemo57 » Fri May 17, 2019 3:46 pm
Not sure of dates but I know that Kevin Wigham did build for Cecil Walker as well as his own brands.Imwit wrote:Just out of interest, does anyone know who was building for Cecil Walker in the 2000's? My mum has a custom built Cecil from around then and I always wondered who built it.
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby feelthewheel » Sat May 18, 2019 8:47 am
You can often tell if Kevin made a Cecil Walker frame as he often used to braze the top of a cut-off steel nail as the chain-rest. He also did this for his Paconi frames. I've got one tucked in the storage somewhere, will try and dig it out.nemo57 wrote:Not sure of dates but I know that Kevin Wigham did build for Cecil Walker as well as his own brands.Imwit wrote:Just out of interest, does anyone know who was building for Cecil Walker in the 2000's? My mum has a custom built Cecil from around then and I always wondered who built it.
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Re: Cecil Walker frames
Postby ksubi85 » Fri Sep 20, 2024 6:35 pm
I have the same Bike. It still has its stickers although very chipped paint. They came in A pale green and pink. I thought it was 1980.
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