Hobbs Super Course - 1949
Posted: Thursday 13th August 2020
| Frame | Hobbs Super Course 1949 Frame No. A9170; Seat tube 23", Top tube 22¾", wheelbase 41", bracket height 10¾, head angle 73°, seat angle 71°. |
| Wheels | 27" Conloy 'Asp', Harden 'Bacon Slicer' in front wheel with GB wingnuts |
| Chainset | Chater-Lea 46T ring fitted to round cranks |
| Pedals | Lytaloy, fitted with Constrictor toeclips and Binda straps |
| Gears | Sturmey-Archer FM fitted with 20T sprocket, giving 41.5", 53.3", 62.1", and 69.8" gears |
| Brakes | Strata |
| Stem/Bars | 4" Titan with Reynolds 'Pellisier' bars |
| Saddle | Brookes B17. 'Swallow' fitted with a Vittoria tub carrier |
| Extra details | I bought this frame off eBay and the seller advertised this frame as a 'Criterium' model, but the 'Criterium' has a 1 1/8" top tube, this frame hasn't! Mervyn Cook, the previous Marque M.E. and I scoured the 1940's brochure and in the 1949 copy it described the 'Super Course' as having ". distinctive contrast colour "peak" panelling to head and seat tubes and hand lining throughout." So, we decided that it was probably a 'Super Course'! Some two or three months later I decided it was time to build the frame up and as I took it off the wall a piece of paper fell out of the seat tube and fluttered to the ground, it was very greasy and very stained, but, lo and behold it was the workshop job sheet!!! It was made out to a Mr. Bradbury, to be painted blue flam. and 'Super Course' finish. Bingo!!! Mr. Bradbury paid £11 9s. 6d. for the frame and, by to-days standard, that is the equivalent of £911.50. There are various chips of paint missing but the paintwork is totally original and will remain so!. |
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Posted: Thursday 13th August 2020
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