AL9000
June 10, 2010, 2:40am
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It’s time to say goodbye to my first track frame:
57cm Kerry Hopkins - ebay
57cm Top Tube
Tight, Light, Lurvely.
Raced on the track only, had a pampered life.
Full Flickr Photoset with more details
Fixed.org.au members get a free seatpost.
Mocked up to show clearances etc, 23mm on the rear, 20mm on the front.
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25mm Schwalbe Ultremo (front of fork, clearance at rear is greater):[URL=“http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4684554235_2ab0b0f77c_b.jpg”]
Decal refers to Stephen Pate’s 1000m WR in 1990.[URL=“http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4684555905_75b27a8165_b.jpg”][URL=“http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4684555905_75b27a8165_b.jpg”]
Lovely lugwork, smooth brazing[URL=“http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4684554865_24c13e50a2_b.jpg”][URL=“http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4684554865_24c13e50a2_b.jpg”]
Sunnier days in Brisbane:[URL=“http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/264384378_c8449e5f39_o.jpg”] ](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4685188908_49d8b51cae_b.jpg )
uh, it’s in the Ebay thread for a reason…
coffee
June 11, 2010, 1:49am
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I came up with a mathematical formula for determining the value of this frame:
sale price = my max bid + $5
genius…
daacha
June 11, 2010, 2:25am
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It’s really all you think about isn’t it.
daacha
AL9000
June 11, 2010, 3:05am
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Sweet, plz make your max bid $5000, kthxbai
AL9000
June 15, 2010, 8:04pm
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Coffee Ben has been outbid! And he’s in the UK! Quick, get in while he’s busy buying up all of England’s finest.
Side note: Kerry’s sons are both junior world champions, Jeff is now director of Dick Lane Velodrome in Atlanta and Shaun piloted Ben Demery to two silver medals in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics!
lsr
June 15, 2010, 8:32pm
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Anyone else getting thrown that Blakey’s forum avatar is the same bike and such a similar pic to the thumbnail on ebay?
Clicked on my ebay earlier and thought, cool, Blakey’s commented on my ebay watchlist… wait.
AL9000
June 15, 2010, 8:58pm
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lsr:
Anyone else getting thrown that Blakey’s forum avatar is the same bike and such a similar pic to the thumbnail on ebay?
Clicked on my ebay earlier and thought, cool, Blakey’s commented on my ebay watchlist… wait.
Haha. I’ll change it when the frame has left my possession, probably to a collage of my steel bike downtube decals.
You’re 1/99 watchers so far.
And good lads too
AL9000
June 15, 2010, 9:34pm
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spirito:
And good lads too
I emailed him @ABC when I first bought the frame and he gave me a some background on it, and was pleased to see it still being raced.
I should send him photos of the Arrow basket bike that I’m 99% sure he built for Pedal Pushers / Arrow / Steve Hogg. Steve Hogg said the look was " somewhat at odds with how it looked when it left the shop originally"
That’s coz he drinks too much
AL9000
June 19, 2010, 11:30pm
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Just quietly, this auction ends in 3 hours. Don’t miss out! It’s already packed and ready to ship out.
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… not surprising Kerry’s a lovely man, soft spoken, passionate, and just plain loves bikes.