Possibly a Lewis track frame for the 30’s or 40’s…
Gotta bit of work in front of me.
Track bikes don’t come fitted with pump pegs…
Or drilled for brakes, probably a club racer.
Looks like it could be a lot of fun though.
damn i was watching that on ebay, i guess youre the reason the auction ended early haha
Yeah I( was thinking about that last night, I’ll probabaly get rid of the pump pegs, and fill in the rear brake holes. I’m slowly stripping the paint off. I don’t actually think it is a Lewis frame, possibly a Repco (what I could make out under the layers of paint), but I have no idea. Either way, it’s light as hell and has track fork ends and fits me.
And yeah, I know the guy that was selling it, that’s why I manged to get it earlier and not bid on it. 
I like that stem. I run one the same on my ex rubbish tip club racer. Pump pegs where the first thing to go on mine as well.
can’t wait to see it finished.
I’d get it sandblasted and painted professionally unless you’ve got the gear to do it properly?
I’m thinking of getting the forks chromed, and getting the frame powdercoated a baby or steel blue.
Just trying to get majority of the paint off to try and figure out what it was.
good find.
I’d personally restore it to retain some of its former aesthetic.
perhaps you could leave the pump pegs and custom paint a pump to match your frame?
could look really fucking cool, (insert something about a leopard not being able to change its spots?) i dunno haha.
So after some internerd sleuthing, I found a Repco path racer very similar to mine, similar geometry and lugs. So i’m 96% sure mine was a nice looking Repco at some stage of it’s life, before it was “painted”. This one is amazing though.
More pics here.
I still don’t believe that a ‘path racer’ has pump pegs. Road racer is more likely (although my knowledge is more UK-centric).
Path means velodrome in this context (often cinders, dating from before 1900), although Americans seem to be trying to turn the term into a road/off-road singlespeed. Path racers were often rigged with front brakes (UK road-legal requirement with fixed-wheel) for timetrialling (v. popular in the UK) and training (couldn’t afford two bikes for track and road use).
Between the wars, the Australian racing regulations went from mandatory fixed-wheel and no brakes (administrators thought it was safer, riders disagreed) to allowing brakes. Many racers immediately went to single freewheel or multiple gears, increasing the speed of descents. The Europeans had allowed brakes in races years before.
A comment on that restored Repco. The standard seatposts for those relaxed seat angles were often 7-shaped, getting the saddle further forward. Fitting a modern seatpost with the clamp behind centreline puts the saddle too far back but I suppose it gets the handlebars a bit further away. The saddle is set quite high for the frame size. ‘Back in the day’, a ‘fistful of seatpost’ was the norm, that bike has nearly two fists worth.
Nice pick up,
I know I am prob a traditionalist but l would encourage you to leave the pump pegs and brke holes you just never know you might just need the brakes one day and you might be lucky enough to find a pump to fit, how cool would that be.
Either way it will be good to see what you do with it, have fun!
Another vote for “leave the pump pegs on”. You can get a cheap silver pump from target that will fit them, it will look the business. I used to have one on my speedwell, then I binned it and managed to leave the pump behind in my daze.
Another Repco on ebay, looks very similar to the gold one above…
Same guy that sold me mine is selling this… and it’s complete!
Colourway suggestions for this frameset…? I’m thinking of doing a cream / off-white with contrasting lugs. Any suggestions?
I like the original green/white combo it came with.
Yeah, but that was hand painted on. and done really badly.
i think i’m going to paint my frame metalflake gold.
flat colours are so 2007, black is so 2006…
Sorry… I meant resprayed in those colours.