info on pat hanlon bicycle?

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:07:47 -0700, arthur strum <[email hidden]>

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greetings from California.

I was able to buy a Pat Hanlon bicycle a few years ago and am interested
if anyone can give me any more information about it. (I did find out
that she was an outstanding wheel builder -- mine came without wheels,
unfortunately)

Pat Hanlon's shop was in Tottenham, just around the corner from the
more widely known Hetchins. At some point in the early 1970s she
closed that shop and opened a new one a few miles up the road in
Bounds Green.

She did have a very good reputation in North London as a wheel
builder. She also sold some beautifully butchered Brooks saddles
featuring very large copper rivets. These were made by a Century RC
clubmate of mine, Stan Wallace, who also butchered (though he
preferred to use the word "doctored"😉 saddles for Hetchins.

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My Hanlon is 66cm c-c, with about a 63cm tt; came with mafac 2000
centerpulls, lots of tire clearance, standard cinelli bars/stem for the
era. i'm guessing early 80's. i don't see any tubing stickers. it takes
a 27.0 seatpost. anyone know anything about her bikes, who made them,
what the tubing is?

I'm pretty sure she built at least some of her frames herself,
although whether she built all of them is another matter. The tubing
is most likely to be Reynolds 531. British bikes of that period
sometimes had generous wheel clearance to allow muguards (fenders) to
be fitted so a racing bike could double as a winter trainer or
commuter.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

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On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:07:47 -0700, arthur strum <[email hidden]>

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greetings from California.

I was able to buy a Pat Hanlon bicycle a few years ago and am interested
if anyone can give me any more information about it. (I did find out
that she was an outstanding wheel builder -- mine came without wheels,
unfortunately)

Pat Hanlon's shop was in Tottenham, just around the corner from the
more widely known Hetchins. At some point in the early 1970s she
closed that shop and opened a new one a few miles up the road in
Bounds Green.

She did have a very good reputation in North London as a wheel
builder. She also sold some beautifully butchered Brooks saddles
featuring very large copper rivets. These were made by a Century RC
clubmate of mine, Stan Wallace, who also butchered (though he
preferred to use the word "doctored"😉 saddles for Hetchins.

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My Hanlon is 66cm c-c, with about a 63cm tt; came with mafac 2000
centerpulls, lots of tire clearance, standard cinelli bars/stem for the
era. i'm guessing early 80's. i don't see any tubing stickers. it takes
a 27.0 seatpost. anyone know anything about her bikes, who made them,
what the tubing is?

I'm pretty sure she built at least some of her frames herself,
although whether she built all of them is another matter. The tubing
is most likely to be Reynolds 531. British bikes of that period
sometimes had generous wheel clearance to allow muguards (fenders) to
be fitted so a racing bike could double as a winter trainer or
commuter.

Apparently she employed Tom Board for a time, a master frame builder
in his own right, and apparently still brazing away in Notting Hill.

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British/Board_Tom.htm

The (recon) frame he's holding up in the big piccie seems most notable for
the combination of the fancy lugwork - love it or loathe it as with the
paint job I suppose - and the generous rake of the forks and the
brazed - on lamp bracket.

Curious

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--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

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On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:07:47 -0700, arthur strum <[email hidden]>

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greetings from California.

I was able to buy a Pat Hanlon bicycle a few years ago and am

interested

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if anyone can give me any more information about it. (I did find out
that she was an outstanding wheel builder -- mine came without wheels,
unfortunately)

Pat Hanlon's shop was in Tottenham, just around the corner from the
more widely known Hetchins. At some point in the early 1970s she
closed that shop and opened a new one a few miles up the road in
Bounds Green.

Ah - 'appy memories - I was a teenager in Tottenham in the seventies,
indeed, Hetchins rather intimidating shop was in Seven Sisters Road
(roughly where Apex House is now) and Pat Hanlon's much more friendly
shop was round the corner on (gosh I can't remember the name of the road)
the main road from Tottenham to Stamford Hill.
Whereas Alf Hetchins shop was frequented more by the racing crowd, Pat
Hanlons was more for the touring brigade.
I've got one of Hetchins's finest int e garage, but not a Pat Hanlon -
I'm jealous!

Mike - Leicester