Bird of Colindale Frame

[iainb]

Hi folks

I bought a 531 road frame and forks a while back - nice enough frame but with fairly basic lugs - which has a head transfer Bird of Colindale 273 Edgware Rd London NW9 . Anyone have any idea about this, the only Bird frame builder I know of was Alec, brother of Ken the renowned wheel builder but I thought he was in the SE London / Kent area.

Iain

[whoops]

Here's a little quote that might be helpful:

"In the other direction, along Bellegrove Road, Clive Stuart opened a lightweight shop that was run by the frame builder Alec Bird. With his brother Ken, they ran a small cycle team that sponsored local cycling ace, John Clarey, in 1968. This was to become Welling Cycles, a branch of Holdsworth and then bought by one of their employees Fred Elliott when that organisation went into liquidation in the early 1980s".

This is not the same Fred Elliott, the butcher, in one of the silly soaps!

[cricklewood_graeme]

Try asking Adrian Bird of Broadway Bikes 250 West Hendon Broadway Colindale, London, NW9 6AG - 020 8202 4671. He has had his LBS for years and might well be related.