56 / 22 ½ Team Viking Tour of Britain, 531 Reynolds Racing Bicycle

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56 / 22 ½ Team Viking Tour of Britain, 531 Reynolds Racing Bicycle
All measurements are center-to-center and in centimeters and inches unless noted:
Top Tube- 56 or 22 1/2
Seat Tube- 56 or 22 1/2
Down Tube- 61 ½ or 25
Head Tube- 15 or 6 Top to Bottom
Seat Stays- 54 or 21 ½
Chain Stays- 47 or 18 1/2
Bottom bracket and all threading.
British
Tubing:
531 Reynolds
Derailleurs- Campagnolo NR Record or Gran Sport (Original bronze Gran Sport rear derailleur included)
Crankset- Williams 53 39 Crankset with 14-24 freewheel 170 crank arm length.
Shifters:
Campagnolo GS
Wheels- 700c Campagnolo GS high flange hubs 36-3x mated to VO clincher rims
Freewheel Atom- 14-24
Seat Post:
Unknown steel 27 ish?
Brakes: GB Hindium with matching shifters and gum hoods
Handlebars:
GB
39 with GB 80 mm Pantographed stem
Saddle: Lycette racing saddle
Serial Number: 926 which puts it between 55 and 48 closer to 58
Late 1950’s Tour of Britain Team Viking bicycle in size 22 ½ inches.
Generally restored with period parts except for the NR derailleur rear needed due to the large freewheel (Original rear der. included) as well and the clincher rims and steel seat post.
Paint is easily 8 out of 10 showing only storage wear.
No dings, dents, or bends, just a few honest scrapes moving it around. One test ride.
Too many bikes.
A genuinely nice but not museum quality restoration for those sunny days where you really are going to ride about 130 bpm and not be tempted to chase down every Dick, Harry, or Sally.
Unless they are sloppy, and you just must!
Benelux derailleurs are probably more appropriate, but I like Campy.
Generally rust free minus the water bottle holder.