I purchased this Sid Mottram a couple of weeks ago from the daughter of the original owner .
As far as she could remember it was bought by her late father in the 1950’s after a trip to see Sid Mottram in Leicester shop .
Through the covering of dust and grime built up over the years of storage I could see a nice bike lurking below .
It’s fitted with a mix of original and later components ie Williams chainset , wienmann 27″alloy rims , GB drop bars and a Reynolds 531 stem that had been wrapped up in black bar tape . Thankfully the constrictor lamp bracket hadn’t been covered as well .
Once I removed the tape I could see the damage to the glorious chromed stem that years of tape had caused ie lots of flaking chrome.
My plan is to swap the cranks for a set of stronglight items along with a 19 toothed fixed rear cog . The front wheel will be respoked . It will also need some new cables and brake pads .
I am unsure if it’s a Wally Green or Mercian built frame . But either way I am looking forward to covering some miles on it.