CECIL WALKER 1939 - "S T A Y E R"

[corbettclassics]

Here's my old 1939 Cecil Walker Stayer bike which was the "only Stayer" bike that Walker ever built. His own personal bike that I found out of Australia many yrs ago. He sold it in 1956 to a couple of guys who assembled it and tried to do some high speed laps on the Velodrome there. By the 3rd lap and top speed they had some wheel wobble and abandoned their attempt. The bike sat ever since until it came to my collection. Super RARE!!!

 

[Andrew Gorman]

A gorgeous machine! I have never seen that 531 decal before.

 

[dnc1]

A gorgeous machine! I have never seen that 531 decal before.

Ditto!!!
That's one rare transfer.
Beautiful!

 

[Deejay]

The wheel wobble they experienced could have been eliminated by turning the fork 180 degrees.

 

[corbettclassics]

The wheel wobble they experienced could have been eliminated by turning the fork 180 degrees.

Really! Please explain Pace Following to us and the advantages and disadvantages of following the pacer and why the forks are reversed.

 

[TR6SC]

Really! Please explain Pace Following to us and the advantages and disadvantages of following the pacer and why the forks are reversed.

I'm missing something here. Am I to believe the forks are reversed on purpose? Standard theory states the higher the speed, the more trail is wanted for stabile steering characteristics. Can an expert chime in here?

 

[kccomet]

Really! Please explain Pace Following to us and the advantages and disadvantages of following the pacer and why the forks are reversed.

easy bill

 

[corbettclassics]

I guess all the professionals that have been doing this for 100 yrs don’t know what their doing..!!!

And yes, the forks are reversed on purpose guys.

 

[bikemonkey]

Here's my old 1939 Cecil Walker Stayer bike which was the "only Stayer" bike that Walker ever built. His own personal bike that I found out of Australia many yrs ago. He sold it in 1956 to a couple of guys who assembled it and tried to do some high speed laps on the Velodrome there. By the 3rd lap and top speed they had some wheel wobble and abandoned their attempt. The bike sat ever since until it came to my collection. Super RARE!!!

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That's a real beauty! - plz flip fork.

 

[bulldog1935]

I'm missing something here. Am I to believe the forks are reversed on purpose? Standard theory states the higher the speed, the more trail is wanted for stabile steering characteristics. Can an expert chime in here?

not me, but I was told by a professed trail expert that reversed forks make the bike steering total on-center, as in you have to really horse it to turn.