AS-THOR road bike

[dr3zd3n]

Hello!
I got the frameset from an AS-THOR road bike and trying to find more info about this brand.
I know what AS-THOR bikes were produced in Torhout, Belgium and i saw 3-speeder thread.
I will be glad for any information and photos.
Some photos of mine frameset:

(sorry for grammatical errors, I wrote through a translator)

 

[juvela]

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Hello and welcome to the forum!

this is quite a rare marque you have

date appears near to 1974

thank you for the many photos

photo tip: drive side images give more information than do non-drive side ones, despite the many pictures we do not have a single drive side one

this image suggests removal of a transfer by scraping with a straight edge - one possibility might have been a licensing sticker

saddle pillar diameter will give a clue as to tubing employed in construction; a measurement of 26.2mm or 26.4mm would suggest quality plain gauge tubing while a smaller size would suggest ordinary high-tensile tubing

cycle appears it may have been a one up from the base sort of model

frame:

lug pattern employed appears to be BOCAMA (FR)
fork crown appears to be Vagner model DL+ (FR)
bottom bracket shell looks like it may be EDA (FR)
seat stay treatment is an economy one where a wedge is cut out of the top and then brazed closed

there appears to be a marking on the lateral side of the left fork blade; are you able to make it out?

small bits -

headset appears it may be REWAX (FR)
water bottle holder is Allara / AL-E (IT)
seat binder is ALGI (FR)

thank you for sharing the bicycle

member @3-speeder will likely wish to participate in the discussion, also member @non-fixie

hope this helps you a little

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[dr3zd3n]

Thank you for answer!
Seat is Arius Gran Carera
Photos were taken in the summer by preious owner, after this frameset was repainted by him:

BCM(really BOCAMA) stamp on the lug:

Fork blade:

Bottle holder:

And some more photos:

 

[juvela]

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one possible maker for the headset is the firm of Woit (BE)

number markings in lugs refer to angle in degrees between tube sockets

seat lug is BOCAMA pattern Nr. P

interesting to see that all braze-ons were removed prior to respray

were any markings found on bottom bracket fittings?

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[dr3zd3n]

Dont see any markings on bottom bracket fittings photo
Frameset and me now In different cities
Best photo of bottom bracket:

 

[non-fixie]

Nice find!

I have nothing to add to what @juvela has already stated, other than that I have a soft spot for bikes like these. Built to a (low) price point, but it's all there: a decent frame, decent components. Everything the average person needs for a pleasant cycling experience. In terms of bang-for-your-buck these bikes were excellent.

A detail I particularly like about this bike is the seat tube decal:

Eigen werk gewaarborgd. Own work guaranteed!

I want to put that on my own builds.

 

[3-speeder]

Nice to see another machine of this marque. Sad to see the metal tone painted over, I liked that about my bike. I wonder if the Arius saddle on yours was the original? I see the image of the post-clamp bares an Ideale stamping, perhaps it may have originally worn an Ideale saddle? Thanks for sharing.

 

[dr3zd3n]

I am almost completely sure that the IDEALE saddle was originally installed, because it is French, like almost everything on this bike, unlike the Spanish Arius

 

[dr3zd3n]

Frameset has finally come to me
Seatpost diameter 26.2 mm
Photos of today's view:

 

[juvela]

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a saddle pillar size of 26.2mm is suggestive of a quality plain gauge frame tube set

Reynolds could be a possibility but given the national origin something from Ateliers De La Rive (VITUS) would be more likely

also, BE had begun the use of Ishiwata tubing a year or two prior to the machine's manufacture

have you determined threading and tube diameters?

IIRC the example of @3-speeder was determined to have a metric dimension bottom bracket shell

only a small fraction of BE producers build to metric standard, most employ BSC/ISO

metric would indicate a member of the Walloon community

do you have an aim to replicate the cycle's original transfers?

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the example found by member @non-fixie. on a Belgian classifieds site certainly bears a very close resemblance to the subject machine

the two look like they could be the same model from the same time...

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