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"THE FLYING SCOT" - 1971 Track bike

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corbettclassics

I live for the CABE
This one is still in the collection today. I bought it from the original owner in either 1979 or '80 ( Canada ).

This is a lovely and very rare "Flying Scot" with the most beautiful fork crown. It sits today just as you see it in the photos. Alfredo Binda double toe straps and Cinelli badged stem and bars.

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Thanks very much for sharing this beauty. :yum:
Frame constructed with Prugnat pattern 62/d lugset.

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There is one of these quite close in time to this which abides near me. It is a bespoke cycle done by Rattray for American framebuilder Ed Litton of Point Richmond, California. http://www.classicrendezvous.com/USA/Ed_Litton.htm IIRC the date would be about 1973. It is yellow and exhibits the Rattray "hatchet" seat stay caps. Spent a few minutes just now searching for an image of it without success.

For anyone interested in Rattray products or history there is an outstanding resource here:

http://www.flying-scot.com/core/welcome.html

Thank you again for posting this cycle! Greatly enjoyed here. :grinning:

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I have pictures of Ed Litton’s Flying Scot but would have to look through some old photos. I photographed it at one of the shows over a decade ago in Pasadena CA. I have also been to Ed’s shop.
 
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Thanks very much for sharing this beauty. :yum:
Frame constructed with Prugnat pattern 62/d lugset.

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There is one of these quite close in time to this which abides near me. It is a bespoke cycle done by Rattray for American framebuilder Ed Litton of Point Richmond, California. http://www.classicrendezvous.com/USA/Ed_Litton.htm IIRC the date would be about 1973. It is yellow and exhibits the Rattray "hatchet" seat stay caps. Spent a few minutes just now searching for an image of it without success.

For anyone interested in Rattray products or history there is an outstanding resource here:

http://www.flying-scot.com/core/welcome.html

Thank you again for posting this cycle! Greatly enjoyed here. :grinning:

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I finally found the pics of Ed Litton's yellow Flying Scot. I only took a couple pics of it at the meet. I could have more but I only found these two.

His seat stay caps are a little different than mine. On my blue one they actually wrap around beautifully. His seem to stop up the sides.

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Beautiful track irons. Love the super tight clearances on these!
I've been riding this the last couple of weekends. If I changed the front ring down one more tooth then I could take a link out of the chain and slide the rear wheel in tighter. It gets real tight at the top bridge when the wheel is moved in more. I prefer them tighter for a shorter wheelbase ..... twitchy and responsive!

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