ipernity: Articles by Alan Woods

Johnny Berry

- 2 weeks ago

Authors: Alan Woods and Rick Hart, Marque Enthusiast of the Veteran Cycle-Club Updated and Revised: March, 2025 Johnny Berry was a Manchester, U.K. bicycle frame builder of top repute (see Figure 1). During a 42-year career that spanned the important decades of lightweight development and refinement, Johnny Berry made about 1,400 frames, first under the Berry & Bentley name and then under his own. Berry built to a high standard. His frames had a good reputation, performed well,…

Johnny Berry

- 15 Mar 2022

Authors: Alan Woods and Rick Hart

W.B. Hurlow Touring Bicycle - 1969

- 11 Dec 2018

Owned by Diana Byrne

Ephgrave No. 1 Road/Path Bicycle - 1954

- 11 Dec 2018

#2557LE Front end. Right hand brake lever. Dummy lever on left side (2014)

Owned by Alan Woods FRAME: Les Ephgrave road/path (i.e., road/track) #2557 LE (1954) – Black/dark green seat tube panel. No. 1 lugs lined in gold. Mudguard eyes. A simple post decorates each top eye and the adjacent part of each seat stay. Reinforced, rear facing, track ends. Round fork blades. Geometry — 73º (parallel) head and seat angles. Seat tube: ~60 cm [23.5"] (center to top). Top tube: ~60 cm [23.5"] (center to center). Chain st…