I’ve had this Dave Lloyd frame for a long time. Since about 1992 I think. I got it due to the fact that I landed on the bonnet of a BMW on the A540. Not my fault at all …some women who was following her husband in his pick-up decided she couldn’t wait to turn right out of side road and she didn’t give me enough time to stop for her! The bike I was riding at the time, another Dave Lloyd bike, became unroadworthy (though I still it use on the turbo trainers) and I claimed on the drivers insurance for loss of said frame.
I rode this frame for a year or more, then I put it back in for a free respray (long story). I haven’t ridden it since. Think I should do something about that!
As you can see, despite it needing a bit of a clean, it’s a lovely frame finished in yellow – no, not the kind of colour that you’d normally choose I know. The big feature of this frame at the time was the wishbone rear stay. Probably a gimmick though I seem to recall that Lloydy reckoned a wishbone rear stay was lighter and wasted less power. The frame is lugless too …something I was a little nervous about because it wasn’t entirely convinced it’d be strong enough for a 6ft 3 chap like me.
I’ll do a separate post about Dave Lloyd in due course, but if you want to find out more about his cycling heritage take a look at his coaching services site.
Here’s some more photos of the frame for you; click for larger:
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