ROB OLIVERS BOSOMWORTH TT

This eighties Bosomworth funny bike

was made especially for Rob Oliver by master

craftsman Eddie Bosomworth.

Rob is the owner of The Hub Cycles in

Hastings, and along with his dedicated bike crew,

are the go to guys when it comes to any 

human motivated two wheeled machine.

One of the things I really like about this bike, is that,

although Rob could have used what ever he liked, he went

  with Shimano 600 and 105.

It looks great, and would have worked every bit as

well as other groupsets costing 3-4 times the price.

Rob was part of the New Zealand 1972 

Munich Olympic squad, so has mucho respect
in the local cycling fraternity.

 Although it has 653 decals, Tony (eighties superbike guru)

tells me that the two curved tubes are in fact 531, and that 

this is how low pro frame-sets came from Reynolds.

Apparently 653 didn't bend that well.

 Has Shimano 600 ever looked so good....

 Bosomworths always had great paint jobs, Eddie

wasn't just a master frame builder, but also a mean painter 

as well. Unfortunately the chemicals in the paint got to him.

and he is now quite ill.