Hi Neil
It's nice to see this tale coming around to some sort of closure.
I remember you from Tom's shop when I bought the frame, and we also met again at the London Bike Show some years back, when you were on the Condor stand.
It's wonderful to learn that Tom is still going. At the time my experience of bike shop owners was that they were an entirely miserable bunch. Tom changed my mind on that front: he invited me back into the store room to show me the tubing that he would be using for my build, he listened to my questions, and I think he even (I may have imagined this) offered me a cup of tea and half of his cheese sandwich.
That frame meant a lot to me, and I thought long and hard before passing it onto Torslanda, who I thought would do it justice. It seems that he did. When he built it up and passed it onto Oscar's Dad I was very pleased that it had it found an appreciative new owner.
Thank you for your help all of those years ago. Thanks to Torslanda for the rebuild and I hope the Oscar's Dad is enjoying the frame. It's great to think that this lovely piece of craftsmanship is still out there, eating up the miles