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Re: Kypo
Postby Gordon1 » Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:42 pm
Today I rode it for the first time. It’s a big bike ( I’m not big) and seat post is aero so I can’t drop it down too much. I also live on a hill and it’s track. While it was a small and difficult ride it was great to just get it going again, for all of about 1km. It is presently safe, dry and hopefully will be around for a long time in its current guise.
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Re: Kypo
Postby GaryF » Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:22 pm
Talking about 'unconventional' changes of bike ownership, I've been looking for a distinctive bike frame that was stolen around 1986. It wasn't mine but I would love to know where it went to? I thought I found it about 2 years ago but, although very close, it wasn't the frame I am curious about. Not curious enough to now seek to return it to the original owner, just to satisfy my curiosity. I'm sure the original owner has left the incident well and truely behind him and now it's just a rarely thought of and it's present owner loves it and has no idea about it's shady past.
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Re: Kypo
Postby P!N20 » Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:03 pm
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Re: Kypo
Postby find_bruce » Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:18 pm
Sounds like you didn't have too bad a case of Coopers virus - good thing you steered clear of the CoronaP!N20 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:03 pmInteresting story that came out of the Beeac ride yesterday that is vaguely Kypo related. 1978 Melbourne to Warnnambool winner Dennis Shaw* had a Gibson road bike which was made for him by Glen Gibson who purchased Rob’s equipment after he pulled up stumps.**
* I think that was his name, I couldn’t hear very well.
** I hope I got all that right, see above hearing difficulties due to recovery ale and chips.
Dennis Shaw did indeed win the handicap in the 78 Melbourne to Warnnambool. No idea what bike he was riding though
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Re: Kypo
Postby Imwit » Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:29 pm
Umm it was Lytton Sedley. 1972 winner. He won it on a Hillman. Which ended up in the tip. The rest is right *P!N20 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:03 pmInteresting story that came out of the Beeac ride yesterday that is vaguely Kypo related. 1978 Melbourne to Warnnambool winner Dennis Shaw* had a Gibson road bike which was made for him by Glen Gibson who purchased Rob’s equipment after he pulled up stumps.**
* I think that was his name, I couldn’t hear very well.
** I hope I got all that right, see above hearing difficulties due to recovery ale and chips.
* I think.
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Re: Kypo
Postby bicyclepassion » Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:53 pm
Glen Gibson and Dennis Shaw might chime in here.
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Re: Kypo
Postby Imwit » Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:07 pm
Crashed or broke or borrowed and crashed and broke. Or something.
Please refer to Warren’s response above.
I was under the influence of Red Rock.
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Re: Kypo
Postby P!N20 » Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:08 pm
Wasn’t it Clyde Sefton silver medalist of the 1972 Olympic road race with the light blue Hillman?
But yeah, I thought they said they were both in the same year, which would make Lytton Sedley with the Gibson.
Apologies, hopefully we’ll get to the bottom of this.
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Re: Kypo
Postby P!N20 » Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:33 pm
Clyde Sefton’s light blue Hillman.
After the Olympics Clyde used it as a training bike, he knocked it around a fair bit, then sold it off after becoming the distributor for Tommasini bikes in Australia.
It was years later when a bloke contacted Clyde wanting to buy a new Tommasini, but didn’t have enough cash and asked Clyde if he would take a trade in, as he had an old Hillman race bike. Not really interested Clyde did take a look and recognised it as his old Olympic bike and grabbed the chance to get it back. (The bloke trading the bike had no idea it was Clyde’s.) Not a bad pick up.
Lytton Sedley
He rode a Hillman bike in his win in the Melbourne to Warrnambool. Later on whilst on a training ride, he crashed into the door of a truck breaking the frame. Not thinking it was repairable he threw it out.
The bike Lytton had at the Beeac Retro ride was the one he had built by Glen Gibson, to replace the Hillman. Lytton then used this as his race bike and now as a training bike and yes he also had it reconditioned and repainted by Glen Gibson.
It actually just occurred to me I did a ride with Australia’s only Olympic road race medalist and a Melbourne to Warrnambool winner. Wish I knew beforehand!
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Re: Kypo
Postby YouAgainstMe » Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:23 pm
I just stumbled on this thread while trying to work out to do with a Kypo that's been in the family for years. I'll post a pic shortly!
My father was friends with Kypo and has had his kypo since new. I have vague memories of visiting Kypo's house/workshop in Gippsland when I was about 7-8 years old! The reason I found this thread is because my Father asked what I want to do with it, he no longer rides and sadly the frame is too small for me.
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Re: Kypo
Postby Gordon1 » Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:51 pm
I would be keen on looking at the Kypo. If not suitable happy for others. Will send a pmYouAgainstMe wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:23 pmHi all,
I just stumbled on this thread while trying to work out to do with a Kypo that's been in the family for years. I'll post a pic shortly!
My father was friends with Kypo and has had his kypo since new. I have vague memories of visiting Kypo's house/workshop in Gippsland when I was about 7-8 years old! The reason I found this thread is because my Father asked what I want to do with it, he no longer rides and sadly the frame is too small for me.
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Re: Kypo
Postby YouAgainstMe » Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:35 pm
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Re: Kypo
Postby Gordon1 » Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:48 pm
Fantastic photo. I’m not a huge fan of putting too much info online but this sort of info is fantastic. I have sent a pm but I would think very carefully about selling a family bike, especially if you are a bike person. Sellers regret sucks!YouAgainstMe wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:35 pmWill post some more pics for you guys tomorrow. In the meantime here's another pic for your collection P!N20 with a hidden easter egg...
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Re: Kypo
Postby YouAgainstMe » Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:36 pm
Here is the bike. The old man got it as part of a deal with Kypo and it was made by Kypo around 1994 with Reynolds 731 tubing. This ties in with around the time I went to his house, I imagine it was to either see it being made or to pick it up. The frame was made shorter wheelbase "more like a Belgium frame, than the Italian frames". It was originally a yellow colour but old man had it painted in his shop colours probably after 10 years. She's in pretty good nick all things considered but just a mish-mash of parts, mostly 105 components.
I've got the serial number too.
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Re: Kypo
Postby YouAgainstMe » Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:49 pm
Fwiw the seat c-c is 57. I'll see if I can find a pic of it with the original colour
I think for now I'll hang on to it and give it a clean up/upgrade parts I already have. I think the price I'd want for it vs what someone would be willing to pay would be too far apart.
Cheers
p.s. there's a kypo sitting on the ocean floor somewhere off of Metung. So I suppose that's one less of the 465 ever made
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