Rather embarassingly, that’s not a Harry Quinn, but my jarg version. My real one was built last year and has made an appearance or two on twatter. The real one is about to be treated to some very nice Campag brakes. Otherwise I’m on Shimano Exage, ain’t you heard?
Harry Quinn bikes are extremely well made and he was famous for his beautifully crafted lugwork. Somehow his name got put on some very poor, mass-produced bikes in the ’80s and those crop up on eBay from time to time. Best avoided.
It was rather a challenge getting hold of a picture of Harry for my Season Tickets t-shirt, but a fellow forumite came up with the goods.
26 February 2015
Chris The Siteowner
Shows how much I know about bikes. I can replace the photo if you’ve one with a more authentic model (and bike).
(you had, and I did – CtSO)
26 February 2015
BrumbiscUit
I fear the photo will be replaced with another (it was, but here’s the original – CtSO), rendering this comment useless, but yes, Dickhead in Q, the t-shirt is for real. If I can dig it up, I can let you have the artwork should you wish a similar one and if CtSO can be arsed to put us in touch. The offer applies to anyone, but I’ll qualify it by saying I think the artwork is on an ancient, temperamental Linux machine and may not be retrievable.
(Find it first and I’ll host and link to it here – CtSO)
26 February 2015
peter mcornithologist
I know it isn’t bike related but I heard a track on wonderful radio Prudhoe by a singer songwriter by the name of Harry Quinn. He comes from darkest Buckinghamshire.
26 February 2015
EXXO
Grrr, that was the first time my name was on the royalties for a photo in the A-Z and it gets replaced. Typical.
(when you get to John Peel you could use my pic of his grave from the same Flickr album).
26 February 2015
Chris The Siteowner
OK, some artwork for you all, kindly submitted by our own correspondents:
Thanks Chris. My C&B logo will be high enough resolution to make a 6″+ t-shirt print. I’ve used Vistaprint for one-offs. The quality is usually very good, but you will be spammed to eternity for your trouble.
27 February 2015
EXXO
Top design skills Andy. After my comment above about my photo of your jarg Harry Quinn, I noticed that Flickr have dis-organised my photos and all the captions etc that told the story of the HMHB East Anglian tour 2013 have gone.
So I ended up googling “jarg Harry Quinn”, like you do, to see if my photo comes up (it doesn’t), and after the first result (which, amazingly enough, is your jarg Harry Quinn), …..well amongst other delights you get an ancient packhorse bridge, Sonia Lanaman and various photos of Prenton Park , whether real or in miniature.
It gets harder and harder to google anything HMHB-related without this site completely skewing the results – in this case all images in the PBRs thread apparently show up as a result of searching for anything else that happens to be in the thread!
27 February 2015
BrumbiscUit
My Google image search came up with a genuine HQ, not my jarg one. To back up your claims, Exxo, the image hails from one of CtSO’s links.
I’ll take no credit for the design skills, though. I gave the Crosse and Blackwell logo to a designer mate in Hungary and he did the work for me. Didn’t even want paying.
I’m toying with the idea of making the Sergeant Pepper’s – No Longer in Need of Season Tickets artwork available. Any takers? I fear that some recent demises have rendered it out of date, but the vast majority (apart from Harry the Dog, I think) are on there.
dickhead in quicksand
Is that t-shirt for real?
(nb: this comment refers to the original photo which was posted here – CtSO)
26 February 2015
this leaden paul
He is no longer in need of any kind of season ticket, having died on 1 October 2009, aged 92.
26 February 2015
BrumbiscUit
(nb: this comment also refers to the original photo posted here – CtSO)
Rather embarassingly, that’s not a Harry Quinn, but my jarg version. My real one was built last year and has made an appearance or two on twatter. The real one is about to be treated to some very nice Campag brakes. Otherwise I’m on Shimano Exage, ain’t you heard?
Harry Quinn bikes are extremely well made and he was famous for his beautifully crafted lugwork. Somehow his name got put on some very poor, mass-produced bikes in the ’80s and those crop up on eBay from time to time. Best avoided.
It was rather a challenge getting hold of a picture of Harry for my Season Tickets t-shirt, but a fellow forumite came up with the goods.
26 February 2015
Chris The Siteowner
Shows how much I know about bikes. I can replace the photo if you’ve one with a more authentic model (and bike).
(you had, and I did – CtSO)
26 February 2015
BrumbiscUit
I fear the photo will be replaced with another (it was, but here’s the original – CtSO), rendering this comment useless, but yes, Dickhead in Q, the t-shirt is for real. If I can dig it up, I can let you have the artwork should you wish a similar one and if CtSO can be arsed to put us in touch. The offer applies to anyone, but I’ll qualify it by saying I think the artwork is on an ancient, temperamental Linux machine and may not be retrievable.
(Find it first and I’ll host and link to it here – CtSO)
26 February 2015
peter mcornithologist
I know it isn’t bike related but I heard a track on wonderful radio Prudhoe by a singer songwriter by the name of Harry Quinn. He comes from darkest Buckinghamshire.
26 February 2015
EXXO
Grrr, that was the first time my name was on the royalties for a photo in the A-Z and it gets replaced. Typical.
(when you get to John Peel you could use my pic of his grave from the same Flickr album).
26 February 2015
Chris The Siteowner
OK, some artwork for you all, kindly submitted by our own correspondents:
Original “Crossley and Blackwell” logo from Brumbiscuit
Alternative “Crossley and Blackwell” logo from Dr Desperate
Harry Quinn photo from Brumbiscuit
“Hancock and Henry” logo from Dr Desperate
…and just for good measure…
“Ooh rhubarb! Let’s go!” logo from Dr Desperate
26 February 2015
BrumbiscUit
Thanks Chris. My C&B logo will be high enough resolution to make a 6″+ t-shirt print. I’ve used Vistaprint for one-offs. The quality is usually very good, but you will be spammed to eternity for your trouble.
27 February 2015
EXXO
Top design skills Andy. After my comment above about my photo of your jarg Harry Quinn, I noticed that Flickr have dis-organised my photos and all the captions etc that told the story of the HMHB East Anglian tour 2013 have gone.
So I ended up googling “jarg Harry Quinn”, like you do, to see if my photo comes up (it doesn’t), and after the first result (which, amazingly enough, is your jarg Harry Quinn), …..well amongst other delights you get an ancient packhorse bridge, Sonia Lanaman and various photos of Prenton Park , whether real or in miniature.
It gets harder and harder to google anything HMHB-related without this site completely skewing the results – in this case all images in the PBRs thread apparently show up as a result of searching for anything else that happens to be in the thread!
27 February 2015
BrumbiscUit
My Google image search came up with a genuine HQ, not my jarg one. To back up your claims, Exxo, the image hails from one of CtSO’s links.
I’ll take no credit for the design skills, though. I gave the Crosse and Blackwell logo to a designer mate in Hungary and he did the work for me. Didn’t even want paying.
I’m toying with the idea of making the Sergeant Pepper’s – No Longer in Need of Season Tickets artwork available. Any takers? I fear that some recent demises have rendered it out of date, but the vast majority (apart from Harry the Dog, I think) are on there.
27 February 2015