Horace Bates Bicycles are famous for their Reynolds made,
proprietary "Cantiflex" tubing, which bulges outward
in the center of the tube, and the "Diadrant" double raked
forks, with a reverse curve.
Updated
11.7.2010
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An advertisement in 1936 Cycling
magazine describing the characteristics of
tubing.
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Ace
rider Stan Butler
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1937 Bates
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(More to come as the Webmaster
works to restore his 1938 B.A.R. !)
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Bates featured in Cycling Plus
Magazine article by Paul Vincent
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Bates bike with
Cantiflex tubing and Diadrant forks
Photos courtesy Peter
Paine
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The new Bates bikes
Bates are being made today with the famous Cantiflex tubing and Diadrant
forks..
Supplies are dwindling but frames are
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The NEW Bates "Volante" with hand cut lugs,
round fork blades and all the traditional details.
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Ray Etherton's Bates B.A.R.
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Raoul Delmare's
new Bates
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