Nigel Dean frame number - help!

Smithy said:

I have a Nigel Dean Tourmaster, circa 1992, the frame number of which
I have never been able to find. Is it such a superb frame that the
builder would have considered a mere number to be an insult or is
there one stamped on some hidden part I have not yet found?

Dunno about Nigel Deans, but frame numbers are sometimes stamped /faintly/
on the bottom bracket shell and full up with paint.

~PB

I had a bike built around a Nigel Dean touring frame (early 1990's), and
it had no frame number (usual place is on bottom bracket, where it can
be obscured by a cable guide - not in my case, though). I didn't bother
taking the fork off in order to inspect the fork tube.

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Quoted message said:

I have a Nigel Dean Tourmaster, circa 1992, the frame number of which I have
never been able to find. Is it such a superb frame that the builder would
have considered a mere number to be an insult or is there one stamped on
some hidden part I have not yet found?

TIA.

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John Mansell john at wcompsys dot co dot uk

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Quoted message said:

I had a bike built around a Nigel Dean touring frame (early 1990's), and it
had no frame number (usual place is on bottom bracket, where it can be
obscured by a cable guide - not in my case, though). I didn't bother taking
the fork off in order to inspect the fork tube.

Nathan's college bike is a Nigel Dean World Tour we had refurbished. I can't
remember ever seeing a frame number on it when it was in 'original' livery.

Cheers, helen s

Smithy said:

I have a Nigel Dean Tourmaster, circa 1992, the frame number of
which I have never been able to find. Is it such a superb frame
that the builder would have considered a mere number to be an
insult or is there one stamped on some hidden part I have not yet
found?

Frame numbers are sometimes stamped on one of the rear dropouts. I
presume you've checked there?

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Dave...