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Sturgess’s Harry Quinn

arry Quinn’s obituary, posted on British Cycling’s website after the legendary Liverpool frame-builder died at the age of 92 in 2009 read: “In an era when frame builders possessed almost mythical qualities for riders, to own a Harry Quinn-framed bike

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