Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The Pashley Guv'nor Plus Four bicycle.

In 2009 UK based Pashley Cycles released its limited edition Pashley Guv’nor Plus Four bicycle.

The Guv’nor Plus Four features a Reynolds '531’ frame with brass plated lugs, the lugs look absolutely beautiful and are truly stunning in the flesh. The bike also features a Sachs Duomatic rear hub and Speed Drive front chain wheel that provides the four gears that the title alludes to.

Its heritage arose from the 1930’s path racer for which the Guv’nor series of bicycles have become notorious.





The stunning brass lugs.

The Plus Four edition was limited to 50 bicycles that were distributed randomly throughout the globe. Each bicycle bears a brass identification plate that sits at the base of the seat tube just above the bottom bracket. Each plate identifies the number of the particular bicycle in the series of 50.

The brass identification plate on each bicycle.

Due to limited numbers, the Plus Four was hastily snapped up by bicycle collectors and cycling enthusiasts around the world. As you can imagine, each proud Plus Four owner is interested to discover the fate of the other 49 bicycles in the series 50.

'The Guv’nors Assembly' is a website located at http://www.theguvnorsassembly.com/ and is the site where Guv’nor owners worldwide display their admiration for Pashley Guv’nor bicycles. The site provides a forum, events, and other applications for Guv’nor owners to enjoy – and well worth a visit.

At present one of the members of the site, Duchy Wheeler, is attempting to locate and identify the 50 owners of the 50 Guv’nor Plus Four machines throughout the world. Duchy has had reasonable success with his task, although he would like a bit of a hand to complete his list as below;


 GUV’NOR PLUS FOUR REGISTER
 as at 20/11/2012    

NUMBER
OWNER
LOCATION

1
KEITH
EUGENE, OREGON
USA
2



3



4
SIMON
HERTFORDSHIRE
UK
5



6
FOR SALE BOBBINS CYCLES, LONDON.
 Jan 2010
UK
7
BRETT
 ?
AUSTRALIA
8



9



10



11



12



13
FOR SALE VELORUTION, LONDON.
 Jan 2010
UK
14



15



16



17
CHRIS
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
USA
18



19
MARTIN
PUTNEY, LONDON
UK
20
GEOFF
BODMIN, CORNWALL
UK
21
JONATHAN
RHODE ISLAND
USA
22



23



24



25
JOHN ATKINS CYCLES
WARWICKSHIRE.
UK
26
NORTH ROAD CYCLES SHOP
BRITISH COLUMBIA
CANADA
27
ROGER, HALIFAX CYCLES
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
CANADA
28



29



30



31



32



33



34



35



36
WIM
BOECHOUT
BELGIUM
37



38
IONUT
BUCHAREST
ROMANIA
39
RYAN
BREAKWATER, VICTORIA
AUSTRALIA
40



41



42



43



44



45



46
GREG
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
USA
47
PRIVATE
ARIZONA
USA
48
TAFFY
OREGON
USA
49



50
ELLIOTT
EAST ANGLIA
UK
??
TRAVIS
SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA
??
WALLAH
?
USA


Duchy would dearly love to receive an email from Plus Four owners who have not yet been identified. Please email Duchy at sjb.gfb@virgin.net if you can provide any assistance.
Until next time...safe riding.
James