The 'Perfection' model was the top-of-the-range Freddie Grubb frameset for 1953. Featuring special hand-cut lugs of scroll design, the fine example shown here was constructed of double-butted tubing (Reynolds 531 or A & P Kromo - not sure which).

Freddie Grubb was a top racing cyclist and record-breaker in his day and his firm began building high quality and innovative lightweight cycles in south London from about 1914 until 1952. At this time the firm was taken over by WF Holdsworth. This frame must have been one of the first of the Holdsworth-built Freddie Grubbs.
Reynolds plain gauge 531 tubing. The head lugs have the “horns” of the early 1950 Nervex Professional series so the lugs could be from a set still in the factory in 1955.

Beautiful Durable machine
 

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