How Weird/cool is this English ebay bike?

[Boris]

What the heck is it? I like it a lot ...but it is a long way from me...though the owner will consider packing and posting.doh! dont know what to do lol! Item number: 270390885607 [english ebay]
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Retro-vintage-bik ... 7C294%3A50

 

[sojudave]

The frame looks like bamboo.

 

[CCR]

not a schwinn, remings me of the hercules / hawthorne bikes but ive never seen that exact frame before.

 

[Boris]

The frame looks like bamboo.

I know! it looks bizzare! I might have to mail him and ask how much to post ''up north''

 

[Wildcat]

I've got a frame like that, serial #1556, a Hercules made in Birmingham. I found an ad from 1960, Montgomery Wards, looks the same, so it could be a Hawthorne also. I can't find the ad here at work, but I've got it at home, I'll post it later.

 

[icyuod2]

no doubt thats a cool bamboo paint job.

 

[Ed_Straker's_Rat]

Man, I love that frame! I would strip all of the cables and rack and turn it into a fixie just to show the paint off.

 

[stephen]

If you like it and can afford it, go for it, you're not likely to see another in England.

 

[Wildcat]

Finally found it

 

[C.S.]

The fork looks to be made by Raleigh (the fork crown being a horizontal tube)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1280/130 ... 1188764767
It could be a Hercules, look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_C ... or_Company
Very nice bike.