Hi,
I am restoring a BSA bicycle, which will be my first vintage project. It appears to be a Special Road Racer from 1928. I’ve recently had the frame painted and the parts nickel plated, and also got a lovely Brooks B17 saddle.
Here´s picture of the bicycle when I got it:
And here are some photos of the parts:
Once I got all the parts to get the bike together, I´m having quite a trouble to find some period correct tyres, as shown in this beautiful example (not the same model, btw
And here’s an actual photo of the frame, waiting for the wheels to come... When it’ll be finished it will be a wall hanger in a local tailor shop
Regarding the wheels, as far as I know, BSA used tubular tires mounted on wooden rims at that time but I have not been able to find any of them for sale. By measuring the wooden rims of this bike, I happen to think that tires of 28 inches rim and 1 ¼ height, will suit them well. In fact, as seen on the following advertisement, several models of BSA at the time had them as original equipment:
I would like to find some period correct tires but we I’m aware about the difficulty of this task.
Are these tires so hard to come by?
Should I focus in getting some replica tires instead?
Any input will be highly appreciated.
Thank you,
JM
I am restoring a BSA bicycle, which will be my first vintage project. It appears to be a Special Road Racer from 1928. I’ve recently had the frame painted and the parts nickel plated, and also got a lovely Brooks B17 saddle.
Here´s picture of the bicycle when I got it:
And here are some photos of the parts:
Once I got all the parts to get the bike together, I´m having quite a trouble to find some period correct tyres, as shown in this beautiful example (not the same model, btw
And here’s an actual photo of the frame, waiting for the wheels to come... When it’ll be finished it will be a wall hanger in a local tailor shop
Regarding the wheels, as far as I know, BSA used tubular tires mounted on wooden rims at that time but I have not been able to find any of them for sale. By measuring the wooden rims of this bike, I happen to think that tires of 28 inches rim and 1 ¼ height, will suit them well. In fact, as seen on the following advertisement, several models of BSA at the time had them as original equipment:
I would like to find some period correct tires but we I’m aware about the difficulty of this task.
Are these tires so hard to come by?
Should I focus in getting some replica tires instead?
Any input will be highly appreciated.
Thank you,
JM