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A few years back VCC published articles on the company history. It was formed about 1920 and existed as an independent concern until ‘43. I may be off a year or two. They were in Birmingham, a center of cycle and components manufacturing at the time. This allowed easy access to components...
Not 100%, it was a while ago! Bit the OP bike looks stock to me, except the seat post and saddle which don't look right. That bike is very original. I believe there was only one model with higher grade components that we sold, it was Nuevo Record components.
Bump.
I am still looking for a prewar british 3 speed mens bike. I would prefer a 23" frame with 26" wheels, but I will consider other configurations such as 22" frame with 28" wheels.
Thanks for the ideas.
I did spend some time looking at tatting shuttles and even watched youtube videos on the tatting process. I don't see how these doodads could be tatting shuttles. All the tatting shuttles I see have some mechanism for holding thread, my devices don't appear to have any...
VCC has a ‘57 BSA catalog. There is no mention of a Streamlight model in that catalogue, it appears they adopted the name Star Rider instead which carried on in the ‘59 catalogue.
What I found in the library doesn’t date the bike to either ‘56 or ‘57.
Right. To clarify I am still looking for a prewar british 3 speed mens bike. I would prefer a 23" frame with 26" wheels, but I will consider other configurations such as 22" frame with 28" wheels.
I am no longer actively looking for a girls Raleigh Space Rider.
Interesting bike. In 1956 TI (Raleigh) bought BSA bicycle rights. Prior to that they were made by BSA and had BSA 3-speed hubs (not Sturmey Archer hubs, though they were made by BSA through a license agreement from Sturmey Archer). The BSA hubs are quite different than the contemporary SA...
1954 Elswick.
21" frame
Somewhat rare Sturmey FG 4-speed dynohub, correct and original components including Elswick logo grips, pedals, etc.
Completely rebuilt, new bearings, tires, tubes, etc. Ready to ride.
$700 600 $500 or reasonable offer.
Bike located in Colorado Springs.
Its a long story. But basically I bought one of two tandems that came out of the attic at Island Cycle in Minnesota. I believe it was about 1978 or so. I completely disassembled it and found multiple issues including cracks in the back steerer tube and crank, of course the extra bar brazed...
Last time I visited my LBS the owner showed me a bike he purchased many years ago from someone who brought it to the shop wanting to sell it. Apparently it was brought in by a family member of the original owner.
The bike is thought to be an early 1900's Elgin. I'm out of my element here so...
You can damage the internals by adjusting too tight as well. I adjust so there is detectable play in the bearings when the wheel is off the bike. Mounting the wheel and tightening the axle nuts removes most to all of the play. Sheldonbrown.com used to have the factory instructions and might...
The chain concerns me. You say it is tight in a couple places. This can usually be remedied by removing the chain from the bike and isolating the individual links that are tight or frozen. Then working the links “sideways” back and forth perpendicular to the link pins or “axles “. This problem...
Wanted:
1) Girls Raleigh Space Rider
2) Prewar British 3 speed men’s, prefer ~23” frame with 26” wheels but will consider any.
For purchase, or can trade postwar men’s or ladies British 3 speed (several choices BSA, Elswick, etc). Also can trade or sell ~1896 Island (Minnesota) tandem basket...
Another point of interest on the BSA hub/shifter is that they work "opposite" of contemporary Sturmey Archer equipment. What I mean is that when the cable is under maximum tension on a Sturmey Archer set the hub is in Low gear while with BSA equipment the hub would be in High gear when the...
I have never seen a Sturmey Archer X hub, let alone disassemble one. I'd love to get that chance.
Agree that the BSA hubs were made until 1956 and that they were fundamentally the same as the Sturmey X type.
However, I believe Sturmey Archer ceased to make the X type in 1914.
This opinion is...
Just acquired an all original and complete ladies BSA. This bike has the optional twist grip for the BSA 3-speed. As far as I've been able to determine the twist grip was only offered from '50-56, before BSA was acquired by Raleigh in '57. The original Dunlop tires are on the bike; I pumped...
Do you have a proper "cotter press" to remove the cotter pins? That will be a key tool for you to acquire.
Something like this: https://www.parktool.com/product/crank-cotter-remover-cr-2
There were several models. The ones with the aluminum fork were faulty. Some of these were replaced with steel forks. And there were models that came with steel forks to begin with.
In amongst a large box of parts from an old bike shop that I acquired years ago are some NOS Renold 1/2 x 1/8 chains in their original tins. The document in with each chain is dated 1933. The tins are a little rusty and the graphics are almost gone. What would be a fair price to ask for them?
This is another "what is this?" thread. This lamp was in with a bulk bike parts purchase I made years ago. Any ideas on vintage and what it is intended to fit?
Too bad the original shifter is missing, but newer ones will function fine. I believe what it would have had originally is a GC3 with the long handle. But SA changed from the long handle to a shorter handle right around 1948; if your bike had the original shifter we'd be more confident in...
Great analysis Sir Mike! Thank you for that.
Nice bike WrongWay! I have an all original '52 Rudge (based on hub date) which has chrome, no black, and the brazed on pulley mount. It probably won't help you, but the serial number on mine is 317860 R.
I believe Raleigh acquired Rudge in 1943.
One...
You know what struck me about these Rudges? The bottom bracket oil port is on the chainwheel side. That seems very strange to me. I have 4 British bikes from this period including a '52 Rudge and they all have the oil port on the opposite (left or non-chainring) side. That, I believe, is...
I found a few others, various sizes. There are two patterns present, I attached a photo of one with a different pattern. Some are stamped, looks like E-W-W? There are LH cottered crank arms in the same group of parts that are stamped "Williams". Some chrome some nickel. So, looks like they...
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