A TRUE GHOST FROM BELGIAN CYCLING HISTORY (c.1930)

[OliMadeInBelgium]

I did a search for the builder, Oscar Borghys, and came up with this thread as the first result. . There is not much online about this legendary builder.

Edit: Perhaps @juvela might have some insight into the OP's bike in the first post?

I agree, this bike does look more like a 1930's balloon tire bike than a WW1 era machine. Wide fenders, wide tires on drop-center rims, tubular steel rack, etc, all features found on a bike that is roughly two decades newer than the claimed 1915 date.

Here is a 1915 Triumph roadster from the Online Bicycle Museum. The typical features of a 1915 era machine are readily apparent compared to the OP's bike. I don't think we need to be experts on Belgian bicycles to see the issues with the OP's sale ad.

1915 Triumph Gloria Roadster – The Online Bicycle Museum

1915 Triumph Gloria Roadster

onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk

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Thank you for all these comments and information. The museums I contacted pointed me towards this date (1915). I am currently conducting more detailed research to see if I can use products to reveal other details, such as a number under the pedals. Until I have the results, I will correct the date. Thank you for your valuable advice.

 

[Hoagie57]

To be determined.... wait for it.

 

[DrRumack80]

Thank you for all these comments and information. The museums I contacted pointed me towards this date (1915). I am currently conducting more detailed research to see if I can use products to reveal other details, such as a number under the pedals. Until I have the results, I will correct the date. Thank you for your valuable advice.

I see that you updated the description.

There are many knowledgeable people on the CABE. Start a new topic the "What Is This Thing" forum or have one of the moderators move this post there. (Click "Report" on your first message in the thread and request that it be moved) Take some close-up photos of the crankset (drive side), frame / lugs, bars/stem, front hub, and other details. Any markings on the hubs, crankset, bars/stem, frame are important. Someone here will be able to provide more solid information on this bike. Good luck!