Brian R.
Wore out three sets of tires already!
I worked on this c.1956 BSA for about 3 hours before I came to my senses and sold it on for what I paid for it. I have way too many projects to spend time working on bikes that are not in my main collecting focus. For some reason, the front fender brace was on the rear fender and the rear was on the front. One was too long and bent like a wave to shorten it, and the other brace was too short and had homemade extenders. It was bizarre. I fixed that, and sold it on (first photo).
In a friendly email months later, the buyer informed me that, by the way, he had found a sock in the bottom bracket! He thinks it might have been a prank at the factory, as it looks like an old British army sock! Does anyone know if this was a BSA promotion in the '50s: A free British army sock with every new BSA bike?
Has anyone else found weird stuff in their BB? Did you happen to take a photo? With the seat tube providing a direct line to the BB with help from gravity, I've sometimes wondered if anyone has ever dropped something down there and not bothered to fish it out.
In a friendly email months later, the buyer informed me that, by the way, he had found a sock in the bottom bracket! He thinks it might have been a prank at the factory, as it looks like an old British army sock! Does anyone know if this was a BSA promotion in the '50s: A free British army sock with every new BSA bike?
Has anyone else found weird stuff in their BB? Did you happen to take a photo? With the seat tube providing a direct line to the BB with help from gravity, I've sometimes wondered if anyone has ever dropped something down there and not bothered to fish it out.