swee'pea99
Squire
I'm guessing this is the steerer lock:
That's neat! Do you have the key?
That's neat! Do you have the key?
BSA for £1.70
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Illaveago
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@Illaveago ....w.i.p....I'm sure a few rides will see them up & down the bars like a fiddler's elbow
Nice looking bike. As swee'pea99 says do you have the key? If not it looks like a single edged key possibly FS or FP not sure without a rummage through my boxes. I was wondering if there was a hole in the steerer tube for it to lock into. My local shoe repairer/ key chap has bunches of keys you may be able to find one where you are if you haven't got one.
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Daddybus
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Cheers guys Its an interesting talking point , but I think it was a bit of an ugly gimmick ...Maybe it worked as an anti theft device at the time, but I don't think I would trust leaving a bike outside a shop nowadays with just the forks locked & not chained to something! (Even tho i dont think the local hoodies would be in the slightest bit interested in knicking it...) Different times in those days...
Its an interesting talking point , but I think it was a bit of an ugly gimmick ...Maybe it worked as an anti theft device at the time, but I don't think I would trust leaving a bike outside a shop nowadays with just the forks locked & not chained to something! (Even tho i dont think the local hoodies would be in the slightest bit interested in knicking it...) Different times in those days...
shadaboot27
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Is that a 1930's Lucas lamp on the front?
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Daddybus
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It is a Lucas, don't know how old tho... It still has original glass with the transfer on, but the case is pretty rusty inside & out. I've not tried to get it working yet, It rattles like a b*tch tbh when your riding & its so big it only just clears the spokes! but I just liked the air raid searchlight look.
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Daddybus
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Daddybus
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Tried some whitewalls on today, just 'cos I had some... & replaced the lovely (but rattly with rotten innards) Lucas light with a nos Miller that works -err, just cos I had one...!
This bike seems to have captured my imagination more than any other I've owned for some reason, when god knows I have loads to do on my other bikes ...will I ever stop blydy
fiddling with it??? Lol
This bike seems to have captured my imagination more than any other I've owned for some reason, when god knows I have loads to do on my other bikes ...will I ever stop blydy
OskarTennisChampion
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Great find,but £1.70 seems like an odd price.
Did you haggle him down ?
Did you haggle him down ?
OskarTennisChampion
Guest
Wow,no wonder you had to have it .
The value of the bike is in the restoration and care of such a nice thing.
It's a cyclists thing
mikeymustard
Guru
Letsava look at the whole bike then! Are you riding it as well as fiddling with it?
OskarTennisChampion
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Nice one @Illaveago
Nice to know people go out their way for their fellow man.
A rare thing these days
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Daddybus
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I've had a few little jollies out ...weather's still too nip for me tho...! Its one heavy mutha so its definitely more of a cruiser (which suits me I'm no Wiggins) one thing I'm proud of are the gears ...Although they worked perfectly ok when i bought it, I pulled the hub apart 'cos the oil cap was missing (so I wasn't sure just how much gunk had built up over the years) I cleaned & rebuilt it & now its the best AW I've ever had ..smooth as George Hamilton , virtually silent
& the pedals stay in position when you're walking it!
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OskarTennisChampion
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I love it
