BSA Twenty

[Mark Grant]

I picked this BSA Twenty up last summer and have only just got around to giving it a check over & clean.
I had to replace a tube and I relocated the front light to the brake mount as before it was in the basket.

 

[mjr]

Blimey it's shiny! Or retouched photos?

How much did that little gem set you back, does it run OK, what are your plans for it and are you going to sort that basket lower mount out before it wears the paintwork?

 

[Mark Grant]

It was very reasonably priced. (Cheap!)
The basket mount has already caused some wear, I'll probably just put some tape over the paint.

 

[ian c]

That is one heck of a find, a proper 'time-warp' condition cycle

 

[roadrash]

That is VERY nice , what year is it , date stamp on rear hub, if it is original

 

[Mark Grant]

That is VERY nice , what year is it , date stamp on rear hub, if it is original

Hub stamped '79

 

[Drago]

That looks lovely.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Swoon ...
Is it a rebadged Raleigh 20?

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Lovely looking bike and a great find.

 

[roadrash]

raleigh 20, bsa 20, triumph 20, among others are all exactly the same bike

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Tidy. I saw a Porsche exactly the same colour today but the bike looks far less wanky. Right, what animals live behind the fence?

 

[Mark Grant]

Right, what animals live behind the fence?

That's to keep the rabbits off the grass. They're usually allowed but it needs a bit of time to recover at the moment.

 

[Ian H]

raleigh 20, bsa 20, triumph 20, among others are all exactly the same bike

I think Raleigh were nearly as bad as BMC at badge engineering. Didn't it work well for both of them.
Nice little shopper, though.

 

[mjr]

I think Raleigh were nearly as bad as BMC at badge engineering. Didn't it work well for both of them.

Not just Raleigh: Universal/Silverfox/Muddyfox/... (now Sports Direct), Falcon/Claud Butler/Dawes/Elswick/Holdsworth/Townsend/... and probably many others. Some do specific frames, some badge-engineer, some have gone between the two over the years and I'm not sure that company performance and badge-engineering correlates.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I'm probably going to get a divorce or at least a short stay in hospital because of @Mark Grant I've spent a part of my rest day browsing for a suitable 20/stowaway or very similar to treat to a bit of TLC and found a few near enough and at a decent price. When Mrs SB finds out......