Hello, does anyone know the approximate age of this bike? I suspect its a robin hood and it has front and rear drum brakes actuated by rod brakes which i have never seen before. The light is powered by a simple rub on wheel generator and the seat is definitely not original. I'm pretty good with dating bikes but this one has me genuinely stumped. They're selling it for 300 and I've always wanted a really old rod brake bike
Robin hood and age?
- Thread starter Seafire
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rogerzilla
Legendary Member
Ideal for riding through the glen.
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
The bike doesn't even look British. Fabric-covered chaincases were often used on Dutch bikes. The geometry looks Dutch as well.
classic33
Leg End Member
We don't have Glen's down these parts.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
- Location
- London
300 of anything is too much to pay for a secondhand roadster unless it was NOS.
Hover Fly
Lazy so and so
- Location
- Besides the lake, beneath the trees
Raleigh took over Robin Hood in 1906. The fork crown says Rudge (or possibly BSA) to me, but the chainwheel doesn’t, but would have been covered anyway. Chrome plating (for Raleighs) started in 1927. My guess would be 1930s or later.
