Re: [CR]did BSA just make bikes or frame parts too?

(Example: Framebuilding:Technology)

Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:02:54 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]did BSA just make bikes or frame parts too?
References: <044a01c4d89c$0dc3a580$6401a8c0@steve>


Steve Birmingham wrote:
>
> I was looking at some of the parts on the 30's track bike I bought this
> summer,
> and on the fork crown I noticed some marks I'd missed earlier. It has a BSA
> logo
> on the side away from the serial number. So have I found the identity of the
> maker, or did
> BSA make crowns for sale to other makers.
>
> If BSA just made bikes, I'd like to see a catalog from 1937, The model
> should be easy to figure out,
> since it's got that weird tube on the bottom joining the head and downtube.
>
> On the bad side, I also noticed a nasty crack in the steerer. So I'll have
> to figure out
> who to get it replacd by, as well as replated. Unless someone happens to
> have a BSA fork
> they'd part with.
>
> Steve Birmingham
> Lowell, Ma

Things with BSA didn't change much in the 20s and 30s. I sell this reprint on my web site <http://www.velo-retro.com>: BSA Cycle Fittings Catalog, 1927 -- 6 pages, shows the distinctive chain wheel incorporating the Trade Mark letters "BSA", lugs, cranks, pedals, headsets, hubs, handlebars and the B.S.A. American Racing Frame. B&W cover. $ 4

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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