BSA did sell components.They were what campy became,the worlds most wanted parts.Many bikes were badged built with genuine BSA parts.The Canberra said that the postal service down under required by contract that the builders use BSA parts.You find those BSA chainrings on most high quality track bikes of the 30s. sam lingo,pleasanton tx
Joe Bender-Zanoni <joebz@optonline.net> wrote: Others will know better but I thinkthat BSA made just about everything for their won bikes. As to selling frame components, I know not.
Another extremely vertically integrated bike manufacturer was Favorit of Czechoslovakia (sp?). They made EVERYTHING as far as I could tell. Tires, saddles, chains, freewheels, you name it. Some factory that must have been.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ, USA
> 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
>
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