multimodal commuter
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The bike in the photos is from the 30's or 40's. For some reason development and production of bicycle components fell off during the years 1939-45 so it is hard to distinguish bikes in that era.
Is the crank a Williams model 1200? Williams products had a date code.
What are the brakes?
The stem looks like a Reynolds girder stem from the late 40's. Perhaps as early as the 30's.
To my eye it's pretty beautiful.
Edit, I see the brake levers are Weinmann, maybe 1960's, so the calipers are probably that as well. The rims look like Dunlop Special Lightweight, which are earlier and I presume original. The hubs, too, look older than the brakes, so I think original.
Last edited by rhm; 02-24-20 at 05:54 PM.