Dannyboy21

Happy sunny Sunday. Before I head out for my likely last fat bike ride of the year, here is an info request. I was contacted by an enthusiastic fan of British bikes who was wondering what this bike might be. I had some thoughts but told him I would post on BF for better feedback. The BSA crankset points to Birmingham Small Arms and I believe they also made frames. We were both interested in the 4 speed freewheel rear hub with a fixed gear flip flop. Any thoughts to share with Rod would be appreciated. He should be signing up in short order!

juvela

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frame -

readers might be able to advance the discussion if you could include images of the head and fork crown as seen from the side

also images of the bottom bracket shell

odd that dropouts are without eyelets while fork ends display them
perhaps they were removed prior to the present respray

the D/S hub looks like it might be from S-A

the integral headset is something which was quite common on British cycles at one time

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non-fixie 

Difficult to tell without bigger and better pictures as well as additional information, such as a serial number. The bike has clearly been 'restored' at some point in time, so parts may not be original. The seat cluster is the only thing I see that may provide a clue to someone. The location of the pump pegs suggests 50's or older.

Bad Lag

That head badge would tell the tale. Post a photo of that.

Oslerblue

Want to thank Dannyboy21 for directing me to this forum ... just signed up! As suggested I will post some additional pics shortly. Thanks again.

juvela

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it is simply a Union Jack transfer with no writing

mounted after the latest respray

best to place little weight on it

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regarding the chainset -

Dannyboy21 wrote -

"The BSA crankset points to Birmingham Small Arms and I believe they also made frames."

BSA was a manufacturer of both cycles and fittings

many non-BSA bicycles were manufactured with BSA components OEM

so even if the chainset is original to the cycle it may or may not be a BSA bicycle

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tip -

serial number placement and format can be a helpful clue in the detection process...

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Oslerblue

Here are some additional pics of the BSA bike I am currently working on. Would really like to know the model and original frame colour so I can try to match as closely as possible. Thanks.

Dannyboy21

Can't wait to see the results! I will dive into online serial numbers to see if can find anything. Does that read 2960 or 2960 11, I wonder?

Oslerblue

Pretty sure 296 0 11