The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) was a major British industrial motorcycle, a group of businesses producing military and sporting firearms bicycles motorcycles cars buses and bodies steel iron castings hand, power, and machine tools coal cleaning and handling plants sintered metals and hard chrome process. Goodman (Chairman 1863–1900) Sir Hallewell Rogers (Chairman 1906–28) Dudley Docker Sir Bernard Docker (Chairman 1940–56) Jack Sangster (Chairman 1956–61) Vintage Merino wool long sleeve BSA Birmingham jersey included.Ĭondition: Complete restoration took a lot of time and effort, amazing job was done by professional guy. The bike won a special reward of ‘Vintage elegance’ at the show L’Eroica Gaiole in Chianti 2015. With this vintage jewel you can get an incredible experience how cycling heroes rode back in the golden era of cycling history or just to get a lot of attention at any historic cycling events. steel stem and handlebar, B.S.A.pedals, so original components from 1910s. is a cycling pioneer and a great inventor of very early bikes and bikes components. Extraordinary details of the b ottom bracket&hubs oil braze-on, massive chainstay, special drop-outs for faster changing gears, special locker for handlebar makes you understand why B.S.A. Here we are proudly presenting – B.S.A. which dates back to mid 1910s. With this extremelly rare masterpiece of the cycling history, Premium Cycling reached the top, of what we can offer to vintage bike collectors worldwide. BSA sold the bicycle business to Raleigh in 1957 after separating the bicycle and motorcycle business in 1953.

BSA Cycles Ltd was set up in 1919 for the manufacture of both bicycles and motorcycles. BSA recommenced manufacturing bicycles on their own behalf from 1908. BSA also signed an agreement with the Three Speed Gear Syndicate in 1907 to manufacture a 3 speed hub under licence.īicycle production ceased in 1887 as the company concentrated on producing the Lee–Metford magazine-loading rifle for the War Office which was re-equipping the British Army with it (orders of 1,200 rifles per week). BSA bought The Eadie Manufacturing Company of Redditch in 1907 and so began to manufacture the Eadie two speed hub gear and the Eadie coaster brake hub. In 1893, BSA commenced making bicycle hubs and continued to supply the cycle trade with bicycle parts up to 1936. In 1880 BSA manufactured the Otto Dicycle, In 1881 the company began to manufacture safety bicycles, 1905 the company’s first experimental motorcycle was constructed.

What cycles needed was large quantities of standard parts accurately machined at low prices. The gun factory proved remarkably adaptable to the manufacture of cycle parts.

In 1880, BSA branched out into bicycle manufacture. 1861 The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA)

Bsa bicycle history