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Offline 4588hwyone

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« on: December 27, 2008, 11:55:00 AM »
three speed albion gearbox with hand shft   a bit of french on oil tank cap.  oil tank wrap center tube  like horseshoe.  19 inch wheels.  i would be glad to e mail pics  as i am having a problem loading them on here  thanks don

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Re: identification
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2009, 07:55:10 AM »
Hi Don,
Pity you can't put any more pictures up.It looks to be an interesting bike.
I suspect your hand change is an early 30's footchange box as it appears to have an early positive stop arrangement built in to it. This sort of arrangement appeared on Sturmey Archer and other makes in the early 30's until the makers cleaned up their boxes and concealed the positive stop in a much neater fashion.
What I can see of the frame appears interesting as it seemss to be an all welded/brazed frame without the use of the usual cast lugs. About the only prewar bike I know of that did this was the SOS.
All in all it looks like it could be something really good. Can we have more photos please?
Cheers, Bob