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Here is an example of a real one. 1920 BSA racer.

https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/in-the-%E2%80%9Cnick-of-time-procrastination-maggot%E2%80%9D.119970/

I put two BSA stickers on the frame. It looked and felt nice out so I went for a motorcycle ride to forget about working on bicycles or cleaning up my mess. I saw quite a few mountain bikers. I stopped at an aid station to see what was up. It’s The Crusher. It’s a multi day back country ride...

This is a fearsome bike to ride. I’m 5’8” and I have a lot of uncomfortable weight on my crotch when my toes are over extended. To get off I have to find a hill side, and then lean the bike. These things were called tall bikes and many were much taller. Fixed gearing makes it even worse to ride...

I have this other BSA 1932 Gold Metal. I forgot I ordered stickers for it. I found two I can use on this bike. They were in my Sox drawer. Ha.

It’s finished. It needs more riding to test it out. Then I have to take some better pictures. It may not look like a rat but it is. Pieces from here and there, different vintages, parts from different countries, fake head tube lock, fake headset clip, fake or nonfunctional grease fittings, fake...

I couldn’t find any of my skip tooth chains including a NOS one. I found a bunch of pieces and made it them into one. Three master links. This was a two hour struggle.

Oh boy looking for a skip tooth chain in all my chaos.

My skip tooth chain is too short. I have more but I dread looking for it in my mess.

The pedal adapters are too long. I’ll only grind them down if it interferes with the chain. One of the chain ring bolts was missing. Whitworth size and threading so it’s unobtainable. I used a self threading bolt from my junk. It was a close fit. Since I’m never changing the chainring I put red...

I cut max off the bar ends so the wood grips would fit. Better, but not great. Still too wide. I’ll live with it.

I don’t like the bars. Too wide, can’t get a good position with them. I have mustache bars that I tried. They’re off an English bike and are so old that the clamp is 7/8 and the bar ends are 3/4 inch. Dang. So they wont fit the wood grips or the quill. I have an older set of narrow track bars...

It’s pretty good, good enough anyway. It is still drying but dry enough to work on if I’m careful.

Wow, that front wheel is way out there. I have to make a larger outside diameter head set lock ring. Then the rear wheel tugs need some work. The original bars were much narrower. Wide is better to keep your knees from hitting the bars, a problem with some original bars. Bars are getting wider...

I used the original bottom bracket. These old English bb sometimes had odd spacing. I remove the non drive side lock ring from these old bb with penetrating oil and a giant set of plumbers pliers. I have the right tools but these pliers give way more leverage if they’re stubborn. I replaced the...

It came apart easily but the seat stays wouldn’t clip back into the chain stay notches. I had to pull the chain stays up with a ratchet tie down to get it to snap back together. Close, but I wasn’t strong enough anymore to wrestle it together by hand.

Ersatz BSA fork lock I installed using an old photo equipment knob I found in my junk. I was looking for other parts when I stumbled across it. From what I found on the net these were not very good. All a thief had to do was loosen the thumb nut and ride away. The owner usually forgot to loosen...

Old fashioned tar tape, like it originally had. The wrinkles flatten out with use and become less prominent. It’s impossible to wrap tar tape without wrinkles. It has no give and rips if you pull hard on wrapping.

Subassembly’s are coming together.