I've been searching for a BSA frame for awhile and found one cheap from a member here. It was just the frame and fork and headset. It's going to have a black and gold theme as BSA had their Goldstar bike. Since I don't have enough dough for a real Goldstar I'll build a fixie version of it. lol. I was expecting the frame to be really tall but it's perfect as I have a slight height disadvantage at 5'5''. lol. It's nice because it doesn't have mounts or tabs on the frame whatsoever so it's really clean and uncluttered. I was thinking about repainting it but I'm just going to leave the way it is for the time being and see if it grows on me. It's tipped in at just a little over 4 lbs for just the frame and tops just a little over 5 with the fork so it's not too piggish. Here's what I started out with. It's still a work in projects as I just slapped some stuff on it from some other bikes I robbed parts off of.
If anyone knows how to tell the build date for BSA's(Raleigh) chime in if you could.
I recovered this seat just for kicks and giggles. My wife had an old fake Coach silk scarf she was going to toss out and nabbed it. The seat wasn't anything special as it was on a 70's AMF canti 3spd bike I bought for a buck and sold the frame here a few months and had it sitting around. Springs still need to be cleaned up but it's not too bad. lol
The seat post is just a old Schwinn unit from my daughter's beater Collegiate. It was a bit too small so I found a top tube from a Surburban I hacked up that was just a hair too big. So I ground off the paint, cut a slit into for it to compress and it worked like a charm. I had to weld a few spots on top so it wouldn't slide into the seat tube. It's just a bandaid till I find the right seat post.
The wheels are from my Origin8 Cutler I just bought. It'll have the same style wheels deep V rims but with gold flipflop hubs and black rims instead. They went right on with no problems as I thought I'd have to grind the dropout a bit but didn't have to. The wheels I'll have to order as my LBS is closed for the month.
So here is how she stands so far
The bars are just temporary and will either get some gold bullhorns or drop bars. I may use them in the girls build I have going. The stem is definitely going to go also as it's way too short. I was thinking of finding a carbon 1" threadless fork and ditching the stock unit and shaving a few lbs and gaining some eye candy.
Finally the cranks I'm unsure about. I was thinking of going with the original units to have the cool BSA sprocket but I want something newer so we'll see what pops up. I did see a nice Shimano crankset with the right bottom bracket for cheap locally I may pickup. I know it's not too ratrod'ish and kinda trend'ish now but I'm just expanding my arsenal of bikes and wanted a fixie.
If anyone knows how to tell the build date for BSA's(Raleigh) chime in if you could.
I recovered this seat just for kicks and giggles. My wife had an old fake Coach silk scarf she was going to toss out and nabbed it. The seat wasn't anything special as it was on a 70's AMF canti 3spd bike I bought for a buck and sold the frame here a few months and had it sitting around. Springs still need to be cleaned up but it's not too bad. lol
The seat post is just a old Schwinn unit from my daughter's beater Collegiate. It was a bit too small so I found a top tube from a Surburban I hacked up that was just a hair too big. So I ground off the paint, cut a slit into for it to compress and it worked like a charm. I had to weld a few spots on top so it wouldn't slide into the seat tube. It's just a bandaid till I find the right seat post.
The wheels are from my Origin8 Cutler I just bought. It'll have the same style wheels deep V rims but with gold flipflop hubs and black rims instead. They went right on with no problems as I thought I'd have to grind the dropout a bit but didn't have to. The wheels I'll have to order as my LBS is closed for the month.
So here is how she stands so far
The bars are just temporary and will either get some gold bullhorns or drop bars. I may use them in the girls build I have going. The stem is definitely going to go also as it's way too short. I was thinking of finding a carbon 1" threadless fork and ditching the stock unit and shaving a few lbs and gaining some eye candy.
Finally the cranks I'm unsure about. I was thinking of going with the original units to have the cool BSA sprocket but I want something newer so we'll see what pops up. I did see a nice Shimano crankset with the right bottom bracket for cheap locally I may pickup. I know it's not too ratrod'ish and kinda trend'ish now but I'm just expanding my arsenal of bikes and wanted a fixie.
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