Originally Posted by
Rcartes
I've recently acquired an original Bickerton and am engaged in restoring it, maybe even making it rideable (lol). It's not in bad condition for its age, but it does need a fair bit of work.
The one thing I'd like to do is replace the horrible headset/stem arrangement, probably the bars too. Does anyone have any advice, specifically on replacing the headset? All help much appreciated.
We sold a few of these Bickerton folders back about 1976. My friend who owned our shop took one over to Europe and traveled all over France and northern Italy with a Eurorail Pass. He rode it around the towns where he stopped.
They were very light but extremely torsionally flexible. The long seatpost and bars were almost scary. For some reason I think that these had plastic headsets. Replacing the bars and headset is going to take some creative work.
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