Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver

We were trying to date an old British military bike in an earlier thread and Dave Moulton offered the following information and observation... and he knows his stuff.


"It looks like a pretty standard British Roadster, the kind every working man would own to get to work each day. My father owned many bikes like this one over the years, none of them new. Probably from the 1930s, early 1940s. The reason I say that is, the seat stays were bolted on to allow the chain to be removed. By the 1950s removable chainlinks were used and the seatstays were fixed. The chainwheel is a common design that was used for many years. "

Perhaps this bike had the rear wheel replaced with a newer hub and generator and is actually older than the hub date would suggest.