Christchurch, NZ built Circle roadster, Circa 1930's.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
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What is a Path Racer?
Path is the old fashioned Victorian/ Edwardian cycling term for track. So a path bike is purely for the track. High bottom bracket no clearances and no drillings for brakes. A Road-Path is a bike with track ends that is dual purpose for both road and track racing, angles not quite as steep and bottom bracket lower than a pure path (track bike). Normally the front fork crown is not drilled for a brake. They run 28" wheels, and feature horizontal drop-outs (Fish tails). Another term for Road-Path is Road-Track.
Who are Bishops?
Bishops formed in 2009 by a group of New Zealand bike enthusiast in a garage on Bishop Street, Christchurch. They are dedicated to restoring and building custom Path Racers for all to enjoy.
Contact Bishops Cycles by clicking here
Path is the old fashioned Victorian/ Edwardian cycling term for track. So a path bike is purely for the track. High bottom bracket no clearances and no drillings for brakes. A Road-Path is a bike with track ends that is dual purpose for both road and track racing, angles not quite as steep and bottom bracket lower than a pure path (track bike). Normally the front fork crown is not drilled for a brake. They run 28" wheels, and feature horizontal drop-outs (Fish tails). Another term for Road-Path is Road-Track.
Who are Bishops?
Bishops formed in 2009 by a group of New Zealand bike enthusiast in a garage on Bishop Street, Christchurch. They are dedicated to restoring and building custom Path Racers for all to enjoy.
Contact Bishops Cycles by clicking here
that frame looks pure BSA to me, from the shape of the seat stays, the plain lug pattern, right down to the serial number punched in the right-hand side of the seat lug.
ReplyDeleteWhat is stamped under the bottom bracket? It may be NZ-assembled 'badge engineering' in the old days of import restrictions.
Hi, The luggs are exactly the same as BSA's, however the Bottom bracket isn't BSA, just has MADE IN ENGLAND stamped. You right though, most early made bikes, locally anyway used BSA components and luggs. This is a bitsa! I love how the Speedy (Circa 1909) has the BSA components but then have had custom elipse cutouts made into fork luggs and headtube lugg. Jack Suckling was customing bikes back then!
ReplyDeleteNot that it matters and here i come with frivolities, but is the colour of this restored cycle keeping in with the period! cheers, Jorge
ReplyDeleteHi Jorge, funny you should mention this, it's actually a lot darker than it appears in these images. It is based on a standard colour from Circle Cycles. If you look at a few pages on from this post you will see this bike in other images which depict a more accurate colour palette.
ReplyDeletewhat's the cork for?
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