BSA Folding Bicycle

[rob love]

Originally Posted by horsa

Hey Rob,

I'd think that your bike will be worth a lot more once completed than the other comps you posted. Yours is the much harder to find early pattern with the offset saddle mount.

You'll have to explain that one to me Gordon. I don't see anything unusual about mine, but I will bow to your superior knowledge. Note that in the photo back in post #4, the bike has been mostly disassembled and the pieces are not necessarily in their exact proper places.

I am not bothered about the end worth (although I am worried about the cost to do a reasonable restoration). Pretty sure it is going to just end up on the workshop wall as a display piece, or else down in the gunroom. Perhaps it will end up strapped on the back of the Bren carrier once that project is completed.

[horsa]

Actually my mistake after looking at your photo again. I didn't notice that the post the saddle is mounted onto is pulled out of the frame support. At first glance, it looked like it was one of the first pattern frames. They welded the short pipe the saddle sits onto the front of the upright frame support. The second pattern has the short piece of pipe necked down to fit inside of the upright frame support like you find on most modern bikes.

[rob love]

I thought that might be what you were thinking. My bike seems to be a run of the mill, middle of production bike.