brassmonkey001
I should change this
Brilliant job Kevan
I think those wally flaps are shrinking extremely quickly tho'
Mad Git !!!!
You've changed the seat as well. Farmers giving you gyp?
Craven idiot?
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You've changed the seat as well. Farmers giving you gyp?
Same seat.
brassmonkey001
I should change this
So it is. Just looks higher due to the lower rack and panniers. And the number of Old Speckled Hens I had drunk last night.
Just love looking at the pics of this bike. Its a style I remember from long ago and all BM's should be black with ivory pin stripes.. 
When I had the same panniers on my 'Square Four', I had a curved bracing bar across the back.
I didn't remove the panniers very often and the bar cut down any swaying / vibration (on a four cylinder
).
Picture from c. 1970:
Are these bracing bars still available ??
Bob.
I didn't remove the panniers very often and the bar cut down any swaying / vibration (on a four cylinder
).Picture from c. 1970:
Are these bracing bars still available ??
Bob.
When I had the same panniers on my 'Square Four', I had a curved bracing bar across the back.
I didn't remove the panniers very often and the bar cut down any swaying / vibration (on a four cylinder
Picture from c. 1970:
Are these bracing bars still available ??
Bob.
The reinforcing pads are incorporated into the panniers and I could easily make a bracket and better still brace it to the mudguard that has the structural integrity of the Forth Rail Bridge
At the moment though they are three point fixing and QD which I like, (the QD part) I don't think that any of the genuine Craven stuff is available new.
I bet you wish you still had that "4" Bob. What did that TLS come from? Looks rather BSA.
Just love looking at the pics of this bike. Its a style I remember from long ago and all BM's should be black with ivory pin stripes..
Try not to slaver over it at the ALF WeeKend, it will be so dirty that it'll all turn to mud
Unfortunately I sold all my (3) bikes when I moved from my parents' house in Somerset to a top floor flat in Edinburgh in 1972. Ho Hum.
Good spot on the brakes -
I wanted to replace the single-sided 7" Ariel unit with an 8" full-width hub. I put a BSA A10 front end on it - with the Ariel yokes. The yokes were wider than the BSA ones so I had to have a new wheel spindle turned-up by a local Engineering Works. The brake anchor on the fork leg was extended by a local Welder.
The 8" TLS brake was a "Pride & Clarke" unit. I still recall taking the train from Taunton to London to buy it. It worked quite well and could lock the wheel on a wet road
Loved that bike - it was my 'trademark' and I was recognised everywhere. I even rode it to Edinburgh for a 5-week Training course in 1971.
And took it to Holland for an Ariel Owners club gathering (and won the 'Long Distance Award' - that I still have on the mantlepiece).
I went back to bikes in 2004 when my children finished University and got jobs
.Such is life.
Bob.
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