• This is how it arrived, in a box is a few original spokes,hub,home made pedals and a wooden seat


    Steel frame and forks, and front wheel rim, rubber tyre came too but were not on the rim,took some getting the hub central when first fitting what few spokes I had but got there after a few attempts, frame a forks were wire brushed to get rid of surface rust then wiped over with an oily rag,didn't want to paint the frame as this would lose a lot of it's character, the pedals are a home made affair so the last owner (who was a short fella) could ride it in a 10k sometime in the early 60's (1960's) the seat is also home made from wood but I am hoping to change that to something that look closer to period, The bike is a Ordinary Junior from 1879/80 and from research so far I can get it to be a Empire Boys

    Picture of rear hub, brass sides shrunk onto the steel hub center,the brass sides are threaded to accept the spokes
    One of the spokes being threaded using a 5BA die

    Thanks for showing interest

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