Pre 1950s rides of LFGSS: old bikes, vintage rats, classic lightweights

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Crispy

@Nbenja3 sorry, looking through old posts, and as jonny69 mentions, may be a Parkes, old post here: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/170221/
Fork crown similar as mentioned:

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Nbenja3 in reply to @Crispy

you could be on to something there thanks! my serial no. matches the style & placement on parkes. Now to find one with matching lugs and/or dropouts :)

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Jonny69 in reply to @Nbenja3

Like I said, the dropouts would have been specified by the owner because the earlier Parkes bikes were built to order. Lugs weren’t really being fancy cut in the 40s so you got what there was available (happy to be corrected on that though).

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