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I grew up near the site of the BSA factory.
BSA are a lot like raliegh, and were eventually swallowed up by raleigh!
Made motorbikes (famous 'bantam') and a lot of Bicycles up till abouts the late 70's I think.
They were a huge manufacturer of bikes and came up with a lot of the standards used in bikes today, such as the B.S.A bottoms bracket standards which has now become I.S.O
All the post 60's B.S.A's I have seen have taken a tourer/commuter/relaxed 10speed racer kinda shape. All quite similar, and all with large frames, cotter cranks & drop bars.
they probably did more designs, but all thes I have seen looked about the same. So im thinking someone may have added those handlebars.
I have THREE similar bikes, a coventry eagle, a tom bromwich and a B.S.A
They make great comfortable city bikes and are a lot of fun to ride fixed. The steering is a bit sluggish with the standard narrow drops that usually come on them, but with the wide bars which are fitted to yours they are great! and can be ridden in a relaxed upright 'town bike' manner or flip the bars for a path racer feel.
Its not of any great monetary value, very very common. But still an excellent bike.