DRAFT
Changed; 13-09-2024, 15-09-2024
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| Bicycle slowly coming back to being ridable. It is, as is said of it, a floppy frame. Don't lean on the handlebars, they will slip back or forward to the stops. |
Frame number; A3249
Weight; 9Kg. MK1, British made, lightweight, aluminium frame bike since 1972. This is in agreement with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bickerton_(bicycle)
3 speed AW gear hub dated August 1976. I have over filled it with oil which does run out of the hub with some rust. But in future I wont do that. I have greased the water repelling labyrinths. Put the hub bearing nuts back correct tension which has fixed the grinding when I got the bike.
I purchased the bike in September 2024. It has been used for parts, so I scavenging from for the bike.
The bike is allowed on most trains and buses folded by companies and depending on driver discretion possibly a full size bike may be allowed.
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| Making do with parts I can adapt such as a clamp metal tubing. |
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| The top three speeds are correctly spaced for a 3 speed hub. |
The removal of the rear wheel requires loosening the seat post clamp. Once I put the washer back on the hub and the one with the anti-rotation washers on the hub side facing out the pair of down tubes were extremely tight and scrapped aluminium when I move them. The flats on the shaft are now horizontal put they were probably intended to be in line with the diagonal tubes to the seat post which is also difficult to do and seems less than ideal.
The Bell chimes ding dong on push and release.
The bike feels strange to ride and it will take me a while to learn to ride it. The bike is heavy to pedal and at first the direction I go in is determined by the way I wobble more than any other bike I have ridden. I am advised they best not ridden fast but I find they are best not ridden too slowly either.
https://picclick.co.uk/Bickerton-Folding-Bicycle-for-spares-276613645048.html#&gid=1&pid=2
https://www.bickertonportables.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentytenfive/images/bickerton-story.pdf
