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RE military bicycle?
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:54 pm
by Scalyback
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Blinked and it had gone!
It
was on ebay and looked very much like a Royal Enfield Military bicycle! Anyone recognise it as such?
Old peddler Ebay link
RE military bicycle?
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:33 pm
by Leon Novello
I have never seen one, but that looks a bit delicate for a war machine.
RE military bicycle?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:54 am
by simon
With the twin tube front forks my bet would be Humber. I've a pal with a BSA folding paratroopers bike which has a similarly elliptical frame but with a hinge in the middle that lets you fold it up and put it in a bespoke canvas bag. No pedals either just rods jutting out that they had cleats for in their boots.
RE military bicycle?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:14 pm
by PeteF
If you capture the picture of the front badge and enlarge it, it plainly says Royal Enfield and you can make out the Cannon emblem.
RE military bicycle?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:17 pm
by PeteF
Like this.
RE military bicycle?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:05 pm
by papasmurf
RE military bicycle?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:39 pm
by simon
Well that settles it.
RE military bicycle?
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 9:51 am
by Scalyback
I am now assuming that it has Humber front forks, and somebody has dressed them up with a RE badge. It just looks like somebody used a slightly large screw at the top only to secure it.
No idea who made the frame though!
At least this one hasn't got a 1965 frame, loads of Indian parts and a dodgy V5 !
RE military bicycle?
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 11:31 am
by Gwilly
Not that i have much interest in push bikes, i did find the running gear and brakes quite interesting so had a little read of the Sturmy Archer history..
Now there is an unsung great company if ever there was.. How many of us have owned a bike at some time with a Sturmy 3 speed hub?
Despite the abuse handed out by teenage yoofs, i can't remember one failing...
Looks like the gears/brakes are mid 1930s almost certainly a modified Humber frame.. Using paint readily available in the forties..
But who did it and why? Is it an apprentice project? or a prototype collaboration between humber and enfield..
Thanks Scaly, Found this lead to some interesting reading and research…
RE military bicycle?
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 12:50 pm
by Scalyback
Youre welcome GWILLY,
Now to go look up the sturmey archer 5 speed hub. I always wanted one, but they were old before I was born!
OK, they still make them and 7 speed too!
won't work with my old bullet though!
Sturmey-Archer gears
