Best of British (Components)

[Canuk]

I've recently been on the look out for a Harden 'Bacon Slicer' fear hub to go with this nos front hub I picked up, and quite amazed at the variety and quality of British parts from the previous century. From Constrictor alloy rims to GB66 brakes, it's a plethora of innovation and great British engineering!

 

[Canuk]

Webb Pedals:

One feature of these pedals is the larger than average ball bearings (5/16″) contained in a race. The other is the centre spindle body that is of aluminium alloy

 

[Canuk]

Williams AB77 cotterless chain set

 

[Canuk]

B & T ‘Manx’ brakes

 

[Canuk]

B & T were best known for their manufacture of bicycle mudguards under the ‘Bantel’ brand. However, in 1947 they produced a revolutionary all alloy cam-action brake almost forty years before their modern equivalent, the Campagnolo ‘Delta’ brake, was conceived. They called it the Manx brake, one assumes as a tribute to the Isle of Man cycle races. In a year that saw the introduction of many hiduminium and duralumin components such as ‘Lytaloy’, ‘Burlite’ and ‘Stratalite’ by Hobbs, Burmin, and Strata, B & T in turn must have looked for peacetime outlets for their engineering talents.

 

[Canuk]

Hobbs Lytaloy brakes

These were sold from 1947 – 1950. The manufacture is believed to have been out-sourced by Hobbs to be built to their own high standards, resulting in a brake superior to most others at the time.

I used to have a Lytaloy headset but it's lost to the mists of time and house moves.

 

[Mark Manley]

A couple of my bikes have Britannialloy pumps, Tonard racks and Spencer mudguards, I have a ligtweight alloy Apex handlebar from the people who also made pumps.

 

[Canuk]

A couple of my bikes have Britannialloy pumps, Tonard racks and Spencer mudguards, I have a ligtweight alloy Apex handlebar from the people who also made pumps.

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