Spotted on the street

[Frankenorange]

Good grief! I bet that Bianchi sold well.

 

[grantoury]

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frame design sometimes referred to as "X-bike" and also as "priest bike" - designed so that priest wearing cassock could ride without fouling his garment...

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It is similar, except for where the seat stays meet the seat tube, which is usually at the top with a cross frame.

 

[Kempes]

Camden a couple of weeks ago, believe it’s a Dave Yates built Pendio (which is the older brother to the Fratello). Classy looking machine.

 

[foz]

What is that???

Wrong is what it is....

 

[PhillB]

What is that???

Its a Bianchi Thomisus. Puch also made a bike with a similar frame too. I once saw one on eBay advertised as 'Bianchi- The Missus' which made me chuckle...

 

[moonlite]

 

[MattiThundrrr]

The museum is on a street

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Is that a genuine BSA para bike?

 

[bikeworkshop]

Is that a genuine BSA para bike?

Looks it, with the correct brakes grips and chainset/foot spindles, but postwar saddle.
Part of the design brief was to have as few standard parts as possible, to stop squaddies and others pinching parts.

I i bought one of these at auctionp £300 but a great ride it wasn't, those spindles mean you have to ride in army boots, and so put the axle too far back on your foot. Original WD tyres on mine, but they melted in storage
I sold it when they reached an easy £1000, altho they have risen further.

Never actually used in an operational parachute drop - I don't think a parachutist wants to land on a bsa bicycle - and one of those lucky fellas who jumped off the landing crafts into the Normandy waters told me that soldier+pack+rifle+bicycle was heavier than water, so they were mostly left on the seabed

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Is that a genuine BSA para bike?

Yes from a display in the Canadian War Museum. The collection is quite impressive