what's this? rod brake step through

[jeffcapeshop]

My cousin found this bike and is keen to know what it is/how old it is - can anyone help?

thanks!

 

[Tel]

Could be anything but quite sure it's not a Raleigh :? Sweet though

 

[Midlife]

Can't see any logo's on anything there, agree though with Tel, if it had been a raleigh of that era there would have been a Heron somewhere in the metalwork LOL

Shaun

 

[keithglos]

From what I can see, the front forks are back about an inch, and the handlebars are 2 or 3 inches too high.
Probably made from standard components available to any large scale manufacturer in the 1960's.

 

[old skool babe]

I love the old butcher bike brakes....
All it needs is the big basket and a sign in the middle of the frame

 

[jeffcapeshop]

thanks! will pass it on. kind of surprised rod brakes were still being used in the 60s, though i suppose it would be cheap old tech..

 

[Midlife]

You could still buy rod brake bikes in the 70's, OK they were usually dark green and weighed a ton but there they were in the bike shop I worked in in the 70's (starting about 73 I think)..chrome tips on the front mudguard..

Rudge rings a bell as does the last of the Raleigh's LOL

Shaun