Russ Fitzgerald was asking about this particular hub gear it really is a rare bird my father used to ride on one of these gears and said it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. He was a fixed wheelman and swore by them for general riding and touring, so much more convenient than swapping your rear wheel around to freewheel and descend in hilly areas. They came out in 1936 and were very expensive.To my knowledge they were only manufactured for three years 1936 to 39. The BSA factory was extensively bombed during the war and all drawing etc. were lost. When BSA got back into normal production after the war they fitted their remaining stock to there top lightweights(Gold Series) as an extra but the craze for derailleur's had already taken off. This was a superb gear, although always a rarity I have only ever seen three and I have been ridig since !958.The Hobbs marque enthusiast for the VCC owns one of these gears. F.J.Camm also wrote about model steam railway locomotives.
Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK
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