Question

From Steve:

I recently purchased a cycle, serial number T22134,which I believe is a 1932 CCM. On further strip down, I have found another number on the forks, BSA13/16H, not sure what this means, Could anyone help explain this number?   

2 Comments

BSA stands for Birmingham Small Arms, an English armaments company that diversified into bicycles circa 1880, to maintain financial solvency during times of peace. They quickly became a major player in the British cycle industry.

In addition to manufacturing their own bicycles, BSA supplied components, tubing and frame fittings to a number of other manufacturers. I'm assuming the stamping is actually 13/16G, in which case G stands for gauge or the thickness of a piece of metal or tube. 13 gauge and 16 gauge were typical thicknesses used in a fork's steerer column. Often steering tubes are thicker (Ie. a different gauge) at the bottom to provide more material where it is brazed into the crown. 

BSA was a known supplier to CCM. Their multi-speed hubs were options on CCM models for a number of years.

yeah I have a BSA 3 speed hub on my 1950 Club Racer