How big are the wheels? How high off the ground is the center of the BB.
Looks much like my 39/40 Raleigh Dawn Saftey.
26″ wheels, and 10 or 10-1/2″ BB makes it one.
The lower bottom bracket and leaned back seat was a feature, so you could be stopped with butt in seat and have your feet flat on the ground.
Most likely, the WW II era with the rod brakes blacked out instead of chrome. The SA hubs from that period were not stamped with dates. The shifter is awesome and quit being produced in late 40s/early 50s, (from memory might be off a bit).
Fun comfortable.
Added: some old catalogs if you like rabbit holes.
It’s old, but it’s hard to pin down how old, as that type of bike has been made for over 100 years. They still make rod brake roadsters in Asia. As stated, the black instead of chrome could be 1920s before chrome or during WWII when commodities like chrome went to the war effort, or it’s newer and someome painted over the rust. The shifter looks like 1940s/50s, but could be a replacement if the bike is really old.
These are workhorses and people used them for decades, replacing parts and repainting as required.
If you can find a brand and serial number you might be able to determine more. It’s not a Raleigh, unless the fork has been replaced.
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Looks like it has a three or four speed Sturmey Archer rear hub.
There should be a date stamped onto the hub that should give you a good idea of the bikes age, assuming it’s the original hub.
Looks like one of the 1930’s Swiss Army bicycles but I am not an expert. Here’s a link to one.
https://www.chairish.com/product/5782782/antique-swiss-army-mo-05-bicycle-c1930-1940
How big are the wheels? How high off the ground is the center of the BB.
Looks much like my 39/40 Raleigh Dawn Saftey.
26″ wheels, and 10 or 10-1/2″ BB makes it one.
The lower bottom bracket and leaned back seat was a feature, so you could be stopped with butt in seat and have your feet flat on the ground.
Most likely, the WW II era with the rod brakes blacked out instead of chrome. The SA hubs from that period were not stamped with dates. The shifter is awesome and quit being produced in late 40s/early 50s, (from memory might be off a bit).
Fun comfortable.
Added: some old catalogs if you like rabbit holes.
https://www.kurtkaminer.com/TH_raleigh_catdata.html
It’s old, but it’s hard to pin down how old, as that type of bike has been made for over 100 years. They still make rod brake roadsters in Asia. As stated, the black instead of chrome could be 1920s before chrome or during WWII when commodities like chrome went to the war effort, or it’s newer and someome painted over the rust. The shifter looks like 1940s/50s, but could be a replacement if the bike is really old.
These are workhorses and people used them for decades, replacing parts and repainting as required.
If you can find a brand and serial number you might be able to determine more. It’s not a Raleigh, unless the fork has been replaced.