1910s BSA Roadster with WW1 Military Fittings
24″ Frame
28″ Wheels
Military Pedals
Fencing Musket (not included in its sale)
(Now sold)
This BSA Roadster was restored by its previous owner to a high standard and is fitted with rifle clips, front and rear carrier racks and heavy duty military pedals suitable for riding with army boots. It is ideal for displays and is ready to ride.
BSA bicycles were supplied worldwide before, during and after the Great War, both as military and civilian versions. Some territorial cyclist battalions placed bulk orders with individual manufacturers; in others, cyclists supplied their own bicycles. It often depended on whether they would be posted overseas.
As well as the standard military models, officers also placed individual orders with the company if they wished for extra specifications above the standard issue. Hire purchase was available for officers upon enlistment. This BSA Roadster with Territorial fittings is a typical Cycle Volunteer Corps machine.
WEBLEY & SCOTT FENCING MUSKET
Webley & Scott is best known for the standard issue service pistol used by the armed forces of Great Britain and its Empire from 1887 onwards. Officially known as ‘Pistol, Webley, Mk 1’ the initial contract was for 10,000 .455 calibre revolvers. It went through various model changes. The Mk IV was known as the ‘Boer War Model’ and the Mk VI was introduced in 1915, to be used for the duration of WW1. The company also manufactured flare pistols and a bayonet training rifle (fencing musket).
The Bayonet Training Rifle is constructed like a rifle with wood stock and cup steel butt plate. The action and barrel are just a tube, with wooden fore stock, containing a large coil spring into which a floating steel rod is secured with a steel disc to the front. Upon contact with an opponent the rod compresses into the tube simulating bayonet combat, which, at that stage of WW1 was an everyday event on the Western Front.
1914 BSA CATALOGUE
Fencing musket info & pictures with thanks to www.rifleman.org.uk
