Can anyone identify this bike?

[Steve Roberts]

Hello.
I bought this at a car boot sale (£15) a while ago and I've just got round to playing with it. It has GB Courier 66 brakes, GB Superhood levers, GB bars and stem. A Lycett saddle and Cyclo Benelux, 5 speed, Super 60 gears and shifter. The 27" rims are steel and the front hub is a Weco or Meco Made in Germany. The frame has been very badly sprayed red, so I used some celulose thinners to rub it off. It has a nice Kingfisher blue paint scheme with a elongated white diamond on the seat tube, underneath. It has a Williams crankset. The frame has Made in Great Britain on the bottom bracket and there seems to be a shadow of the word "Speedking" on the down tube. The rear tyre is made in the Republic of Ireland! The front is a Braum from Czechoslovakia!
I would love to know the make of this bike.

Any ideas, anyone?

 

[raleighnut]

Hello.
I bought this at a car boot sale (£15) a while ago and I've just got round to playing with it. It has GB Courier 66 brakes, GB Superhood levers, GB bars and stem. A Lycett saddle and Cyclo Benelux, 5 speed, Super 60 gears and shifter. The 27" rims are steel and the front hub is a Weco or Meco Made in Germany. The frame has been very badly sprayed red, so I used some celulose thinners to rub it off. It has a nice Kingfisher blue paint scheme with a elongated white diamond on the seat tube, underneath. It has a Williams crankset. The frame has Made in Great Britain on the bottom bracket and there seems to be a shadow of the word "Speedking" on the down tube. The rear tyre is made in the Republic of Ireland! The front is a Braum from Czechoslovakia!
I would love to know the make of this bike.

Any ideas, anyone?

Nice

As to what it is..............................not a clue.

 

[Daddybus]

Very nice...Got all the good stuff on... early 60's? (Williams crank should have date code) Unusual lugs... headbage rivit position may give a clue, any serial numbers on dropouts or seat tube?

 

[midlife]

Nearest I could find, the oil hole on your BB puts it before my era so I can't help much...

Shaun

 

[Steve Roberts]

Nearest I could find, the oil hole on your BB puts it before my era so I can't help much...

Shaun

Is this a speedking bike or is it just the model name? I have heard that there was a british manufacturer called speedking, but can't find much about them.

 

[Daddybus]

^ looks like a pidgeon has been roosting on the brake hood!

 

[classic33]

Is this a speedking bike or is it just the model name? I have heard that there was a british manufacturer called speedking, but can't find much about them.

WM Bingham

 

[midlife]

BITD we stocked several sets of decals (transfers) that people put on their bikes that didn't come from a manufacturer of bikes.......just decals. For example we sold a set called "Chieftain" and another called "shooting star". Could be someone livened up an old frame with new generic decals?

Shaun

 

[classic33]

Brakes give a date of '61, levers a '57? Gear lever, '60 - '69.
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/designs/hs-gbrakes.html
http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=61c6a299-e1e8-4fe5-b4c5-3154971969b8&Enum=104

 

[rhm]

Everything about it is consistent with an early 60's date ('61-'62, I'm guessing). There may also be a date on the saddle: stamped on the underside of the cantle plate (at the back), usually at the right side, you'll find a letter and two digits. So, for example:
A
61
would mean first quarter of 1961.
What is the seat post size? What are the dropouts?

 

[Illaveago]

The example that "midlife" has posted looks like it is from the 80s going by the crank and the brace/ brake mounting, it has similar seat stay ends as the OP so it would seem that the bike was in production for quite a few years.