iving a talk in 2017 about WW2 bicycles at our daughter Delphy’s primary school. She is now doing her GCSE’s and will leave school next month. I’m not sure which memory evokes more nostalgia – her class riding the BSA Parabikes around the playground, or being thin enough to wear my old flying jacket You …
BSA AIRBORNE FOLDING PARATROOPER BICYCLE v POSTWAR CHILDREN’S VERSIONS Read More »
I purchased this WW2 bicycle in 2007 for the princley sum of £10. It has been in storage since. There’s a nice head transfer (decal) and it may be the sole survivor of this obscure brand. But you can see the reason I bought and held on to what is otherwise an unassuming machine – …
In July 2011, a TV production company in Los Angeles enquired about one of my WW2 BSA Airborne paratrooper bicycles, which they wanted to feature on a new TV show they were making called ‘Combat Cash’. After some discussion, they suggested that instead of buying it they’d fly me to LA with the bike for …
