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Description: | This model weighs only 29 pounds. Its frame was enamelled in black and gold leaf and has large 26 inch wheels, but was also available in 20, 22 and 24 inch wheel sizes. The name 'Golden Sunbeam' suggests that this was a top of the range model using the finest materials ensuring the highest quality available. It also made it five times more expensive than any other make. It was fitted with a device called 'The Little Oil Bath', patented by J. Harrison Carter, and adopted by Sunbeam. This involved the chain and gears being completely enclosed by an oil-tight casing which contained a small 'bath' of oil to keep the chain lubricated and clean, to reduce wear and tear and to improve power transmission. In fact, 'The Little Oil Bath' became a catch phrase associated with all Sunbeam bicycles. The 'Golden Sunbeam' bicycles were one of the first to be fitted with this system. The bicycle was also fitted with a patented tyre removal system as the position of 'The Little Oil Bath' made removal of the rear wheel inner tube difficult.
A model `D' gentleman's light roadster Sunbeam bicycle. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Manufacturing industry Bicycles Black Country Local history Miscellaneous Historical Objects Sunbeam Wolverhampton Industry | Temporal: | 1907 - 1938
20th century (1900-1999) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Sunbeam Cycles | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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