BSA Safety bicycle (1884)

B · From historians, makers and pressRoadster / utilityIn confirmed sources: 1884

Grace's Guide describes an 1884 machine as BSA's first safety bicycle.

Known components

None recorded yet. Our confirmed sources for this model don't list its parts. If you have a catalogue page or an original spec sheet, please send it in.

What the sources say

YearName · variantDetailsSource
1884"First" BSA Safety Bicycle of 1884Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
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Sources

Last updated 19 October 2026. Every fact on this page comes from one of these.

  1. Grace's Guide to British Industrial History: BSA: Bicycles
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