Yes, there are British bikes in China. Some of them are old and used and some of them are nicely restored. I would have to say that this particular Phillips has been OVER restored...but nicely so.
First off, Let's check out the details. We can see that it has what seems to be a Bosch headlamp with a pass through in the lamp mounting for the brake rods. It could also be Lucas. I think it is mounted upside down, but I'm not going to ding the owner for that. Bosch stuff is hard to come by in China.
Now we can see the lamp is not actually hooked up yet. Does it even have a dynamo? Yes, indeed it has quite the dynamo complete with a chromed back plate.
You can also note in the above picture that the Westwood rims are DEEPLY chromed and the front axle is a very heavy duty cylinder with a grease fitting.
Below, You can see the rear lighting consists of two Lucas lights. You can also see a little bit of what I mean "Over-Restoration": All of the chrome attachments are accented with brass, as are the mountings for the lights. Nicely done.
You can also see that it is fitted with a Japanese Koba sidestand and a circle lock.
What about the logo? Well it is most prominent on lustrously chromed chainwheel.
Of course the bright brass logo shines on opposite ends of the bike. The rear of the bike also has the almost-standard-issue Hopmi Dutch rack.
As a side note, Phillips bikes are now made in China. But more about that in another post!
What a great bike! I kind of like the over-restored look, it reminds me of the "Rollfast" rickshaw you wrote about a while back.
Posted by: Matt McClintock | January 14, 2010 at 01:59 AM
Wonderful machine. Looks to me that more time is spent polishing and shining it than anything else.... but hey, here in the USA some folks are like that with their motorcars!
Thanks for posting that up. Immaculate....
Cheers!
Larry "Boneman" Bone - all that glitters?
Posted by: Larry Bone | January 14, 2010 at 11:24 PM
Hi, that's a good old Phillips, around years 1910-1930 i guess.
From it's look, i think the dynamo is Philidyne made by Philips (watch the L in both mark, it's different, one is made bicycle, other made lighting).
And the lock looks like Hopmi Cilinder Slot.
Here is a great blog of Indonesian old bicycle
sepeda.wordpress.com
Warm regards from Indonesia :)
Posted by: Ichwan | January 15, 2010 at 12:02 AM
nice bike...abeit over done, but like the old saying, "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poison!" Keep the pics coming! Cheeers
Posted by: 12inchtoys | January 16, 2010 at 09:13 PM