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10-04-11, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by noglider

I have a 1967 AMF Hercules. Overall, it's the same quality except for maybe the chainring and a few other minor exceptions. It is true that it is a Raleigh Sports with AMF-Hercules marketing for the US market. Raleigh had a whole lot of fake brands, most of which it had acquired in 1960. There were names such as Philips, Robin Hood, Dunelt, Rudge, Hercules. I can't remember them all, and I'm sure the list and stories are on more than one web page.

Thanks for the insight. Do you think that the wheel with the missing spoke would be an easy (cheap) enough problem to fix? If the wheel itself is in good shape, would it be possible to just replace the missing spoke? Hopefully I'll have some photos of the bike I can post up later this evening.

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