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04-22-07, 02:38 PM
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Good deal?
I like 3-speeds and there is a coolness that this one is from Norway.
https://eugene.craigslist.org/bik/316633177.html
https://eugene.craigslist.org/bik/316633177.html
04-22-07, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by le brad
I like 3-speeds and there is a coolness that this one is from Norway.
https://eugene.craigslist.org/bik/316633177.html
https://eugene.craigslist.org/bik/316633177.html
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04-22-07, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by wahoonc
Depends...does it work? What type of hub does it have? The front looks like a S-A Dynohub. I would certainly give $25 for it and if it has an S-A rear and appears to work I don't think that the $40 is out of line.
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Originally Posted by CampyGuy
The seller says it has a hub brake. So it sounds like a drum brake, but I think it looks like a Dynohub too.
FWIW a SA Dyno hub and one of the old SA drum brakes use the same external hub shell. Talk about value engineering
IIRC all you have to do is swap the insides out.Aaron
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Originally Posted by wahoonc
DOH! I didn't read the description...just glanced at the pictures FWIW a SA Dyno hub and one of the old SA drum brakes use the same external hub shell. Talk about value engineering IIRC all you have to do is swap the insides out.
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FWIW a SA Dyno hub and one of the old SA drum brakes use the same external hub shell. Talk about value engineering IIRC all you have to do is swap the insides out.Aaron
I would definitely take a look at the bike. If it says strumey-archer on it, that's a bargain.
