Originally Posted by
Pompiere
All the older three-speeds that I have seen had blackwalls. Sometime in the 1970's tan sidewalls came into fashion, maybe because that was what the ten-speeds were wearing.
Both of my mid-70s Raleigh Sports have their original tanwall tires. The Herc is, at best guess, from the early- to mid-50's and does not have the original tires on it, but they are blackwalls. As mentioned in an earlier thread, it also doesn't have the original front or rear wheels either and, frankly, I'm not entirely concerned with originality.