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07-03-05 | 02:53 PM

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stapfam

Time for a change.

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Originally Posted by DnvrFox

My first "real" bike was a Hercules 3 speed Sturmey Archer shifter with both hand brakes and in-hub brakes. This was probably in about 1948-9, when I was about 10.

I went on to a Schwinn paper boys bike which I pedaled up and down steep hills with a full load of to-be-delivered papers loaded in saddle bags on the back rack. That thing was HEAVY! A tire pressure of about 40 was recommended.

Wasn't 10 then But I always admired a lad that had a "Hercules" with the old style rod/Rim brakes and the Sturmey Archer. I now admire you aswell, because I thought the Hercules was heavy when I eventually rode one in 1960, so if that Schwinn was heavier than that, then I take my hat off to you.

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