Originally Posted by
chasm54
That Lenton is a beautiful bike, alright. And I sympathise with your wish to keep things original. But it can't have started out as a fixed gear, can it?
EDIT. My mistake, I see the SA hub wasn't fitted as stock on the earlier models.
The three speed was an option in '55... this added a few pounds to the cost which was already about a week's pay for the average guy.