Originally Posted by
PalmettoUpstate
I hear ya. I'll hit the big 6 oh! in a few months and I definitely don't rag it like I used to. In fact, when I shined, oiled and tensioned up my trusty old 10-speed [yes virginia, I'm that old], a Panasonic Schwinn Super Le Tour 12.2, and took it for a blast at the beginning of the summer here, it finally occurred to me that I should get a helmet LOL.
But my 3-speed riding is generally recreational with an occasional grocery, drug store or auto parts store run thrown in.
So the reason I asked the question about the coaster brake is that I'm considering building a "Poor Man's KB2" by putting one of these...
http://hubstripping.wordpress.com/20...coaster-brake/
...on one of these...
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Thruster-7...-Bike/17206771
...to approximate one of these...
http://www.torkerusa.com/bikes/commute/2012-kb2-
Well, I'm 58
and a half!
The first bike I ever bought for myself was a large frame, black, Schwinn Continental. So we have some similarity's there.
A few years ago I was looking for a 2sp Bendix to do a similar project. Sometime during that period I got hooked on Sturmey Archer 3sp's. Ended up buying the one pictured at an antique shop for $65.00. And, coincidently I've been considering a new style Sturmey Archer dynamo hub for the front.