Originally Posted by
JBC353
Yep, Whitworth. I got along using whatever metric or SAE fit best but broke down and bought a Whitworth set when the third English 3-speed arrived. You really only need a few of the smaller sizes.
I was lucky. Before I got back into restoring 3-speeds, I'd gone through twelve years of vintage Triumph and BSA ownership. I not only had Whitworth, I spoke Whitworth fluently.
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