A few photos of my new old Raleigh Sports Tourist from 1940, based on the date stamp on the Sturmey Archer AW hub with the single digit year 0:
2015-11-06 15.59.14 by
humblelabor, on Flickr
2015-11-06 16.03.26 by
humblelabor, on Flickr
2015-11-06 16.00.27 by
humblelabor, on Flickr
What is this faint registration stamp on the top of the front fender? City registration? Or manufacturing related?
2015-11-06 16.00.59 by
humblelabor, on Flickr
Here is a link to more photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/humble...57658586449263
If you have any advice about restoring the old brake cables, please join me here:
http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...d-housing.html
And, I really wish there was some kind of 3-speed tour anywhere near where I live! Central Texas isn't exactly English bicycle country. I'll have to travel to tour someday.