Bikes are okay, I guess.
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Richmond, Virginia
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Bikes: Waterford Paramount Touring, Giant CFM-2, Raleigh Sports 3-speeds in M23 & L23, Schwinn Cimarron oddball build, Marin Palisades Trail dropbar conversion, Nishiki Cresta GT
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For Christmas in '56 I got a coaster brake Schwinn Spitfire, while the cool older kid down the block got a real 3-speed English racer. Four years later I got a Schwinn Corvette with Sturmey-Archer 3-speed, just like that other guy had. Working in shops I found some manufacturers held on with hub gears, like the original Fuji Cambridge III and the Motobecane Nobly, both Sturmey-equipped. There were not a lot of them as the derailleur craze had taken off. I went through the 10-speed era and found that for flatland city riding the old fashioned 3-speed is very handy.