Originally Posted by Roll-Monroe-Co
How long ago might you ordinarily find a new three-speed freewheel (i.e., in Europe)? Can you still find them? I think of them as a thing of the very distant past.
My 1973 Wheel Goods (Minneapolis MN) catalog shows 3 and 4 speed Regina freewheels.
In 1974 I bought my son a tiny Gitane road bike with a 15" frame, 500A wheels and a 14-18-22 freewheel. It was so small that despite steel rims, hubs, bars & cranks and a gaspipe frame, weight was under 20 lbs.