Originally Posted by
mander
That's hot 65er. I love old Raleighs!
I seem to have acquired a few of them... of the present herd of 14 bikes I have a pair of Phillip's Twenty 3 speed folders, a 1954 Raleigh Sports 3 speed road bike, the 1955 Lenton fixed gear, and a 1978 Superbe 3 speed.
This whole gears are for the weak must come from someone who has never climbed a 12 percent grade on a 42 pound, 3 speed cruiser... and lived to talk about it.
The lowest gear on my Superbe is 50 gear inches, it runs 66 in the middle, and a whopping 88.6 in third and I am looking to change out the rear cog for some hill friendly gearing.
The 1954 Raleigh is running a 56-99 gear inch range.