Waaay back in 19(mumble) I nearly bought a Super Sport with paper route money. The bike was a touch big, so I went another way but never forgot the near miss with that first bike.

For a couple years I've been on the lookout for one locally, and this Spring one turned up.

So here, after a 29 year hesitation, is the bike I nearly bought back in the waning days of the Carter administration, only in a proper size, and configured to taste.

The careful observer will note the retro chainring (from a '62 Traveler), the 27" Sturmey Archer hubbed rear wheel, and that the fenders are not yet physically attached. I'm still debating on that one.