Originally Posted by
jtgotsjets
Triumph is the same company that makes the motorcycles, no?
My dad had a beautiful Triumph cruiser from the late 60s or early 70s. God, it's a beautiful motorbike.
Yours looks just as nice!
Triumph made motorcycles & bicycles for a while. Then, in 1959 (I think) they sold the bicycle part of the business to Raleigh. If what I've read is true, Triumph was Raleigh's lower line of bikes.
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This was a $20 Craig's List find, and it was in pretty rough shape:
It had a broken (and VERY lopsided) Brooks mattress saddle;
Ape hanger handlebars (with purple metal flake grips);
An old Shimano 3-speed shifter which would not work, thanks to all the plastic being dry rotted (the heat we have here in Arizona is pretty tough on plastic, rubber, etc.);
Broken frame- right side seat stay was broken off from the seat lug;
Wheels that had broken spokes and dry rotted tires;
Rusted chain.
Pretty much a basket case, but I figured it was worth $20 and I wanted a project.
I bought the NOS Sturmey Archer shifter, the cable clips, the stem, and the Soma Sparrow bar off of Ebay. Everything else was from my LBS.