Thread: Sears Austrian 3-speed
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Old 10-26-09 | 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by sfclearwater
Doubt it. First the bike has a front and rear brake, no reason for a coaster brake. Second you can see a Sturmey Archer shifter, pulley, and cable mounted on the bike. Gonna have to go with Sixty Fiver on this one...
Actually, there was also a F&S Torpedo 3-speed Model 415 that did not have a coaster brake, and it had a shifter mechanism that looked very much like the SA unit. The Austrian built Sears bikes did in fact come with F&S Torpedo transmissions, and not English made SA units.
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