PatLuc

I just bought a real wreck of a bike at a charity sale. I bought it because it had some type of mulit-speed hub. Well, after some degreasing the hub is a Sears 3spd, but made in Austria. After tearing it apart and looking at the web, this is a Stormey-Archer built unit.

Anyway, the bike had no shifter and the hub had nothing exiting the housing (no little chain like is supposed to be there). When I rebuilt the hub tonight, I attached a deraileur cable to the shift pin and plan to just attach the cable to a regular friction shifter. I know I won't have detents for each gear, but I should be able to find all three after getting used to it. Tonight I could pedal the bike (bike upside down on floor) and pull the cable and get all three speeds, so the hub is working.

Anyone ever try this? I know, I can buy the right parts for $25.00 from Harris, but I'm trying to get by super cheap. It's for my winter beater...

Thanks,
Pat

Raiyn

Just buy the parts.