Ever seen one of these?
11-14-09 | 08:36 PM
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1991 PBP Anciens
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From: Elburn, Illannoy
Bikes: 1964 Dunelt, 196? Dunelt Flyer, 1968 Raleigh Superbe, 1969 Robin Hood, 197? Gitane, 1970 Gitane Mexico, 1973 Raleigh SuperCourse, 1970 Raleigh Sports, 1970 Huffy Sportsman, 1981 Miyata 710, 1990 Miyata 600GT, 1999 Trek 830AL, 2007 Rivendell Bleriot,
Ever seen one of these?
It's a BSA Hublite, not a Sturmey Archer Dynohub. It is pre-Raleigh which dates it to no newer than 1957 and apparently pretty rare. Some of my Brit pals who grew up there in the 50s never saw one. This one does work. What little I have learned about it is that it was capable of pushing a 6v 2.4w lamp to full brightness at 4mph. My SA dyno could barely generate a glow at that speed until converted it to run LEDs.
Now I just need to build a BSA around it.
