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@nlerner, My wife has one of those Sportsmans, a '64, same great color sans white head tube. It was a $15 score from the Allentown area many years ago. I converted it from the awful grip shift to trigger, added a 22t sprocket, cream Delta Cruisers, and an old B66. We call it the Huffington or the Huffingham. Sounds more English.
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Anyone up for an ID? Someone in Commuting wants to know what bike is in an old Sheena Easton music video.
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Sheena looks unsteady riding it.

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$100 ladies' Sports with cancerous gumwalls in MA.
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Another recent rehab--a 1961 Huffy Sportsman with TCW rear hub:

That saddle is just a placeholder until I find something better. Bright bits cleaned up reasonably well, and shifting and braking seem to work fine. I couldn't get the adjustable BB cup off (but the BB has an oiler port, so I liberally sprayed some lube in there to free up the bearings), all of the rusted bits spent considerable time in Evaporust, and I had to solder a new double-ended cable for the front brake, but other than the frame finish being fairly beat up, I think it cleaned up reasonably well. I did sand and lightly paint and rear rack and reinstalled after this pick. The color sorta matches!

That saddle is just a placeholder until I find something better. Bright bits cleaned up reasonably well, and shifting and braking seem to work fine. I couldn't get the adjustable BB cup off (but the BB has an oiler port, so I liberally sprayed some lube in there to free up the bearings), all of the rusted bits spent considerable time in Evaporust, and I had to solder a new double-ended cable for the front brake, but other than the frame finish being fairly beat up, I think it cleaned up reasonably well. I did sand and lightly paint and rear rack and reinstalled after this pick. The color sorta matches!

original saddle (with its clamp reversed)

any idea what year this is?
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Here's one I'm shipping to a friend in CO tomorrow. Remarkably well preserved. Someone took really good care of it. I replaced tires and brake pads. I would have replaced all the cables but never dealt with those double sided cables before and had to way to terminate the brake end.

original saddle (with its clamp reversed)
any idea what year this is?

original saddle (with its clamp reversed)
any idea what year this is?
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Most of an old Conquest with Hercumatic shifter for $50 in PA.
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This is my winter project come to fruition. A crusty 1976 Super Course frame (fork from some other Raleigh), a 1979 AW 3 speed hub (from the local bike co-op) that I laced to a new 36H 700C rim, a spare front wheel. New tires and brake pads plus other odds and sods from the co-op and my parts bin.
Currently a 20T sprocket and using the 42T chainring on the original crank. I took it out for a spin and quite liked it, waiting for the snow to disappear and warmer weather to arrive for a longer ride. Weighs in at approximately 25 pounds
Currently a 20T sprocket and using the 42T chainring on the original crank. I took it out for a spin and quite liked it, waiting for the snow to disappear and warmer weather to arrive for a longer ride. Weighs in at approximately 25 pounds

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This is my winter project come to fruition. A crusty 1976 Super Course frame (fork from some other Raleigh), a 1979 AW 3 speed hub (from the local bike co-op) that I laced to a new 36H 700C rim, a spare front wheel. New tires and brake pads plus other odds and sods from the co-op and my parts bin.
Currently a 20T sprocket and using the 42T chainring on the original crank. I took it out for a spin and quite liked it, waiting for the snow to disappear and warmer weather to arrive for a longer ride. Weighs in at approximately 25 pounds

Currently a 20T sprocket and using the 42T chainring on the original crank. I took it out for a spin and quite liked it, waiting for the snow to disappear and warmer weather to arrive for a longer ride. Weighs in at approximately 25 pounds


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I finished rebuilding my '53 AW hub I got for cheap as it was frozen / rusted solid, having been raided for parts and left in a shed for many a year by the PO. Unfortunately, somehow I broke the axle key...I can't grasp how it happened. Re-assembled mechanism installed into the shell / wheel after testing, then I ticked it along and it was suddenly stuck - I opened it up, and a piece of axle key was jammed next to the clutch. It was a replacement part, as the original was missing. Anyone here have an axle key break? Now I need to have it all apart again...bummer.
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First of all the shifter is from a Sears three speed so it's sturmey compatible but not actually sturmey. Second, it's stretched a bit over a larger diameter bar which makes it sit a bit differently. The clamps will bend a bit.
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I finished rebuilding my '53 AW hub I got for cheap as it was frozen / rusted solid, having been raided for parts and left in a shed for many a year by the PO. Unfortunately, somehow I broke the axle key...I can't grasp how it happened. Re-assembled mechanism installed into the shell / wheel after testing, then I ticked it along and it was suddenly stuck - I opened it up, and a piece of axle key was jammed next to the clutch. It was a replacement part, as the original was missing. Anyone here have an axle key break? Now I need to have it all apart again...bummer.
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I finished rebuilding my '53 AW hub I got for cheap as it was frozen / rusted solid, having been raided for parts and left in a shed for many a year by the PO. Unfortunately, somehow I broke the axle key...I can't grasp how it happened. Re-assembled mechanism installed into the shell / wheel after testing, then I ticked it along and it was suddenly stuck - I opened it up, and a piece of axle key was jammed next to the clutch. It was a replacement part, as the original was missing. Anyone here have an axle key break? Now I need to have it all apart again...bummer.
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I've had the axle key break. It's annoying but once you get used to taking apart and reassembling the AW hub, it's not a huge set back.
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Thanks for the responses, its good to hear that experienced folks have had this happen post-rebuild.
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I've had them break during the rebuild and I've had one even break when I was testing the hub after putting the wheel back on the bike. The latter was annoying because... off the wheel has to come again, and start over. Perhaps they had hairline cracks around the indicator spindle hole I didn't notice at first. A new key set them right.
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Enjoyed your story.
Back in the 80s I spent a month touring England on my Raleigh Grand Prix. I thought I needed the best equipment to do a trip like this. While there, I met a great older rider (my current age of 64) and he was riding from hostel to hostel from Scotland to Landsend on a beautiful three speed. He was fit. Took his time and told me not to get caught up in the gear. Focus on the ride. Words I will never forget.
Back in the 80s I spent a month touring England on my Raleigh Grand Prix. I thought I needed the best equipment to do a trip like this. While there, I met a great older rider (my current age of 64) and he was riding from hostel to hostel from Scotland to Landsend on a beautiful three speed. He was fit. Took his time and told me not to get caught up in the gear. Focus on the ride. Words I will never forget.
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