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I've been lucky finding earlier hubs. I have a '56 AW in nice shape that I found in a co-op bin among battered '70s hubs (a diamond in the rough - I was amazed it hadn't been snatched up). I found a late 50s Raleigh Canadian (in essence a Sports with Canada-specific paint work and decals), with a 1958 AW (I was worried it would be an SW, so it must've been right when they switched back to the AW). That bike was in a barn and the hub has the end of an old pencil for an oil cap, and needs rebuilding...
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Are any of you contributors to this thread heading to Minnesota for the Lake Pepin 3-speed Tour later in May? I signed up last week and plan to bring my '38 Maclean Featherweight with an FW rear hub (yes, 4-speed, but there are allowances).
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I put eight miles in on the Rudge in a light rain and 45F degrees. I just wore my winter parka, which has a zip-out fleece and a water-proof, rubberized helmet. I was glad I did it. Came home and am on my second cup of Earl Grey tea. Yum. What are the stiffest after-market insoles I can use in my oxfords? Sorry no photos, but just imagine me trying every 45 seconds to roll back the front of my huge, yellow hood. Saw one other cyclist, two walkers and two runners on our 2.6-mile M.U.P. Medium rain began almost as soon as I got home. I have to get my miles in for the Trek Across Maine. No excuses (or not many, anyway...).
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Are any of you contributors to this thread heading to Minnesota for the Lake Pepin 3-speed Tour later in May? I signed up last week and plan to bring my '38 Maclean Featherweight with an FW rear hub (yes, 4-speed, but there are allowances).
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Are any of you contributors to this thread heading to Minnesota for the Lake Pepin 3-speed Tour later in May? I signed up last week and plan to bring my '38 Maclean Featherweight with an FW rear hub (yes, 4-speed, but there are allowances).
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The pads for my DL-1 showed up, but they look like regular brake pads. Shouldn't they be curved?
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Some of the rod brake pads come pre-rounded and some do not. They will take a shape as they wear-in with use. You can also pre-round them by sanding them down a bit if you want immediate full contact.
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Keep your original pad holders and get these Kool-Stops: https://www.amazon.com/Kool-Stop-Rou...005FKP3HA?th=1
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That's not going to fit. Rod brakes use shoes with a mount 90 degrees to the braking surface, not inline with it.
Keep your original pad holders and get these Kool-Stops: https://www.amazon.com/Kool-Stop-Rounded-Philips-Holders/dp/B005FKP3HA?th=
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Keep your original pad holders and get these Kool-Stops: https://www.amazon.com/Kool-Stop-Rounded-Philips-Holders/dp/B005FKP3HA?th=
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I found the number of SH144 or ASH144 searching the forum.
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/23348756806...Bk9SR6ComK_7YQ
These are the 144's:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Bik...-/252460875293
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Kurt is correct about how those particular brakes you photographed mount - those look like the brakes for a Raleigh Sports type caliper brake.
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Flooding on the Lower Androscoggin
I tried to ride the M.U.P. today, but it seems that I was unaware of the worst flooding in over 20 years. I didn't know how deep it was, so I rode past a roadie who had stopped before the water and I continued. The water was thirty-three inches deep when I got off my Rudge and turned it back around. The roadie commented, "Thanks! I didn't know how deep it was!" Anyway, I tried, and gave the roadie a show of what three-speeds can do (or almost can do).Lots of leaves and sticks and stuff I had to wipe off the bike, afterward.
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I tried to ride the M.U.P. today, but it seems that I was unaware of the worst flooding in over 20 years. I didn't know how deep it was, so I rode past a roadie who had stopped before the water and I continued. The water was thirty-three inches deep when I got off my Rudge and turned it back around. The roadie commented, "Thanks! I didn't know how deep it was!" Anyway, I tried, and gave the roadie a show of what three-speeds can do (or almost can do).Lots of leaves and sticks and stuff I had to wipe off the bike, afterward. Anyone else have a story of high-water traverse while riding your three-speed? (I'd send you a photo of me in my wet cargo shorts, but it would just look like a guy who fell victim to bladder problems).
If so, pull your wheels, dismount your tires, and get the water out of your rims before they rot from the inside out. Use a compressor to blow water out of the folds in the rim too.
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Thanks for this advice. We are about seven miles up the river, so we are tidal, but fresh water. Do you think I jeopardized the electrical system on the bike? (the front lamp did not go under water).
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If so, this might warrant Rick Smith to come out of retirement and write one more Yehuda Moon comic strip
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1953 Rudge... a bit modernized...
Before
After...
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"The water was thirty-three inches deep when I got off my Rudge and turned it back around."
I do not know who Rick Smith is. I tried that link but was warned of an insecure connection, so did not continue.
I do not know who Rick Smith is. I tried that link but was warned of an insecure connection, so did not continue.
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Most of the wiring on these bikes is stainless and copper, so I'd shoot it with some electrical cleaner and cross my fingers.
Rick Smith is the author of Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery comic strip. The titular character is the sort who rides upright bars, 3-speeds, and wears a rain cape lest he doesn't have a day when he's commuting on a bike. Yehuda riding into a bike-swallowing pond on his commute is something I'd expect straight out of that strip.
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Gotcha. I had assumed you might have been partially submerged and noted 33" from a trailside depth scale. Looks as if your Rudge is an honorary submarine.
Most of the wiring on these bikes is stainless and copper, so I'd shoot it with some electrical cleaner and cross my fingers.
Rick Smith is the author of Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery comic strip. The titular character is the sort who rides upright bars, 3-speeds, and wears a rain cape lest he doesn't have a day when he's commuting on a bike. Yehuda riding into a bike-swallowing pond on his commute is something I'd expect straight out of that strip.
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Most of the wiring on these bikes is stainless and copper, so I'd shoot it with some electrical cleaner and cross my fingers.
Rick Smith is the author of Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery comic strip. The titular character is the sort who rides upright bars, 3-speeds, and wears a rain cape lest he doesn't have a day when he's commuting on a bike. Yehuda riding into a bike-swallowing pond on his commute is something I'd expect straight out of that strip.
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Folks,
I have an acquaintance with a '50s Roadster in Toronto, and he's looking for rod brake wheels/rims (26"). I thought they were all 28", but I stand to be corrected. I thought this would be the best place to ask.
I have an acquaintance with a '50s Roadster in Toronto, and he's looking for rod brake wheels/rims (26"). I thought they were all 28", but I stand to be corrected. I thought this would be the best place to ask.
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Took the Sports for a ride today for the first time in a looongg time, just three miles around the neighborhood but it's been over a year since I got severely distracted by house projects. Different saddle and stem/bar combo needed and they're waiting in the wings but it'll be a while before any bike work takes place.
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