For the love of English 3 speeds...
04-17-21, 10:21 AM
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A Good deal
His and hers 3 speeds offered at $150.00 the pair.
Mens is a CCM (S/A)
and the Ladies a Road King (Shimano)
His and hers 3 speeds offered at $150.00 the pair.
Mens is a CCM (S/A)
and the Ladies a Road King (Shimano)
04-17-21, 11:02 AM
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I just buy shift cable. Ace Hardware sells brass tubing in some really small sizes; I bought some of that and cut it to size, fit it over the shift cable and crush it to swage it to the cable. A little solder doesn't hurt either. Cheap, easy albeit a bit geeky but that is what nutters do.
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04-17-21, 01:58 PM
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Just got this off of eBay for my wife. '60s Robin Hood. Probably paid too much.
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04-17-21, 01:58 PM
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When I was a kid in the 70's there was an old guy who had a backyard motorcycle shop and small machine shop. He worked on mostly older British motorcycles.
He had an old iron mold which was used for molding the ends on m/c brake cables. The mold had several different sizes it could do, including bicycle cable ends. He'd form the ends with zinc. It was similar to a fishing weight or bullet mold. I also seem to remember seeing one in an old JC Whitney catalog back then.
:Looking at the end on a few original cables I've got here, it appears to be just a steel barrel crimped over the cable. I could see he fishing line ferrules working well with some solder to back up the crimp but you would need to find a pretty small ferrule. All of those I have in my tackle box are too big to fit into the shifter.
He had an old iron mold which was used for molding the ends on m/c brake cables. The mold had several different sizes it could do, including bicycle cable ends. He'd form the ends with zinc. It was similar to a fishing weight or bullet mold. I also seem to remember seeing one in an old JC Whitney catalog back then.
:Looking at the end on a few original cables I've got here, it appears to be just a steel barrel crimped over the cable. I could see he fishing line ferrules working well with some solder to back up the crimp but you would need to find a pretty small ferrule. All of those I have in my tackle box are too big to fit into the shifter.
04-17-21, 02:04 PM
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Anyone have a good source for steel 27" rims for a '77 Sprite 27?
I picked up a very clean bike but both rims are rusted through where they sat flat on concrete for decades. The original rims are Endrick style and measure 32mm wide OD and are marked Sturmey Archer near the valve hole. Each rim is rusted away along the very edge where the steel folds over to form the bead area in about an 2" area on both rims. The tires were pretty much melding away, they got sticky like an old rubber band you find after too many years in storage that's melted and stuck to everything.
The bike however was rust free, it was just covered top to bottom in fine sawdust from the guy's table saw about 15 ft away from where it was sitting.
I will also likely lose the self adjusting brake levers in favor of a set of older brakes.
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I picked up a very clean bike but both rims are rusted through where they sat flat on concrete for decades. The original rims are Endrick style and measure 32mm wide OD and are marked Sturmey Archer near the valve hole. Each rim is rusted away along the very edge where the steel folds over to form the bead area in about an 2" area on both rims. The tires were pretty much melding away, they got sticky like an old rubber band you find after too many years in storage that's melted and stuck to everything.
The bike however was rust free, it was just covered top to bottom in fine sawdust from the guy's table saw about 15 ft away from where it was sitting.
I will also likely lose the self adjusting brake levers in favor of a set of older brakes.
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04-17-21, 02:10 PM
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Anyone have a good source for steel 27" rims for a '77 Sprite 27?
I picked up a very clean bike but both rims are rusted through where they sat flat on concrete for decades. The original rims are Endrick style and measure 32mm wide OD and are marked Sturmey Archer near the valve hole. Each rim is rusted away along the very edge where the steel folds over to form the bead area in about an 2" area on both rims. The tires were pretty much melding away, they got sticky like an old rubber band you find after too many years in storage that's melted and stuck to everything.
The bike however was rust free, it was just covered top to bottom in fine sawdust from the guy's table saw about 15 ft away from where it was sitting.
I will also likely lose the self adjusting brake levers in favor of a set of older brakes.
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I picked up a very clean bike but both rims are rusted through where they sat flat on concrete for decades. The original rims are Endrick style and measure 32mm wide OD and are marked Sturmey Archer near the valve hole. Each rim is rusted away along the very edge where the steel folds over to form the bead area in about an 2" area on both rims. The tires were pretty much melding away, they got sticky like an old rubber band you find after too many years in storage that's melted and stuck to everything.
The bike however was rust free, it was just covered top to bottom in fine sawdust from the guy's table saw about 15 ft away from where it was sitting.
I will also likely lose the self adjusting brake levers in favor of a set of older brakes.
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04-18-21, 02:28 AM
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Thanks for the offer but both wheels are 36h and super wide. I looked at a few others and they had narrower rims, these are as wide as the Westrick rims on a Sports model.
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04-18-21, 06:02 AM
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04-18-21, 06:22 PM
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Not English but a nice interpretation from the '80s, the Fuji Cambridge III with Sturmey hub and factory rack, baskets and rear axle kickstand. Nice little bike, and it's cheap! I assembled and sold several back then.
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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...12744683465900
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04-19-21, 06:54 AM
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Sturmey hub when Fuji could have gone for the Shimano 333? Interesting. Good on Fuji...
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I've used them on both ends. I do a bit of filing so that the ends are nice and spin easily in the cable barrel adjuster. Once crimped they hold together well. I'd not thought of the fishing bits but if made of lead I'd be worried that they would crumble. The brass piping doesn't seem to do that.
04-19-21, 12:24 PM
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04-19-21, 01:44 PM
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They were a good bike, and they outsold the Raleigh models 10 to 1. Mostly because they were cheaper.
They were a step up from the Columbia three speeds they sold for around $99 at the time but the Columbia still outsold everything else because of price.
There were a few levels of these bikes, with the top model having Ukai alloy rims, Suntour 3 speed rear hub, a mid flange front hub, alloy cranks, alloy bars and stem, and stainless fenders. The lesser models had steel rims, steel square taper cranks, and Shimano hubs. There were also earlier models with cottered cranks and steel everything too.
The frames were odd compared to most others, the men's model had a hump back top tube, and the ladies model was sort of a mixte style frame.
Here's a cat. page I found online for '82:
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Another pair, this time early '60s Hercules Courier his 'n' hers.
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04-20-21, 07:56 AM
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Raleigh Sprite 3+2
I've been meaning to share this here. I'd be happy to learn more about the hub. Obviously neglected at some point, but the wheels look rideable from here.
$100 1967 Raleigh Sprite 3+2
Indicator left
Indicator right
3+2 speed Hub?
$100 1967 Raleigh Sprite 3+2
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3+2 speed Hub?
04-20-21, 08:48 AM
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Looks like an S5 hub... https://www.sheldonbrown.com/sturmey...spd.html#4and5
That is a cool bike but will need lots of elbow grease! Depending on where you are that is either cheap or overpriced
That is a cool bike but will need lots of elbow grease! Depending on where you are that is either cheap or overpriced
04-20-21, 09:27 AM
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Yeah, too bad that right-side shift lever seems to be missing.
04-20-21, 12:29 PM
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I worked in a shop back in the early 80's when those were selling new, many of those came with Suntour hubs, made under license from SA, if not they had a Shimano hub...The frames were odd compared to most others, the men's model had a hump back top tube, and the ladies model was sort of a mixte style frame.
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I see a 23" Humber and a Raleigh Sports ladies'.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...30763403976067
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...30763403976067
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