Love him or hate him, it's a great bike
01-09-12, 05:00 AM
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01-09-12, 05:02 AM
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Did you see him with the "earbud"? Wow, the predecessor to the MP3 
01-09-12, 05:12 AM
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Nice Bike- is that an AMF Hercules?
01-09-12, 05:24 AM
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I thought for sure this was going to be Grant Petersen
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Perhaps they are one and the same. Ron and Grant do share a characteristic or three.
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I had guessed the same! I don't know why I made this mistake.
Either pro or con, my house has been called at least 50 times over the weekend by someone mentioning Dr. Paul's name.
Yet I'm still undecided as to who I will vote for in the NH Primary tomorrow. I guess I'm pretty typical!
Either pro or con, my house has been called at least 50 times over the weekend by someone mentioning Dr. Paul's name.
Yet I'm still undecided as to who I will vote for in the NH Primary tomorrow. I guess I'm pretty typical!
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01-09-12, 08:13 AM
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Believe it or not, that's a Raleigh-made AMF, just like this one:
From: https://threespeedbicycles.com/AMF_Hercules.html
And this one:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/3128916...57625201604450
-Kurt
From: https://threespeedbicycles.com/AMF_Hercules.html
And this one:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/3128916...57625201604450
-Kurt
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Believe it or not, that's a Raleigh-made AMF, just like this one:
From: https://threespeedbicycles.com/AMF_Hercules.html
And this one:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/3128916...57625201604450
-Kurt
From: https://threespeedbicycles.com/AMF_Hercules.html
And this one:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/3128916...57625201604450
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Mine had plain old black fenders. It served me well through several incarnations.
01-09-12, 08:51 AM
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Great pic.
Aren't all AMF Hercules, Raleighs?
Oh, I see the answer above, thanks Kurt.
Aren't all AMF Hercules, Raleighs?
Oh, I see the answer above, thanks Kurt.
01-09-12, 09:16 AM
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Doesn't make a bit of difference. Throughout their run, the AMF-Hercules models varied from spartan to the most Americanized-looking Raleigh Sports incarnations possible. Chromed fork ends were occasionally the case, as on Ron Paul's AMF-Herc.
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01-09-12, 09:55 AM
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I had guessed the same! I don't know why I made this mistake.
Either pro or con, my house has been called at least 50 times over the weekend by someone mentioning Dr. Paul's name.
Yet I'm still undecided as to who I will vote for in the NH Primary tomorrow. I guess I'm pretty typical!
Either pro or con, my house has been called at least 50 times over the weekend by someone mentioning Dr. Paul's name.
Yet I'm still undecided as to who I will vote for in the NH Primary tomorrow. I guess I'm pretty typical!
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01-09-12, 10:07 AM
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Cool. While I do not actively seek out photos of AMF Hercs, I do tend to notice them since I owned one. That is the first one I have seen with the chrome.
01-09-12, 10:30 AM
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Believe it or not, that's a Raleigh-made AMF, just like this one:
From: https://threespeedbicycles.com/AMF_Hercules.html
And this one:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/3128916...57625201604450
-Kurt
From: https://threespeedbicycles.com/AMF_Hercules.html
And this one:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/3128916...57625201604450
-Kurt
01-09-12, 11:04 AM
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I think we can post without getting into politics. I wish I had a picture of me like that on my dad's JC Higgins, my impression is the Higgins was a little bit nicer bike in ways that matter. Didn't have as much chrome though.
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Originally Posted by 753proguy
I hope you don't vote for a racist whackjob....
It's amazing how many sign up to get their name on the ballot.
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01-09-12, 11:47 AM
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I respectfully disagree about being able to discuss this thread without politics entering into it. Were it a legitimate politician I would agree...but when it's someone who has had his name attached to some truly offensive things, and said some truly offensive things, I really don't think talking about his bicycle in a neutral manner is realistic. It reads as..."let's discuss Nathan Bedford Forrests lawnmower".
I also disagree as to the bike being great, but that's another matter.
I also disagree as to the bike being great, but that's another matter.
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01-09-12, 11:53 AM
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Interestingly, according to Mike Gerrish (MikeG41 here on the forums), the cycling team frames were actually built by Ted Woodall and there is a blurb about his role in building them for Hercules here.
Hercules Kestrel Super Club ('531' Tubing) by Abaraphobia, on Flickr
01-09-12, 11:53 AM
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I had to google Nathan Bedford Forrest. I cite wikipedia: 'Not for nothing did Forrest say the essence of strategy was 'to git thar fust with the most men"'. That's very much a Cav statement.
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01-09-12, 11:56 AM
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