Bring back the English 3-speed
06-15-08, 06:26 PM
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Beautiful
So any advice on how to get the plug to stick back in the oil hole?
So any advice on how to get the plug to stick back in the oil hole?
06-15-08, 09:47 PM
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We just wrapped up our second annual repairapalooza in which we kept the shop open for 30 hours and where my friend and I turned wrenches for 25 hours straight... my stand was where the old three speeds were hanging out since I'm the "old three speed guy".
None really needed anything more than minor tune ups and seemed much more beloved than many of the other bikes that were coming in... I think they engender a little more affection from their owners and all seem to be very well kept.
06-16-08, 12:21 AM
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I use SINGER Sewing Machine oil in mine, or good old fashioned 3 in 1 oil, the nozzle on either is a perfect fit.
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06-16-08, 04:00 AM
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06-16-08, 05:26 AM
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Just the flip cap. It was in just fine, I popped it open to add a drop or to of oil and now it won't shut.
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06-16-08, 05:39 AM
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Perhaps if you carefully clean all the oil off it before pushing it back in it might stay in place. I must confess that's an AW three speed hub problem I haven't had before.
Yes indeed! You will not feel content with your collection of elderly English bicycles until you have found yourself a nice Hercules
So what you are saying is that I now have plenty of time to find a Hercules ?
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06-16-08, 06:39 AM
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Um..... get a magnifying glass and check that the wee overcentre spring for the lid hasn't got jammed. Sometimes tiny crumbs of dirt can get into the pivot and mess things up.
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06-16-08, 04:05 PM
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For anyone considering a 3 speed or an older bike, take the advice a few pages back and buy the chain tool and a new chain... 
06-19-08, 09:29 AM
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Where can a well made trigger shifter? I ordered a Swift folder with 3 speeds and a trigger shifter. The shifter disintegrated after a week. Total crap. Now I just ride the folder as a single speed (it's neat!). The man who puts the Swifts together says he knows no place where he can get a decent trigger shifter. Seems that all they are selling are new fangled twist shifters. I hate em. Not as much as I hate the new fangled derailleur shifter-brake combo abominations, but I still hate 'em.
06-19-08, 09:34 AM
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You can still buy SA 3 speed triggers.
I just ordered a bunch for our shop.
I just ordered a bunch for our shop.
06-19-08, 10:04 AM
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That's what I got on the Swift, a "Sturmey Archer" - but made in China and Sturmey Archer in name only. As I said, it lasted a whole week, or was it five days?
06-19-08, 10:11 AM
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The SA triggers I have from the 50's - 70's are still working fine too...
06-19-08, 02:08 PM
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Stupid question (I know I am opening my self to a huge debate):
26 x 1 3/8 = 590 = 650A
So would I be able to swap a new set of rims in 650b and adjust or change the brakes for the slight drop? I had heard 650a to 650b is a much easier change (w/ new rims of course) than 700c to 650b.
26 x 1 3/8 = 590 = 650A
So would I be able to swap a new set of rims in 650b and adjust or change the brakes for the slight drop? I had heard 650a to 650b is a much easier change (w/ new rims of course) than 700c to 650b.
06-19-08, 07:39 PM
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I think it takes some special talents to take a very simple, utterly reliable, maintenance-free bit of machinery like that and re-engineer it into something that self-destructs in less than one week.
06-19-08, 09:13 PM
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My 10 year old daughter just joined the club...
06-19-08, 09:21 PM
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She has a Norco road bike in a 24 inch size that she likes but it is a long ride bike... the Shopper seemed to be a perfect choice and could actually be a bike she could ride forever.
06-20-08, 01:26 AM
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Was just checking on models and my daughter's "new" 3 speed is a 1988 Raleigh Saffron which is the non folding version of the Compact... I think she will have fun making the bike her own while her dad tweaks out her ride.
A pic of the bike on the ride home (it fits me too).
A pic of the bike on the ride home (it fits me too).
06-20-08, 04:54 AM
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You have a very lucky daughter 
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08-18-08, 09:27 PM
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Great looking bikeGetting mine overhauled within the next month. My other bike is in the shop getting a tune up. Once the car gets sold, the 3-speed is in for some work.
08-18-08, 10:03 PM
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Sianelle -
I was out in my shop with my daughter's one evening a few weekends ago and said to my oldest daughter that, "Everyone should have an English 3 speed"
and my youngest daughter gave me a sad sad look and said, "Dad... I don't have an English 3 speed".
I stayed up all night finishing her bike... a 1972 Raleigh Fireball 3 speed.
I was out in my shop with my daughter's one evening a few weekends ago and said to my oldest daughter that, "Everyone should have an English 3 speed"
and my youngest daughter gave me a sad sad look and said, "Dad... I don't have an English 3 speed".I stayed up all night finishing her bike... a 1972 Raleigh Fireball 3 speed.
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08-18-08, 10:16 PM
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What a kind Dad you are
Your youngest daughter is a very lucky girl
Your youngest daughter is a very lucky girl
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