I'd love to find one that fits me (I ride a 60CM frame) I think the whole concept is great. I have great memories of my Sturmy Archer equipped Royal Hunter "English Racer" which I got as a birthday present in about 1956. This bike opened the door to me in a social sense , as I could now range out and meet my friends from school on weekends at THE candy store up on the towns main drag. I rode it for about 10 years until my folks sold our house for an apartment where ther was no room to keep it.HellonWheels said:Great to meet another 3-speed biker, I thought maybe I was the one and only!
I have three bikes...I still own the first one I ever got (my dad bought it for me in 1978)...its a lowend Drake, made in India, but its held up for me all these years well. I've turned it into a utility bike, with panniers on the sides for getting groceries, etc
Then I have a FreeSpirit, also with side panniers for grocery shopping. Finally my Raleigh which is only for recreational rides. I got the last one (Raleigh) just a month ago for fifty bucks in a yard sale! The woman had kept it in her garage for years and its in literal MINT condition. It still had the plastic remnants under the reflector on the back, and the little prickly thingies on the (brand new) tires. Its immaculate and rides like a charm.
I'd like to find a book on how to repair 3-speeds, any idea where to find one? Also, what do you do for parts? The gear switching thing on my Drake is cracked (the plastic part) and Sturmey-Archer is out of business now.
garage sale GT said:You may wind up trashing your hub pretty quick; Shimano and other sources say not to off road those things.
SRAM.com used to talk about the P5 "CARGO" version of their P5, built extra heavy for delivery bikes, but I never saw one for sale. Maybe they were for Europe. They're not on the site any more.
I've been pedaling around on a 3-speed Next Monterey Bay which goes for $109.00 at Wal-Mart. Sheldon Brown says the new Shimano Nexus 3-speeds are OK, and that's from a Sturmey Archer fan.
That's just what shimano.com said, though they didn't say what the weak link was.meb said:That's surprising since there's several mountain bikes using the Shimano hubs.
The ultra durable Rohloffs were designed as a mountain bike hub.
Yes ...hdavidh said:Perhaps one of you could help me please? I have a shimano 3 spd that I laced to a nice old gentleman rim but the coaster brake only works in 3rd gear. It "works" in 2nd and 1st but only after pedalling backwards a few revolutions... I took it apart and greased it prior to this happening. It was working fine but dried out when got it. Should I have just oiled it instead of the grease?
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