Originally Posted by Scipunk (Post 19889431)

Well no kidding, were down in Massachusetts! We are talking about moving to Maine someday :)

Originally Posted by plympton (Post 19889447)

That one, the first one, is $125 in Damariscata(sp)

Originally Posted by plympton (Post 19889447)

That one, the first one, is $125 in Damariscata(sp)

Originally Posted by plympton (Post 19889489)

oops. I meant Camden.

Originally Posted by rhm (Post 19887627)

Yesterday evening I got my Falcon three speed out of my bike locker, pumped up the tire (story told elsewhere), and rode off. A hundred yards later I stopped for a traffic light. When the light went green I started pedaling and something went PANG! and my pedals spun freely. It turned out the circlip had popped off the driver, and the cog had slipped out to the groove where the circlip was supposed to be. I had to take the wheel off to get it back on, pain in the neck. But why had this happened? There are two 1/16" spacers, and one cog, so there really should be plenty of room for the circlip, but it seemed to be just barely hanging on. This was the first time the circlip had popped off, though, and the hub has been on this bike for several years.

Today on the way to the station, it happened again. Again I had to take the wheel off to get the circlip back on. I removed one of the 1/16" spacers, so the hub is now noisier than before, but the circlip fits better.

Originally Posted by thumpism (Post 19890005)

Not cheap and not English but it's Sturmeyized and these seem to have a following.

https://richmond.craigslist.org/bik/...322478296.html

Schwinn Speedster ~1972 3-speed men - $399 (Glen Allen)

https://images.craigslist.org/00Q0Q_...Qd_600x450.jpg

condition: excellent
make / manufacturer: Schwinn
model name / number: Speedster
serial number: DK612159

This 1970s Schwinn is in excellent condition and is all original. It has been completely cleaned and lubed. All bearings are in very good condition and the wheels are true. It rides and shifts smoothly. I have more photos and videos if you would like to see them.
call or text 5%4$0)-9(0)8*-0)7&0)4$

Originally Posted by Scipunk (Post 19889431)

Well no kidding, were down in Massachusetts! We are talking about moving to Maine someday :)

Originally Posted by arty dave (Post 19889933)

3 speed slow I have scorcher envy again! I think it was gster last time
Plympton nice tear down pics and cool new find with great chain case font
BC great fix on the brakes

Soooo....has anyone used the 'Raleigh Roadster' tyres? (635 x 40/28 1/2" x 1 1/2") They have a nice tread pattern, do they roll well?

Originally Posted by plympton (Post 19890160)

Coastal Maine might as well be Massachusetts [ofcourse it once was] but western Maine is beautiful, slower paced and looonng winters

Originally Posted by BigChief (Post 19891368)

It's not the winters that bother me about Maine. It's the spring. Takes forever to warm up and when it finally does, the black flies eat you alive.

Originally Posted by plympton (Post 19891572)

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Originally Posted by BigChief (Post 19890044)

I have a lot of experience with these. I worked at a Schwinn- Raleigh dealership from 69 to 70. These welded Schwinns felt like a lump of rock compared to the lugged and brazed Raleigh Sports. The old timer at the shop explained to me that the Schwinns used softer steel because they were easy to weld and brazed frames had the advantage of using harder, lighter high tensile steel that made them feel more lively. So the Raleigh 20-30 steel would be something like a 10-20 or 10-23 compared to the Schwinn 10-18 or even lower carbon. So the Raleigh light roadsters might be lower tensile compared to chromoly, but next to these, they were actually high tensile.

Originally Posted by arty dave (Post 19891773)

It looks quite different to the well made American 3 speeds in SirMikes stable. I guess the 70's bikes are from a different era with different values and probably having to compete with cheaper bikes starting to enter the market from Japan. Or was this too early for Japan? I know they had a big export boom during the 70's but not quite sure when that started.

3speedslow thanks for the tip for the Perth guy - I'm looking through his site now, he has some nice bikes including a nicely restored Australian made '65 Malvern Star single speed with 28 x 1 1/2" westwood rims. I'll have to post an image of my '68 Malvern Star sometime. It came with an S5 hub that was obviously set up as a 3 speed from the factory. They must have been short on the standard 3 speed wheels on that assembly day :) They were also starting to be built with shimano 3 speed hubs at this time.

Originally Posted by johnnyspaghetti (Post 19890076)

I paid the asking price & its in better shape than I thought. There are issues with the left side shift controls, I don't know what hardware is suppose to be there.
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https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/r...277071875.html

Originally Posted by BigChief (Post 19891800)

I don't know this for a fact, just a guess, but why else would they take the trouble to fillet braze them.