^ "This item is out of stock"

Update today from Soma:

"Sorry the bar is unavailable. Check back in 3 months. Thanks."

^ :lol:Ka-ching! The value of mine just jumped. Wonder when the ebay rally begins?

It was $49 when I scooped one of the last ones a few days ago - $73 now from the same seller.

When I click on the Rene Herse link, it shows the item "in stock" and lets me put it into the basket.

^ Wow, they must have re-stocked since I last clicked on the link this morning. There go your Internet spoils, Vgnome!

Neal

Perhaps you are all already aware of it, but I just happened across this site.

Some very interesting tidbits are contained therein.

This guy is working the SF CL... Does he look like someone in here?
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Bicycle-1.gif

Awesome !

Very cool site. Thanks.

My Lambert is now a three speed!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2605/...ff93c3b1_b.jpg

Ok it's not English but for a USA made bike it still is a very "English" wannabe! I saved this from certain death at the local flea market. It was in very bad condition but a brass brush, some Mother's and a bit of elbow grease and she came back nicely! I'm always impressed with how well old chrome can withstand Mother nature's wrath.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lls/004-30.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lls/007-23.jpg

My daily driver. Rudge Deluxe. It's a sports model with GB drops, stem, Weinmann brakes and Stronglight cranks.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2759/...607a0bf1c6.jpg
27 107 by barnstormerbikes, on Flickr

:thumb:
I really like the looks of these club-style bikes. This one is very appealing indeed.

Hmm, I should put drop bars on a three speed and see how it handles. I probably won't keep it that way, but I'm curious.

What gearing are you using? The chainwheel looks nice and small. You'd need that to handle the hills in Vermont.

I'm going to guess Frank has a 42 on his. My Lambert has a 48.

Don't be so sure. Remember the old Sports hanging in my basement? Let me drag one out that I've been working on.....pics. in a few moments.

When I aquired it was missing it's fenders and chain guard and it's saddle was rotting away. So it got built with inverted Northroads, nice but the cockpit was too small but it was a blast to ride.
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=204169So, inspired by members of the Forum, I collected some bits and put together this which seems more in character with the original.
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=204170 It's a 23" fame with about a 1" drop to the bars. Very comfortable indeed!

FT- I like your fenders;)

Drop bars on a 650A Sports is a nice set up... friend has one while my Sports is running 700c wheels and handles very nicely.

Hey guys, I'm a certified English 3-speed fan. I haven't had one for many years, in College (UC Berkeley) i would drive down to my grandmother's place in Silicon Valley and buy up old bikes, clean them up & sell them to other students for extra cash. Anyway, I kept the English ones for myself because they were so cool!

I had a Phillips Rod-brake 26-inch roadster, a Dunalt 28-inch single-speed rod-brake roadster (with the most awesome rack you have never seen, was made of what looked like angle iron), a Moulton M2 Deluxe, which was really a 4-speed but which was the best rider out of all of them. Also had two Raleigh 20s, a stock folder (stolen) and a non-folder that I built new wheels for (so it would stop).

Unfortunately after college I moved back to LA and caught the derailleur sickness (LOL) and sold all the old English stuff. Now I have an 80s investment-lug Trek with all low-end Campagnolo (newer Victory mostly) and many thousands of miles on it.

Until Sunday when I bought this Raleigh:http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=204175

Now I'm jazzed to have another one, despite not having small wheels or rod brakes

I'm sure it rides well with drop bars, but I like upright bars for short trips and city riding. I like drop bars for long rides. My Rudge is my city/errand bike. I don't think I want to build a long distance rider out of an English three-speed.

[QUOTE][I don't think I want to build a long distance rider out of an English three-speed. /QUOTE]

That's the point! no thinking went on here..:lol:

I have drop bars on my lightweight.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...Brittourer.jpg

It's not an English frame, exactly, because I built it in my garage in Southern California. It's copied from Brit lightweights typical of the 1940s, though, with NOS 531 (domed and slotted!) and fitted with an S-A FM 4 speed. It's the most comfortable bike I own and is utterly perfect for flat to rolling century rides, etc. It's only out of its element in truly mountainous terrain...

+1, Mine is a Raleigh Sport ( Deluxe?) converted to dropbars; so smooth and relaxed around town and on small rollers. Took it on a group ride a few weeks back, as soon as we hit some serious hills, I was in pain. Not sure extra gears would have helped. Yours is very sweet indeed, sounds and looks every bit as nice as an original English Lightweight!

six days, that's gorgeous.