The way I figure it, I'd have a better chance of success with only two, but who knows? I guess I'd have lots of problems to deal with and that's what is appealing to me. Most of my projects last me a week or less. Here I'd have to modify a derailleur to work with a 1/8" chain, route a cable, do some cold setting to center the wheel and set a chain line, decide on cogs and come up with some sort of roadsterish method of shifting. How about a TT mounted quadrant? It might be a better project than the light weight roadster project I never got around to.

He's got an ad posted on Kijiji.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details...dId=1421651966

Those guys in Owen Sound have an NOS Cyclo derailleur that you might like..
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5858cc5b49.jpg
https://www.hoopriderparts.com/produ...leur%20-%20nos

I imagine most derailleurs could be set to limit their travel over 2 or 3 cogs.

I wasn't able to stop for a photo since I was heading back to work from a meeting downtown, but I happened upon a Raleigh Tourist secured to a city bike loop. The machine was in really nice shape. The hub was facing down, so I couldn't spot the date of manufacture. That is the second functioning three-speed that I've seen in the wild here. The last one was a few weeks ago; an older fella stopped by a coffee shop as I was entering the bakery, and he got off a very fetching Raleigh Lenton or Clubman, by the look of it and the colour of the frame (it resembled similar bicycles posted here over the years). I rushed through my purchase in the bakery and came out to get a closer look, but he had gone. Maybe he was an old scorcher. I didn't expect to see a rare 1950s Raleigh Lenton or Clubman kind of bicycle here. It was that green metallic colour, like this:

http://www.oldbike.eu/wordpress/wp-c..._Lenton_04.jpg

Not sure of the actual numbers but Raleigh (and others) sold millions of these things...
They were guaranteed FOREVER, and if maintained, have proven themselves.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3602716014.jpg
A modern Raleigh has a one year guarantee.....

As it turns out with odd Canadian tire sizes..
I put a set of 27" x 1 1/2" (37-630) tires that I
had in the garage.
They fit very well....

Was the idea of the lightweight roadster to use a 531 or similar frame? That would probably have a derailleur hanger, at least, and probably a mounting point for a shift lever. I had no difficulty narrowing the rear triangle on the Peugeot mixte for the SA hub. Just used a carpentry clamp to squeeze it down little by little over a few weeks. I'm not sure the alignment is perfect but it wouldn't be hard to correct (if I was that much of a perfectionist, which at least with this bike, I'm not). The special antirotation washers for the wider axle slots would be nice to have but don't seem to be a necessity.

Wheel sizes
This photo shows the difference.
A standard British 26" rim in front
and the EA 2/ 28" x 1 1/4"
in back.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...58a963b8e8.jpg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0c98697bc8.jpg
I had a pair of NOS Kenda tires that fit nicely.

I see boat!

I fix boat!

1954 Mystery Bike.
I've made some minor changes
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...1884fcbaf9.jpg
Leather saddle
New NOS tires (Kenda)
19T cog on hub (will probably add a 20T and new chain)
Repacked front hub bearings
re routed brake cable
re-positioned trigger

I'm now convinced that this is a British frame
with Canadian parts added to finish off.
The red/burgandy and cream combo is very Canadian.
The Made in Canada sticker probably really
means Assembled in Canada to meet trade tariffs etc
with a percentage of Canadian built parts added to qualify.
A nice bike but really not a bike for me to ride.

That’s an awesome machine! Right in there with the golden years of British club riding. Why is it not to be? Fit, style?

It's a 21 1/2 " frame which is a little small for me
and I can't ride with drop bars.
I could, of course, swap out the bars but
I'm hesitant to alter the nature/originality
of this bike.
On the other hand at 64 years old (the bike)
who knows what's been altered over the years.

I really like the paint. I think you're right about the Canadianess of the colour scheme - 1960s Pontiac Acadians (Chevy II or Nova) came in a similar two-tone colour I think, an example of which was owned by my grandfather.

I like the spot for the shifter. I was thinking the same for my four-speed sturmey shifter on my Peugeot, a homage to Raleigh Clubmans. I found a '53 FW hub which is close to what they came with. I don't think I could pay the costs for an FC close-ratio hub. Though it was tempting...UK Ebay has many tempting items.

I've seen a few other 3 speed racers with the trigger mounted there.
Britain exported so many goods after the war, cars, motorcycles, bicycles etc
that collectors there want the stuff back!
A British motorbike worth worth $5000 here in North America is worth double
that over there....

gster knows alot about these English 3 speeds....wondering, have you ever run across a Sturmey Archer 4 speed ? ....my friend had a 1953 Indian Scout so equiped...the additional speed was labeled "B" just below Low.(#1)
....my Indian had the conventional S/A 3 speed. Both of our cycles were imported by the Indian Motorcycle dealer in Toledo, Ohio...we bought them new, in the crate.

Julius in Ohio

Keep your eyes peeled- they're out there. I'm currently restoring an Lenton that is equipped an FG, which is the 4-speed and dynamo in the same hub.

Yeah, the idea was a roadster built from something like a Super Course. Somehow, the motivation to actually make one never happened.

The nice thing about using an early 70s SuperCourse for such a conversion is that they don't have a derailleur hanger and are spaced at 120mm in the rear triangle, so a 3-speed hub with a 6 1/4" axle will fit without serious modification. Running cable stops and pulley wheels can be a bit fiddly, but quite do-able. Last weekend I had my '73 SuperCourse equipped with a 5-speed rear hub out for a 30 miler.

https://live.staticflickr.com/979/41...9ea84d96_c.jpg

Anyone know a source for Raleigh rubber pedal blocks? I have a '56 Hercules that wants new ones...https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...726b3f3f02.jpg

Give me a couple of days to look. I might have an extra set of proper Hercules pedals. They would be the smaller women's size but they work with my size 11's. :)

Those look a little odd...I thought Raleigh pedals were square section in the 50's?

I think they may have been square, at one time!

Now, you're getting me inspired again. I love the idea of the S5 hub. I even have a nice NOS 1980s S5.2 hub hanging around. This looks like a fun ride. What are you using to operate the bell crank?

1947 Schwinn New World 3-speed - we're finally starting to get some better weather here after a lot of rain.

https://thecabe.com/forum/attachment...b2-jpg.995635/

Then someone got their money out of them.