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Old 09-01-22, 11:42 AM
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Andy Griffith Show

I saw on a "Andy Griffith" show the shows about a English man who rode is bike everywhere. His name was, " Maleolim". (???) What type of bicycle did use?
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I his name was Malcolm Merriweather

good luck with the trivia quest!






scroll to the 1:25 mark
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x866m43

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Originally Posted by Colorado Kid
I saw on a "Andy Griffith" show the shows about a English man who rode is bike everywhere. His name was, " Maleolim". (???) What type of bicycle did use?
Malcolm Merriweather, played by Bernard Fox. Google images came up with a few photos of the bike, none clear enough to show the brand name. At a guess, it looks like one of the many brands that Raleigh hoovered up in the '60s: Humber, Armstrong, Phillips, etc. Wald front basket, though.

The bike is black with white-tipped mudguards and a black non-leather saddle whose front third is also white, which might be clues for those who know English bikes of that era better than I do.

Edit: those great-looking rear panniers in Rumrunn's color photo above remind me of a set of panniers at the local bike shop that I coveted as a kid: palomino-dyed rabbit fur, with crossed six-guns embossed on the pannier buckles.

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Old 09-01-22, 01:02 PM
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The umbrella under the top tube is brilliant!
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Reminds me of a 3-spd english racer I had as a kid.
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Originally Posted by locolobo13
Reminds me of a 3-spd english racer I had as a kid.
We called "racers" those with drop bars

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Then there is "Father Brown", an English series on PBS

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Looks like maybe a SS Rudge. And too small. LOL.
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