i bought two of them a couple months ago...his and hers raleigh sports. the "hers" i gave away after swapping all the good parts off the "his". because the "his" was going to get a paint job, some body work, etc.
yesterday, i tried in vane to fix the sturmey archer hub. for those not into 3 speeds, the sturmey archer hub was the cadillac of hubs back in the day. and the one on the "his" had a broken chain connecting to the shift cable.
i tried everything. and it looks like i just have to man up and buy a whole new chain attachment if this baby is gonna run the way he was meant to. so, i went to ebay and placed my first bid (ever) on used parts.
nobody ever told me that ebay was like crack, ya'll. before i knew it, i also bid on 60s schwinn paramount, and two cruisers. this addiction needs to stop...but. i. just. can't. help. myself.
someone, anyone, please take away my internet access...so many good quality bikes...and they all need riders.
my buddy JB has a saying, "the number of bikes one needs is the number of bikes one owns, plus one". i have six. someone stop me.
oh, and today's bike repair was limited to pumping up a leaky tire. all the kiddo's in the neighborhood seem to be riding fine.
take care, and happy riding,
OMB
"Bicycles are social catalysts that attract a superior category of people."
- Chip Brown, "A Bike and a Prayer"
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