OT: Classic bicycles?

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Fri Apr 2 19:41:38 1999

Just curious, what marque is it? Many early British Car manufacturers
started out making bicycles, rover and Sunbeam are probably the most
famous, but Humber, Hillman and Raleigh, also, I think, and Triumph.

On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Max Eskin wrote:

> Does anybody here know of an old bicycle mailing list/message board?
> Does anyone here use or have old bicycles? The reason why I ask is that I
> found an old English bike, several decades old, and would like to know
> when it was produced, etc. It's certainly a lovely bike, black with gold
> trim, in perfect condition after I washed off the dust.
>
> My two functional questions:
> 1) Can I use WD-40 on non-moving parts to keep them from rusting?
>
> 2) The thing has one of those 3-speed in-hub gear shifters but the cable
> and handle are missing. Therefore, the little chain is retracted into the
> hub. Is it in 1st speed or 3rd speed? Does anyone have any extra 3-speed
> switch handles :)
>
> --Max Eskin (max82_at_surfree.com)
>
>

M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
215 Shady Lea Road,
North Kingstown, RI 02852

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