Good gawd woman, cover your ankles, this isn't a porn site, what would your husband think if he saw you half nude in some photographic image... oh my, just imagine the repercussions
Ah, but I haven't lost sight of proper behaviour as to wear those awful bloomers like those shameless 'modern' women do.Good gawd woman, cover your ankles, this isn't a porn site, what would your husband think if he saw you half nude in some photographic image... oh my, just imagine the repercussions
Sounds like a two-speed:Intrepid WheelwomanOn the shifter I see an "H" an "N" and an "L" Can you see them in the photo I cleaned out the hub until clean oil started coming out & no more black junk was left in it now I am getting nice solid clicks when shifting and when it is on the "N" position it spins freely as if its neutraL IT SEEMS. also there are only two gears I cant find the third?. Whats up with that? Intrepid Dids you see the pictures of the shifter and the letters in the tiny hole I cleaned them up with a q-tip clearly they read H -N-L if this is indeed the case I wonder how how many were made?
No, no, no, no!Sounds like a two-speed:
High
Neutral
Low
Oh. Well, then I don't know. It made sense at the time. I've seen others similar.No, no, no, no!
No! There is no such thing as a 1953 AW model two speed Sturmey Archer gear hub!
Aha! You are absolutely right! I got curious, and was looking here:No, no, no, no!
No! There is no such thing as a 1953 AW model two speed Sturmey Archer gear hub!
Intrepid _Wheelwoman Your AWESOME in your infinite wisdom & Thank you so much & Allen you are the man!!! if indeed you are a man that is !! That article was the best definitive article on any shifter Ive ever read. I even emailed the author a few pics of my shifter because it was one he didn't have a photo of as well I thanked him.Aha! You are absolutely right! I got curious, and was looking here:
http://genetics.mgh.harvard.edu/hanczyc/pdfs/satriggersjuly06.pdf
And it would seem that, unless adjusted painstakingly, you could end up with just two speeds. But there are indeed three, no neutral.
Maybe maladjustment was the problem with one of my old "two"-speeds. Hmmm...
My word that's really useful, - thanks for posting thatAha! You are absolutely right! I got curious, and was looking here:
http://genetics.mgh.harvard.edu/hanczyc/pdfs/satriggersjuly06.pdf
And it would seem that, unless adjusted painstakingly, you could end up with just two speeds. But there are indeed three, no neutral.
Maybe maladjustment was the problem with one of my old "two"-speeds. Hmmm...
Yeah, I wondered about that too. I'd also look for cracks around where the forks join the head/stem tube. The last rider of that bike hit something solid, but it doesn't look like he hit hard enough to bend the wheel. Of course, it's hard to get a really good look at the wheel, just by the pics.J-pa, it sounds like you have the gears sorted out. Yea that black stuff will run out of the hub for what seems like forever. BTW what do you have in mind for straightening your tucked in forks?
You're all quite welcome. It was no problem at all.My word that's really useful, - thanks for posting that
"Mere woman", eh? You've already shown your skill and experience. I, for one, can't be tricked into underestimating you that way. (That, and my wife has a higher IQ than I do, and it doesn't work for her either.)... If a mere woman such as myself can do it I'm sure you won't have any problems
Ive been blessed Intrepid as far as the forks go.If there are no cracks or other damage it would be reasonably simple to straighten those forks with a large bench vice and a nice solid length of pipe. The trick is to gently ease the fork legs back into being true again and not to try doing it all in one huge heave. Rag stuffed into the end of the pipe around the fork leg will stop the fork leg from being marked as you gently apply leverage. If a mere woman such as myself can do it I'm sure you won't have any problems
Allen what search engine do you use sir?You're all quite welcome. It was no problem at all.
I'm a semi-retired private investigator. Research is what I do. Working for the government, I do it nearly all day long. If information exists on a given topic, I can usually find it in short order. It's one of the things they pay me for.
Incidentally, there's actually quite a bit of useful information about Sturmey Archers out there. The moment I started poking about, specs and diagrams started popping up. They're a very desirable hub.