I'd love to go see a launch some day, it's got to be one of those things words just don't do justice to.
Great photo Brian!
Tuned up a neglected 1966 Robin Hood bicycle for one of my Son's friends, the bike ended up here after his last move out of Seattle a few years back.
Being the last one to move out of a 3 person shared rental is not optimal- lots of stuff left that needed cleared out to at least hope some of the damage deposit got returned. It did.
Our son was here at Thanksgiving and we were going through stuff left here to give away or take to the dump and this bike was in question.
Son says hmmmm, I wonder if Brenna wants this bike since she's living in Seattle and relies on public transit and her own two legs to move about.
Turns out she does. She's a sweetheart and has had a rough go in life at times, so I agreed to go over the bike and get it roadworthy.
2 tubes, 2 tires, 2 set of brake pads, lots of cleaning, disassembling and greasing it's ready to be returned.
I couldn't abide by just dropping it off in the condition it was in.
Much better now!
Sturmey-Archer 3 speed hub
Local bike shop was fresh out of John Bull No 25 brake pads
Had to go with "universals"
Rally rather a lot of parts in the hub, simple durable design. Only had to replace the loose 3/16' ball bearings, the 2 sets in cages cleaned up well- no rust!
The stuff for 3 speed hubs. 2 tablespoons in the oil fill hole, seal it up and yer good to go!
