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If you're after an upright 3 speed, vintage is always cool to have, especially an English made.
Though many today think they all are collectable and ask large amounts for them.
They made millions of them and eventually under the Raleigh umbrella. Triumph, Humber, Rudge, Dunelt to name a few. Almost all are the same anyway with Sturmey Archer internal geared hub.
I have just a few to play with and do some fun rides with or as guest loaners. The ones I have were absurdly cheap to buy and really nice bikes. Yet I sometimes and still find listings for them in the $30 price range. Just last week in Chicago CL, three of them from one seller.... $30 each. I'm not much to waste time at a garage sale or Goodwill, but they can be another source of finding a cheapie.
If you like something more on the funk, cool retro, seek out a Raleigh DL-1 Tourist. They have poor but cool looking rod actuated brakes. There's solutions to improve the brakes but to me it adds character. Tubing is Reynolds 531 and is still a tank. Once again, silly prices are out there ($1,000 +/-) but I still see a few pop up for under $100. Mine was $40.
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