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Heldring
TBC. Haven't done anything other than take the whole bike apart at the moment. But they can't be harder to fettle than that sodding chainguard.
I've worked on Dutch bikes before and the thing I really don't understand is why - on a design that has barely changed in a century - nobody has made it easier to remove the rear wheel.
Granted, everything here was a bit bashed up and bent, but to get the rear wheel out, I had to remove:
1) the rack;
2) the skirt guards;
3) the Sturmey Archer adjustment chain;
4) the crankset (because I couldn't access the chainguard bolts);
5) the chainguard;
6) the mudguard
Not exactly convenient if you get a roadside puncture.