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The cable operated front derailleur is very unusual on what looks like a 30s bike.
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The Walkling is a very attractive proposition. As Bb suggests, that front derailleur must have been really cutting edge when this machine was new. I understand it was common practice to shift the chain by hand (or foot!) between chainrings
Although we don't know the size of the sprockets, it looks as though they would give a useful range of gears, which was not common back then. I note the three speed block has a big size gap between the middle and bottom sprockets - all the triples I've come across recently have the same gap (either two or three teeth) which doesn't make sense to me, because surely you need a low bottom gear to climb and reasonably close gears for the flat. It's not necessary, I believe, to have a large number of gears as long as you've got the right ones when you need them. I think this Walkling would do that job well.
However, I would not choose to ride it downhill in the rain with those steel rims and ancient Resilion brake blocks and cables!
This bike is an original version of my 'Cyclo Bike' (pic a long way back in this column): mine is an attempt to imitate this one.
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Oooh, that JT is nice.
The George Brooks I posted up thread is currently £15 with an hour to run:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402956939693New one on me - Imperial Petrel:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184915676124Lovely 1930s-40s Merlin:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/33405705061640s Carpenter f&f:
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Does anyone here follow the copake bicycle auction in the usa? they just had the annual auction... some truly amazing stuff.
https://copakeauction.hibid.com/catalog/282729/29th-annual-bicycle-auction/?
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nice original Macleans: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203522473278?hash=item2f62e27d3e:g:8HEAAOSwBx9g60Sl
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No problem..
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Well that’s bloody lovely
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is this the same but brown?
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Sorry I'm not following you..?
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Lots of Flying Scots lots up for auction in Glasgow:
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/mctears-timed/catalogue-id-mctear3-10034Pre_Evans roadster with interesting organisation parts:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154526961207 -
How heavy? Just asking as have similar issue with 50s Viking, stopping with steel rims is a skill.
Weinman 730 calipers & 11.3 kg according to my bathroom scales.
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Great color!