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To: john drake
I have a Raleigh Superbe. Its a utility bike with North Road upright handlebars and is considered the finest bicycle ever built by Raleigh, in its heyday the Microsoft of the bicycle industry. Its much the same as when it was made but I upgraded the wheels from the hard to find 590mm to the standard 700mm used on modern road bikes/hybrids and installed a Shimano seven speed Nexus internal hub to supplant the venerable Sturmey Archer 3 speed one. And it has the classic B66 Brooks leather saddle. In all, in my collection, its my favorite bike because its a classic and one no longer in production.

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61 posted on 01/16/2006 4:41:01 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
Sturmey Archer 3 speed

I just had a 30 year flash-back! Working my way thru college, I was a bike mechanic at a Schwinn Shop. Those hubs were fun to take apart and rebuild! LOL

174 posted on 01/16/2006 9:14:34 AM PST by laker_dad
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