Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[Nic Jarman]

No it's not big foot.

Has anyone seen one of these before?

[47p2]

Sturmey Archer 3 speed gear for a bicycle.

Very common at one time and were prone to jumping out of gear if the cable was not adjusted correctly, leaving the poor cyclist in rather a lot of pain
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[Nic Jarman]

Hi 47p2. You got a bit suckered on this one. What is special about this sturmy, ASC is the clue.
Set the shoulder of the shaft level with the end of the spindle in 2nd gear. That is how to set it. ( I own a bicycle shop).

[peter scott]

Ah, the power of the internet is at hand..

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/designs/hsasc.html
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[47p2]

Interesting stuff there Peter and Nic, I had never heard of the ASC before.

I think however a proper single gear fixed wheel would be my preference
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[47Jag]

Nic,

I loved the old Sturmey. When I was 15 I bought a (Raleigh) Triumph bike with one and thought it was wonderful. 8/3d a week for a year in tick. I found that if you were accelerating you could pre-select the next gear. It would stay in the gear you were in until you momentarily backed off on the pedal pressure when it would jump into the pre-selected gear and keep on accelerating. I used to take on all comers in sprint races and always won. I've got a hub lying on a shelf in my garage waiting on a 'project'.

Art

[47p2]

8/3d a week Art, you must have been one of the rich kids

I was 12 when I got my first bike, second hand it was, cost £4/2/6d from a trader in the Glasgow Barras Oh happy days, the kids don't know their living nowadays
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[buzzy bee]

Hi

How long did it take you both to earn that amount?

Cheers

Dave

[Nic Jarman]

Hi Art,
I was thinking of putting it in my 1974 pashley tourmaster tandem but I was advised that the fixed can be a bit weak for 2 sets of legs. Very rare these ASC's, found it in my stepdads shed. I am however looking for a 1936 sturmy for my Utility bike.
Nic

[47Jag]

47p2,

I was making 37/6d as a bread van-boy. I got 10/- a week pocket money. 8/3d for my bike, 1/- for the Autocar leaving 9d for entertainment. When I was 19 my mate and me cycled from Calais to Paris where my mate's bike broke a front spindle. We had the idea of putting the bikes in the left luggage at the Gare du Nord until we got our bearings. Long story short....The bikes got shipped back to London with all our stuff in the pannier bags. We then had to buy two tickets for the first train/boat out in the morning back to Londres which cleaned us out financially. When we arrived at Victoria there were the two bikes still lying on the platform against a barrow with all our stuff still intact. That couldn't happen nowadays.

Art

[47p2]

They wouldn't make it out of france today nevermind to Victoria. Great story Art

Dave,

At the age of 12 I received 2/- (two shillings) a week pocket money, 20 shillings in the pound and at £4/2/6d it took about forever to save up to buy a second hand bicycle. I do think my parents contributed towards the purchase as it took me 10 weeks to save £1.00, and 50 weeks to save £5.00. The reason I mention £5.00 is that this was the amount of money I actually had when I went to the Barras that Sunday, bike cost £4/2/6d brake blocks tyres and inner tubes used the rest of the fiver up....
Home skint, but I had a bike
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[the fly]

Ifyou think a sturmy hub can painful try a hercumatic 3 speed hub it hurts just the same but about 4 times more often .I have owned in the past a 4 hp triumph motorcycle fitted with a sturmyarcher 3 speed and clutch hub clutch operated by riders left foot and gears by right hand a nice old beast to ride very sedate. regards TheFly

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[jensen541]

Art Said

[47p2]