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Conference noted::bicycle

Title:	Bicycling
Notice:	Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:	JAMIN::WASSER

Created:	Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3214
Total number of notes:	31946

1544.0. "Looking for an old 3-speed hub" by ICS::HALL () Tue May 15 1990 20:25

Here's hoping someone can help me...

A friend lent us their bikes to ride while we're here (9 months
in NE); one is a Schwinn Varsity, and one is a Huffy women's
3-speed.  Well, as luck would have it, the gearchange mechanism
inside the Huffy's rear hub broke the second day out.  I'd like
to give it back in at least as good a condition as we got it.
This is a Sturmey-Archer rear hub with the planetary gears (I
assume), where the little shifting mechanism sticks out to the
right from the center of the hub.

Just the other day, there was one of these bikes for sale in the
Classifieds for $35, but of course, it was sold by the time I saw
the ad.

Are hubs like this still available?  I laced my share of
motorcycle wheels; I could probably do one of these.  Is there a
bike junkyard somewhere where I could get a complete wheel?

I'd appreciate any help you could give.

Thanks,
Charlie

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1544.1	Bike junk?	BANZAI::FISHER	Dictionary is not.	`Wed May 16 1990 07:57`	8
	There's a barn in Pepperell that has tons of junk bikes in front of it. I'd bet you could find what you want and get it for cheap, too. Take 111 just N of 111-113 traffic circle, before little bridge take left on Brookline Rd, it's on the rt within 200 yds. ed
1544.2	Another option	EQUINE::DANI		`Wed May 16 1990 10:52`	11
	You could always try the dump. THere seem to always be a not of bicycles there. If that doesn't work, I took a bicycle maintenance course at Haggetts in Concord, N.H. One of the attendees had zillions of bicycles (all dump picked). Fred (at Haggetts) might be able to 1) help you out by having the part or 2) put you in contact with this man who seems to have his own bike junk yard. Danielle
1544.3	S.A. failure mode?	TALLIS::JBELL	Zeno was almost here	`Wed May 16 1990 11:22`	15
	> Well, as luck would have it, the gearchange mechanism >inside the Huffy's rear hub broke the second day out. How did it fail? I thought that they were indestructible. Does it seem like it's just in neutral (i.e. it spins both forward and backwards)? There's a spot in between 2nd and 3rd where it does that and all that you'll need is an adjustment. -Jeff Bell
1544.4	Well, not ALL of them are indestructible...	ICS::HALL		`Wed May 16 1990 14:46`	15
	Jeff, We're talking broken metal here. I popped the sprocket off the right side and unscrewed the franistat that the sprocket was glommed to (boy, I love these technical terms), and there was broken metal everywhere. Since I don't know what it SHOULD look like, the only thing I can relate it to is a transmission failure in a motorcycle, where the shifting forks and/or dogs are busted all over hell. Actually, the places in Pepperell and NH sound pretty good; I've gotta think there are a lot of those hubs somewhere in the world. Everyone, thanks for the help! Charlie
1544.5	On the road again...	ICS::HALL		`Wed May 23 1990 23:41`	16
	RE: .1 Ed, Just to let you know, you pointed me in exactly the right direction. The guy's name is Roger Hicks, he's a nice enough fellow, and when I bopped by at 7:30 PM on Saturday night, he sold me a nice hub/wheel (he only had a gazillion of them) for $5. He's got a few used bikes sitting outside for sale, and he's got a bunch he's fixing up. Don't go looking for state of the art; there are a lot of old K-Mart specials, but he's got a lot of old Schwinns, too, and I have the feeling that if you walked in and asked him to put a bike together from this over here and that over there, he'd do it, and you'd have a good bike for $30-$50. Thanks, Charlie
1544.6		QUICKR::FISHER	Dictionary is not.	`Thu May 24 1990 13:03`	3
	:-) ed