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Any one into old bicycles???
Danozeman - 17/4/09 at 03:46 PM

Does anyone know what this is??

Its a coventry-eagle i think of 1969 vintage going by the sturmy archer gear hub..


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Guinness - 17/4/09 at 03:48 PM

No, no, no!

I think, without being too rude, that you have completely the wrong end of the stick there mate.

That is NOT what we mean by "stick a bike engine in it".



Mike

Dingz - 17/4/09 at 04:04 PM

THe only interesting bit about that is the chainwheel looks as though it is off a Moulton

speedyxjs - 17/4/09 at 04:30 PM

I quite like that
Would never ride it of course but i think it has character

Danozeman - 17/4/09 at 05:31 PM

quote:

I quite like that
Would never ride it of course but i think it has character



Thats what i think.

The main tube is oval with tight radius's. It has a coventry-eagle badge on the front. I was gonna hack it about and make a chopper bike out of it but if its anything reasonable i wont.

It has a front hub dynomo which i think is rare, theyr normally in the rear wheel with the sturmy archer.

Peteff - 17/4/09 at 05:47 PM

We bought a couple of Chinese folding bikes last year to take camping. They are Derailleur geared but look like old shopper type bikes and we cover miles on them no problem. That is a nice old example.

tomprescott - 17/4/09 at 07:01 PM

We used to have a few different old raleigh's, I know that one was called an apple, and there was the classic chopper, can't remember what the third was but it looks a lot like that.