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Older folks starting or getting back into road riding - U3A cycling
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deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Tis a lovely bike indeed! 9 speed back in the 60s? That must have been exceptional at the time - I don't remember anything bigger than a 5 gear cassette from the end of the 60s.
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
Nah! Catch the ex-hub on a bike, I think not.
The Jogger
Legendary Member
- Location
- Spain
I do shift work which often includes weekends and allows for midweek days off but I will join when I meet the criteria. Thanks for the info I hadn't heard of it, don't know why Mrs Jogger was surprised at that.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
By "getting on", are you over 60, 70 or more maybe? Come on, don't be shy, let us know will you.
A long story. I have three Rudge Pathfinders, all the result of wanting to create a bike from my childhood (stolen when I was 21). It took four years to find a 1956 Rudge Pathfinder frame by which time I had acquired two phase III Pathfinder frames from the mid/late 60s and a 1948 Rudge Clubman. All were basket cases or plain frames. By last year I had restored the Clubman to original condition (4sp SA hub) a phase III with its original Cyclo Benelux four speed and a suicide change chain wheel (8 speed), and the replica of my childhood bike (4 speed SA hub.) For a while I just left the last Phase III frame under the bench. Early this year I came across a 25 year old NOS SA three speed hub. I had a three speed block and had heard of touring riders combining the two, so thought I'd try it, hence the 9 speed which Rudge never built! (You also need a pre 1951 SA cog mount and a longer SA axle) . It is much more usable than the 4 speeds and I am enjoying it very much indeed.
Other bikes below:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31231726@N03/5708219704/" title="1948 Rudge Clubman. by CraigWales, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2014/5708219704_41e79eef84_b.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="1948 Rudge Clubman."></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31231726@N03/5708173350/" title="1956 Pathfinder restored by CraigWales, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3082/5708173350_d846fe9b30_b.jpg" width="1024" height="686" alt="1956 Pathfinder restored"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31231726@N03/5708169760/" title="Pathfinder Phase III (1962?) by CraigWales, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3225/5708169760_4ba87bb2c8_b.jpg" width="1024" height="664" alt="Pathfinder Phase III (1962?)"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31231726@N03/5708219704/" title="1948 Rudge Clubman. by CraigWales, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2014/5708219704_41e79eef84_b.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="1948 Rudge Clubman."></a>
By "getting on", are you over 60, 70 or more maybe? Come on, don't be shy, let us know will you.
I am prepared to admit collecting my old age pension for the last year or two.
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I'm only three years from picking up mine, the group sounds like a very good idea and you sound like your having fun, which is the most important part of cycling.
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I like the idea of that.
