Dear Neil, thanks a lot for the reply. I think I can pull this bike for 15 euros so the easiest thing is if I just buy it and upload some pics to compare with your catalogue. If the bike is not of interest, I'll flood the freewheel with superglue and loctite, take a boltcutter to anything that could operate the brakes, chuck on racing bars and flog it on ebay for 1500 bucks as a vintage traditional old school fixie conversion. Best Nick March, Mont de Marsan, 40, France
I have a 1938 Rudge-Whitworth catalogue, and it lists a number of models wi th 28 inch wheels, which could be supplied with hub brakes, or hub brakes w ith Sturmey 3-speed gear, as optional extras. Since Sturmey also supplied hub brakes (and hub brakes incorporating 3-and 4-speed gears) after the wa r, I think it's going to be difficult to establish the age of this machine from your description alone.
Neil Foddering
Weymouth, Dorset, England.
> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:45:05 +0200
> From: nicbordeaux@yahoo.fr
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Rudge or Raleigh ?
>
> I recently located and have the opportunity to purchase for peanuts a
Rud
ge in pretty nice condition. There is a nice enamelled headbadge, the
wheel
s are 28 inch "ridged" chromed, brakes both back and front are drum
(approx
1 1/2 inch wide) and lever operated. The saddle is leather
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