[AT] OT Bicycle program

[James Peck]

I got an imported Western Flyer bike when I turned 12. I think it was $34.95 from Western Auto and had a Sturmey Archer 3 speed. It never had a problem. I put oil in it regularly. A guy a year behind me got one with 3 speeds and coaster brake.

The bicycles I saw in Guadalajara 1-1/2 years earlier all had skinny tires and derailleur gears. I do not know where they were made.

[Bruce Fallon] Sturmey Archer 3 speed had them apart to replace the little part the shifter screws into.  That was 55 years ago.  

[ Kenneth Gene Waugh] Although I never became a mechanic, I sure tore all that stuff apart and figured out how it worked (and how to put it back together!!) by the time I was 10-12 or so! Coaster brakes, New Departure and Bendix, totally different designs. And then I graduated to the 3-speed, with it's 3 little gears inside, etc.  Man, that was a loooong time ago!