Three speed cruiser almost finished

Last week, John, Brandon, Jessie and I finished putting back our cruiser together. It's now only missing two top tube cable housing clamps, which should arrive soon. In the end we put together a bike with parts from the USA, England, Japan, China, Germany, and France.

We rebuilt the back wheel to change a faulty Shimano hub for a sturdy 1950s Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub, made in England. John built the wheel for us.

We put some real cork grips to give it a vintage look.

We rigged the cable of the 3-speed hub through a cable stop and a pulley.

Finally, we passed the cables through white cable housing to match our MPH color theme, and adjusted the brakes.

Three Speed Light-Weight Cruiser

This year we've been working on restoring this 1980s Columbia three speed cruiser. While a small group, the Bicycle Mechanics Club draws from all three divisions, with our youngest member in fourth grade, and the oldest a senior. John, Brandon, Farouq, Jake, JJ, and Jessie have been working on this project since the winter. We started the project by taking the bike apart to its most elementary components, and repainting the frame, which was originally silver, a sporty candy apple red. With its light color tires and silver metal parts, we can easily recognize the MPH red and white colors.

John and Brandon pose as they started rebuilding the bike

 

new pedals with clean original crank

new seat and seat clamp

detail cleaned brake calipers

new brake pads and new Schwalbe Delta Cruiser cream color tires

vintage 1950s Sturmey Archer speeds lever