Bike Description
26″ upright frame no. 9734 in 531 steel, new to order 1997
Home-designed headlock built into frame.
11″ bottom bracket height.
7½″ TA cranks.
TA double chainwheel, 32T and 52T.
Sturmey-Archer 3-speed alloy hub with drum brake (and home-made extension for cable), fitted with special splined driver with 13T, 21T and 28T sprockets.
Shimano mechanisms, non-indexed.
700x32C alloy rims with Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres.
Cantilever brakes front and rear, with reverse levers at handle bar ends.
Lightspin dynamo, Swiss, with home-made replacement for faulty off-click mechanism.
Two-ring bell f.
Padded and sprung saddle
Upright back-swept handlebars on extension, pierced at front for brake cables
Tall wicker basket to measure, from handlebar to front carrier
Front and rear mudguards, carriers and lights.
Large pedals.
Theft Description
Carried out in 5 minutes by unseen passer-by while bike leant against lamp-post, with only the head-lock locked, at foot of small hillock crowned by bushes. I walked round the bushes looking for blackberries (there were none) and found it gone.