Sturmey archer

Well now for something completely different. I normally fix bikes and cars and whatever. But I like to fix anything. And right now I got this bottle of lotion that the pump has stopped working on it....

In this video we will be examining the Sturmey Archer five speed gear hub. The particular hub we will be examining will be the older style with ball lock technology. The 5 speed is designed around the...

If you find an English three speed at a yard sale, it may have some interesting accessories on it. They may not have been on the bike when it was originally purchased, but they were probably purchased...

In this series I'm going to be talking about English 3 speeds. 3 speed bikes has been made since the 1930's, they were made up until the 1970's. Even today the original tooling...

So the frames of these old English 3-speeds are generally diamond frames. Again, they have all straight tubes, nothing curved. Another thing is that they are lugged frames. There's a lug that...

You can also determine the age of a bicycle by looking at the rims. Here we have a a Schwinn; one of the models that we're using for these videos. This is a Schwinn S5 rim. Schwinn got fancy....

I'm going to talk for a moment about the hubs on your classic English 3-speed. The front hubs on these are generally not unique, although some of them did have a built in generator in the...

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If you're trying to determine the era of your English three speed, one thing you can do is look at the rear hub, the rear hub will have a two digit date code on it, in addition it will also...

I'm going to show you how to fix a remote control for a TV, DVD player, whatever. The buttons just don't work well on there anymore. The first thing you want to do is open it up and...