RE: [Gentleman Cyclist] "PROPER ENGLISH 3 SPEED"

[may...@zeus.ia.net]

Rick,

You rode this year? Now I'm really depressed we
didn't ride this time, but our daughters' dance
recital on Sunday was non negotiable.

I did think of all the Nutters as I rode the High
Trestle Bridge trail on Saturday:

http://www.traillink.com/trail/high-trestle-trail-%28ankeny-to-woodward-recreation-trail%29.aspx

While not having anything like the Bay City hill, we
had the same headwind on our way home that you all did.

I took the my Humber that I rode on last year's 3ST,
and managed to stay with my companions riding on
carbon fiber...

-Mike

------- Original Message -------
From : Paulos, Richard G[mailto:rick-...@uiowa.edu]
Sent : 5/24/2012 12:57:26 AM
To : gentlema...@googlegroups.com
Cc :
Subject : RE: [Gentleman Cyclist] "PROPER ENGLISH 3
SPEED"

Excuse mon langage écorché , oui, our tandem has a
derailleur, a 1930's french design at that. A Cyclo
Tourist. Il est merde. We departed Red Wing with 4
functioning gears. As we were leaving Maiden Rock we
were reduced to zero gears. A local resident (a
Maiden Rocker?) provided some telephone wires that I
was able to use to get 1 gear going for the rest of
the day. We dared shift the front by stopping and
moving the chain by hand in Nelson. A stop at the
local service shop in Wabesha for some spares and I
though we would get up to 3 gears for the return
trip. Well that lasted 2 shifts so we rode the
second day with just 1 gear. Fortunately the riding
was as easy as the first day so we didn't need
additional gears.

The tandem is the British classic, Jack Taylor.
Jack, Norman and Ken Taylor are 3 brothers that
started building bicycles of all sorts and trailers
in 1936 and continued until 2001 when the last of the
3 retired. They produced an estimated 8,700
machines. Their works was in Stockton on Tees. They
made racing and touring bicycles and tandems,
children's bicycles, adult racing tricycles, adult
tricycle tandems, triples and one quad. They built
and sold one wheeled trailers many decades before the
introduction of the Bob Yak. The Taylor's were
proponents of brilliant colors and hand painted box
lining while the rest of England was mired in black
lacquer.

I had always assumed the French had invented
derailleurs, after all the word is French. But while
reading Tony Hadland's research on the subject I
learned of many British devices patented and sold
prior to 1900.

This particular tandem was featured with its original
owners on the cover of the League of American
Wheelmen magazine sometime in 1975 or 1976. I would
really like to obtain the issue if anyone has it
available.

We did get pre-approval from the STO to bring the
tandem on the tour.

Rick
"Have a nice ride"

________________________________________
From: gentlema...@googlegroups.com
[gentlema...@googlegroups.com] on behalf of
Dallas Blair [photog...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:23 PM
To: gentlema...@googlegroups.com
Cc: Charlie
Subject: Re: [Gentleman Cyclist] "PROPER ENGLISH 3 SPEED"

Hey Charlie,

I'd not worry too much with that. Besides the Peugeot
that Bob was riding, Matt (the Vicar) was riding a
Panasonic with a Shimano Nexus-8 hub. Additionally,
there was a tandem with a derailleur on the ride!
Though I rode my Norman Rapide this year, my wife and
I will probably be riding an English tandem next year
with an IGH of some sort. :)

Speaking for myself, I'm glad to see you over here on
the Gentleman Cyclist group!

Cheers,
Dallas

On May 23, 2012, at 11:20 AM, Charlie wrote:

At the chance of being cut from this list, I ask is a
F - - - - (made across the channel) made frame (with
BRITISH REYNOLDS TUBING) allowed / or accepted ? it
will have a proper S-A 3 speed hub. Could be painted
black or grey to hide the origin.

I have a frame that fits me better than the smaller
21" that are generally available.

Thanks for putting up with me.

Charlie Petry

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