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First Ride! Cycling on the Restored Antique 1927 Hercules Speed King Path
05/28/2022
Hey, Charles! Just finished the video of the completed Hercules! Thanks very much again for selling me the bike and for the help hunting down the decals! Video link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm2zgoLoMO0 First Ride! Cycling on the Restored Antique 1927 Hercules Speed King Path Racer Racing Bicycle! - YouTube I was given this Hercules bicycle when living in Seattle in the 1980’s Had a local frame builder resray and match the orignial colors on frame and rechrome the crankset and seat post (L shape) I rebuild the wheels but Joe rebuilt with new rims wood over an aluminum rim. Original Rims were steel over a wood rim Coaster rear brake which I also took apart and relubed And there it sat for years Finally I sold to Joe for the cost of paint and chrome Joe took it to getting it back on the road again Way before the CR cutoff date of 1983 Enjoy the video There are three total videos showing the various stages Charles Nighbor Walnut Creek California USA |
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No skip tooth?
That is way beyond cool. If I may, for the thread a screen cap pic from vid.
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Man, that is one sweet looking bike!!!
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What an excellent video! The bike is truly a piece of history, too.
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Thanks for posting, Charles, and thanks again for selling me the bike, taking care of it all these years, and for all the help hunting down the original decals!
From what I can tell, it seems like skip tooth was mostly an American thing. Most of the turn of the century bikes I've seen from France and the UK don't use it. My brother has a 1919 French bike (Claude Delage) that's also not skip tooth. Go figure. Thanks for posting the screen shot of the bike, Rob!
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LOL! I try. Yeah, did some radio stuff back in my college days. Now, my writing for broadcast instructor, Burt Bell,- HE had some pipes.
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