Shimano FF System
Completely new to me, but it's been around for some time, at least thirty years. I don't think (at least I can't ever remember) that it made its way to the UK shores, but this one made it to my back garden in London....probably via the USA and Germany.
As mentioned in the previous posting, it was destined for the spare parts container, but having unseized things (pretty much the whole bike), I decided to try it out. It now functions as "sweet as a nut" and is quite fun to ride....if you like the sound effects of an 18 click per revolution chainwheel when coasting !
It's a kind of Sturmey Archer hub gear in reverse, allows you to change gear via the rear Positron derailleur when coasting and not peddling....although it will change gear in "drive" mode also !
So the bike lives on (sorry henry), 27" alloy rims, inward turned alloy bars....I doubt there's another one like it in the UK !
Shimano FF System
Completely new to me, but it's been around for some time, at least thirty years. I don't think (at least I can't ever remember) that it made its way to the UK shores, but this one made it to my back garden in London....probably via the USA and Germany.
As mentioned in the previous posting, it was destined for the spare parts container, but having unseized things (pretty much the whole bike), I decided to try it out. It now functions as "sweet as a nut" and is quite fun to ride....if you like the sound effects of an 18 click per revolution chainwheel when coasting !
It's a kind of Sturmey Archer hub gear in reverse, allows you to change gear via the rear Positron derailleur when coasting and not peddling....although it will change gear in "drive" mode also !
So the bike lives on (sorry henry), 27" alloy rims, inward turned alloy bars....I doubt there's another one like it in the UK !