3-speeder
Wore out three sets of tires already!
I found this bike on CL a while ago and I'm just now starting the rehab. It is a ladies framed light roadster style Hercules that appears to say "Safety Model" on the seat tube. It is of a type I have not often seen and also in a color that I haven't often seen. It has a rear hub with the Hercules markings that say "Type 2" which I thought was code for the year. I had a type 3 that was a 53 but that one said "B Type 3". I can't make out any letter before the "Type 2" as the hub shell is pretty shot. Suprisingly the hub itself spins like a top and looks great inside. While working on it I found that the sprocket is threaded onto the driver and not the 3 tab type. I'll probably swap that out to make lacing new spokes easier and to add a larger cog. I already have the perfect cream colored Schwalbes in the 26 x 1 3/8 size. They'll go great with the geen. Here are some before pictures