Definitely keep this link for the 1935 Federal. Will post again. It looks like all the schematics he found are going to help a lot in working on the "1951". http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/1930s/...ciety-federal-post-office-inspectors-bicycle/
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1948 Cws English Roadster
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Spacecowboy
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Thanks Cap'n for including my post from years ago. Still have the CWS hurricane.
Thanks Gasbag for this post and details.
I thought I had already parked a bunch of pictures at the cabe on my bike, but not seeing right off so here's its/my story:
53 CWS Hurricane.
Original status:
That year is from the original f&s schweinfurt torpedo coaster hub 1953. Was kinda hoping it was a two speed, nope.
The brake arm was labeled Perry b-100
Trashed peeling fenders, no chain guard , rust popping rims, mismatched correct vintage tires. Bent rt. crank arm from being at the bottom of a pile of bikes at the former antique shop. Was repainted black on black, covering the name on the seat tube. Rear axle ended up being tightened and stripped and couldn't remove, so aftwr a couple days of this I reversed course, over tightened it in attempt to go back and forward. Eventually concluded it would only go the one way, and went ahead and snapped the axle. I'd rebuild it, but the rim is toast.
First build:
Wandering around A2 swap shortly after, I decided to pick up an old ladies three speed to fix it. The ladies Robin Hood was a 68 and seemed rusted up, but did actually get it back working again. Gotta love a sealed up hub with an oilport, I guess. I also found two sets of fenders and one had a chainguard. The chrome ones while very English looking didn't work out because width, the other set with a chain guard came off a royce union and the guy even cut me a huge break on the price after I inquired about the missing fender struts. Sourced a new whitewall from memory lane moved the near threadbare Silvertown to the front. It worked, got me down the road for a couple years in this build. That's the point where I posted that Capt.Kirk shared that is on some other group.
Current Build:
bike up and running and started researching. There's much more now than then, but at the time, I had found a store advert that listed my model and also the 3 sp. models for a christmas sale. About a year or so later I came across a sale late, and found a ladies Raleigh with the hub generator light, still available. That bike itself was a rebuilt 60s sports model with a 1950 generator hub, matching rear '50 AW and a green 70s fork. Set about incorporating the new to me parts in, that's when I found I had to combine the bolt from Robin hood brakes with the Raleigh arms. Everything went smooth and rode it for bit, but couldn't quite get the adjustment right on the gear cable and the indicator chain snapped. I swapped in one from a later version and got it running again. Finally found the indicator adjustment guide on line.
During about the same time I incorrectly over tightened the front generator hub causing the terminals to spin and one being ripped out. The only pre 55 all black plastic magnet cover version available I ended up ordering from Malaysia, and was able to swap it in. The Cresent screws I found need to be snug, as they snap easily from over torque.
Didn't much care much the era correct Brooks B66L, especially after my regular 30 mile ride and upgraded to a Brooks mattress saddle. After that got another matching whitewall from memory lane. The Raleigh kickstand, while nice looking, didn't exactly suit the frame height and I got tired of catching it before it fell over and went back the original stand.
Am tagging a couple pics of headlight, I've fixed the rear lamp, then removed the bulb and replaced with a disposable led. The headlight now shines twice as bright. Didn't have a rectifier battery tube or whatever it's called in the mix, but it works all the same, no issues. The bulb was from a crown unit that had a dyno, it was just a rounder bulb.
Latest pics are from 2019 when I had to regrease the fork. Found out no bearing cage. Luckily I had some extra bearings available.
Thanks Gasbag for this post and details.
I thought I had already parked a bunch of pictures at the cabe on my bike, but not seeing right off so here's its/my story:
53 CWS Hurricane.
Original status:
That year is from the original f&s schweinfurt torpedo coaster hub 1953. Was kinda hoping it was a two speed, nope.
The brake arm was labeled Perry b-100
Trashed peeling fenders, no chain guard , rust popping rims, mismatched correct vintage tires. Bent rt. crank arm from being at the bottom of a pile of bikes at the former antique shop. Was repainted black on black, covering the name on the seat tube. Rear axle ended up being tightened and stripped and couldn't remove, so aftwr a couple days of this I reversed course, over tightened it in attempt to go back and forward. Eventually concluded it would only go the one way, and went ahead and snapped the axle. I'd rebuild it, but the rim is toast.
First build:
Wandering around A2 swap shortly after, I decided to pick up an old ladies three speed to fix it. The ladies Robin Hood was a 68 and seemed rusted up, but did actually get it back working again. Gotta love a sealed up hub with an oilport, I guess. I also found two sets of fenders and one had a chainguard. The chrome ones while very English looking didn't work out because width, the other set with a chain guard came off a royce union and the guy even cut me a huge break on the price after I inquired about the missing fender struts. Sourced a new whitewall from memory lane moved the near threadbare Silvertown to the front. It worked, got me down the road for a couple years in this build. That's the point where I posted that Capt.Kirk shared that is on some other group.
Current Build:
bike up and running and started researching. There's much more now than then, but at the time, I had found a store advert that listed my model and also the 3 sp. models for a christmas sale. About a year or so later I came across a sale late, and found a ladies Raleigh with the hub generator light, still available. That bike itself was a rebuilt 60s sports model with a 1950 generator hub, matching rear '50 AW and a green 70s fork. Set about incorporating the new to me parts in, that's when I found I had to combine the bolt from Robin hood brakes with the Raleigh arms. Everything went smooth and rode it for bit, but couldn't quite get the adjustment right on the gear cable and the indicator chain snapped. I swapped in one from a later version and got it running again. Finally found the indicator adjustment guide on line.
During about the same time I incorrectly over tightened the front generator hub causing the terminals to spin and one being ripped out. The only pre 55 all black plastic magnet cover version available I ended up ordering from Malaysia, and was able to swap it in. The Cresent screws I found need to be snug, as they snap easily from over torque.
Didn't much care much the era correct Brooks B66L, especially after my regular 30 mile ride and upgraded to a Brooks mattress saddle. After that got another matching whitewall from memory lane. The Raleigh kickstand, while nice looking, didn't exactly suit the frame height and I got tired of catching it before it fell over and went back the original stand.
Am tagging a couple pics of headlight, I've fixed the rear lamp, then removed the bulb and replaced with a disposable led. The headlight now shines twice as bright. Didn't have a rectifier battery tube or whatever it's called in the mix, but it works all the same, no issues. The bulb was from a crown unit that had a dyno, it was just a rounder bulb.
Latest pics are from 2019 when I had to regrease the fork. Found out no bearing cage. Luckily I had some extra bearings available.
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Spacecowboy
Look Ma, No Hands!
I just happened upon an ad for a cws for sale in Harlow, england. Being as sold as a 39 with the same headbadge as mine, the first one I've come across. Unfortunately the bearing cups are different, mine are welded on the frame. Another difference I noticed from the 51 catalog is that my fork doesn't chrome crown and has different shape. At any rate, I'm just going to go with it's a 40's Cws. Attaching pic from the ad on feebay. Adding on another pic, this being of the fork that went with the frame. A bit different from the one I have, and I'm thinking mine might be a later design, but before the chrome fork crown style, kinda the same evolution that schwinn did. Also emailed the seller about frame number location and digits.
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