Were Three Speeds Offered?

[wrongway]

I'm at a bit of a cross-road. I really like my Middleweight bikes, but find my Lightweight British style bikes more rideable on the trails. I'm wondering if these Middleweights came with three speed hubs or if I could put one on? I think Schwinn had them, but they might be too expensive for me.

 

[jpromo]

Schwinn did have them. Corvettes and Jaguars would be the most common 3-speeds to find. You can find a nice Corvette for 2-300. There's one on my local craigs right now; needing some love but only 90$--so keep an eye out and they are out there for fair prices.

 

[baronvoncatania]

Yes

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[kingfish254]

That turned out nice Jim!

 

[baronvoncatania]

Still working on it.

Yes to orig poster. And their fairly inexpensive.

Thanks kingfish I still need to get a rear luggage rack, and an "s" reflector.

jim

 

[militarymonark]

I made a 7 speed nexus fit my schwinn mid weight.

 

[Nickinator]

I personally love Schwinn middleweights, last summer I restored a girl's Schwinn American with a tank and wanted a 3spd (girl's 3 spd bikes are uncommon), so used a boy's Typhoon 3spd Sturmey Archer on it (same as on a lot of Corvettes etc). I have about $900 in the bike after paint and everything, and it's worth every dime. 3 speeds is all you really need, and my Schwinn / SA works very well.

We have a 3 spd SA Corvette for sale right now....pm me if you want more info.

Darcie

 

[32jones]

3-speed Middleweight

I have several of the late 50s early 60s English three speeds and they are great but wanted to build up a Middleweight with a vintage S-A hub too. I started with a pair of NOS Pirelli S-7 tires I found on eBay, cheap. Then waited until I found a suitable set of Schwinn S-7 wheels which I eventually found, again, on eBay at a reasonable price. Meanwhile I found this '64 Tornado/Hornet frame with fork, crank, pedals, stem, bars, and grips locally. Since the frame didn't have provisions for rim brakes I swapped the 3-speed hub the wheels came with with an S-A, S3C coaster brake 3-speed hub. I just re-laced the rear wheels as the hubs are the same size. The shifter is an early Sturmey-Archer top-tube quadrant shifter.

 

[mruiz]

Typoons too

I got a 1965 3 speed, Deluxe.

 

[32jones]

I got a 1965 3 speed, Deluxe.View attachment 153802

Nice. I see that in '65 catalog they offered the Deluxe with the 3-speed and rim brakes. That option didn't appear in '64.