![]() ![]() Febru Categories: 3 speed hub, Hercules, Toronto Vintage Bicycle Show Tags: 3 Speed Hub, AMF Hercules Bicycles, Sturmey Archer, vintage bicycle Leave a. ![]() Serial numbers tend to fall into two convention. The following information presents an overview on how to interpret serial number information, and the bike listing page cane be used to further identify frames. A small AMF decal was applied to the chaincase. Many different serial number schemes have been used over the years, depending on the year and model. Would any bike maker in Albion come up with something like that? Or look at the two-toned seat and matching bag. AMF, American Machine and Foundry were distributors of British built Hercules bicycles in the 1960’s. It seems that AMF marketers thought that the bikes would sell only if they were given some of the same baroque flourishes found on American balloon-tired bikes (like the Schwinn Phantom and Hollywood) of the time, which in turned echoed the fulsomely-fendered and lushly-chromed cars of the time. However, the AMF-Hercules bikes differed in a few details from their Anglo peers. In fact, if you stripped away the AMF-Hercules decals and badge, you'd probably think you were looking at a Raleigh, Rudge, Robin Hood or one of any number of other English three-speeds from that time. Those bikes bore all of the hallmarks of an English three-speed: the same kind of lugged frame made from mild steel, the steel sidepull brakes, handlebars, stem and cottered cranks-and, most important, the same Sturmey-Archer three-speed hub.
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