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Originally Posted by Grant-53
If you are using a bike with a 3 spd internal gear hub, the standard gearing usually a 48T chain ring and 19T hub gear. For 'stop and go' traffic or hauling a trailer I use a 40T chain ring. Riding at 50+ kph (30 mph) is plenty fast on these older bikes, some developed fork shake or wobbling. You really appreciate a good fairing at that speed. A kammback on the trailer would help as well.
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It is quite fast indeed, luckily that is possible only at downhill sprint, but it is still scary, something I don't prefer to do constantly, but they can go surprisingly fast when pushed enough
Renault will get 21 speed with 48T and 11T, 28" 35-622 tires, with triathlon bar that should be relatively quick on sprint and when returning from shop that is downhill mostly, must post pics when I get that ready.
I did post this elsewhere already, but this one I have not stored in this photo thread. It is very old bicycle, but works fine, from 60's to 70's is my best quess currently from what I have found from the net:
I would like to restore original wheels and put some proper tires on it to make it era correct. That is 50 years old bicycle, at minimum 40 years old, but I did read this brand was active only at 60's. It is Camping, model name I don't know. It has no real rust, some marks on paint, but nothing major, no gears and light has low and high beam too, also it has rear light which shape I kind of like. It would need more proper to era panniers though.
It is nice to have several options with bicycles, so can ride different one depending how I want to travel, fast or relaxed, etc.