1955 Hercules bicycle at 2001 All British Cycling Event

Jon Sharratt’s 1955 Hercules three speed bicycle was a “Best Of Show” winner at the second annual All British Cycling Event on September 16, 2001 held at Long Lake Park in New Brighton, Minnesota. For information on next year’s events please visit http://www.abcetour.com/

What we’ve got here is a 55 Hercules this is before the Raleigh takeover of Hercules so everything you see on it it’s just a little bit different than your average three-speed you got different lugs and different kickstand Bruce is talking about his kickstand mine’s a hercules badged kickstand I can’t believe I’m

Bragging about kickstands hut got the standard Lucas king light set that’s what came on the bike this has been really unaltered by me is this I mean look at this it’s all sorts of you know the knurled headset hardware the crown here in different fork blades and a

Different logs back here the different chain guard and even the the shifter pulley cable pulley is is different it’s chrome-plated instead of nickel and as this little cutout here that’s distinctive and yeah they look a lot different