free and cheap...

[ratdaddy]

I tuned up a couple of bikes so 2 sisters in my youth group could get around this summer. Their dad gave me this as compensation. I need to straighten the fender braces and give it a good cleaning/waxing. It rides nice as is.

and I picked this one up from JohnPSmith for a ten dollah bill.

It's been taken apart and I am in the process of regreasing everthing. I'm thinking of ordering a 3-speed CB hub for the back. I put some 2.25's whitewalls on it, but they don't fit underneath the fenders very well. I bought some 1.95 blackwall slicks for a commuter project and am thinking about putting them on the tandem. If I do, I may paint the rims white like on the Rollfast. I may actually paint it to match the paint on the Rolfast.

jeff

 

[62Higgins]

Your Rollfast looks very similar to mine. Does it have a Bendix 2 speed kickback hub?

 

[GodHatesCleveland]

Free and cheap is always good, unless you're married to it. Or have the hotel room next to it. Or have to sit in the same airplane seat after.....okay, you see where I'm headed with this..........

 

[ratdaddy]

Your Rollfast looks very similar to mine. Does it have a Bendix 2 speed kickback hub?

yes...if it's a redband Bendix, I believe it is. Do you know the year of yours?

jeff

 

[62Higgins]

It is a Redband, but it has three stripes. I never learned what color meas what with these hubs, but three red stripes on mine is a 2 speed.

This is the picture I meant to include in my original post

62H

 

[CCR]

It is a Redband, but it has three stripes. I never learned what color meas what with these hubs, but three red stripes on mine is a 2 speed.

3 red stripes or 3 yellow stripes = 2 speed coaster brake with a 1:1 ratio and an underdrive (hub sprocket moves faster than the hub, better for climbing hills )
-red and yellow bands are geared the same but have different brakes

3 blue stripes = 2 speed coaster brake with a 1:1 ratio and an overdrive (hub sprocket moves slower than the hub, better for top speed), even says "overdrive" on the coaster brake arm
-blue and yellow bands have the same brake parts but the gears are different.

1 red stripe = single speed coaster brake.

 

[ratdaddy]

I have just a single speed. Still pretty good for free, I say.

jeff

 

[CCR]

I have just a single speed. Still pretty good for free, I say.

jeff

i was just postin to puke out some info

a singlespeed bendix is still not bad at all by any means, good hubs. and there is still somethin about having that 1 red band that makes it look faster compared to one without it too 8)