England Robin Hood

[kamamakuza]

At my wife's father's land, i spotted a handlebar in a rv. So i went in and found a robin hood bike and everything was original on it. I have no idea what year and model it is (maybe 1967?). It is a girl bike and in wowie shape. Maybe i will detail it up and storage it somewhere to prevent getting it rusted because the rv has hole in the ceil and rain can get through it. Here some pictures, i tried to geta good shots but that bike is surrounded with wasps!!

 

[Genom]

Re: I found a treasure!

Nice find. Looks very much like the Royal Crown bike I picked up today. The rear hub should give you an indication of year as I recently found out. The Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub on mine is date stamped 56.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/sturmey-archer.html

 

[Gold Street Customs]

Re: I found a treasure!

Gotta love the English.........

 

[deorman]

Re: I found a treasure!

Wonder if there's flat wrenches and a dried out patch kit in the bag. :? :wink:

 

[dangratsdan]

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Cool bike. Looks like the Robin Hood I picked up at a garage sale a few years ago. Mine has a 1969 SA 3 speed and a 1969 Wichita license plate that I believe is original to the bike. In fact your Robin Hood is from the same bike shop that mine is from, Hamiltons Bicycle Shop, Wichita Kansas. Whats really neat is that, Hamiltons is where I bought my Sting Ray with 2 speed kickback, back in about 1965 ( wish I had that bike, little brother said it got stolen after I moved away from home ), the owners of Hamiltons were neighbors.
Here is my Robin Hood.

 

[kamamakuza]

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Oops! I thought i posted this in bike gallery..... :?

Genom - Thanks! I will have to check the hub and see what stamped on it.

deorman - I wondering too. Will also check that out and hopefully wasp's nest isn't in there. :lol:

dangratsdan - Wow! That is exactly where i suspect it came from as you can see in the last pictures there's the hamiltons sticker on it. Nice robin hood you got there. Was the horn an add on?

 

[Annika]

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Omigosh, look at that headbadge....love it!!

 

[dangratsdan]

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dangratsdan - Wow! Was the horn an add on?

I added the horn. Its not original to the bike. This bike is one that gets loaned out on occasions. Added the horn so a lady could make some noise while riding in a parade a couple of years ago, and she look classy and had a blast on that bike.

 

[Wildcat]

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You've got a lot more to work with than I did. This now my daughter's, a 67 Robin Hood, found on trash day.
I was surprised at how well the original paint shined up.

 

[Ronsonic]

Re: I found a treasure!

That was one of Raleigh's brands. They'd give dealers exclusive deals for their territory and then sell other brands to competing dealers. Pretty much the same as a Raleigh Sport of its day.