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Re: Sturmey Archer Questions. S5 is definitely a 5 speed shell. and 68 was, I think, the first year that 5-speeds were introduced. It may be that someone at a later date discarded the internals and substituted AW internal. It would fit. No need to dismantle the hub. The 5-speed had a full...

My son had a Raleigh with 501 tubing and full mudguard bridge. He acquired it second-hand. Someone had spread the stays to take more gears than the original spec and the chain stay cracked right where the bridge was joined. Maybe Raleigh used this dodge to make it easier for them to fit more...

I can only speak from 1960s, but I certainly used what appeared to be standard cables at that time. Would the 49 strand cables be the "barley twist" cables I refer to? I don't remember them being on sale before the 70s, but again that is my own experience. The important thing, as you say is to...

I have a rear gold Club Special (although I think it's called something else). Also a rear yellow Club Special. Would either of those do?

I would have thought it would fit a Sun Tour freewheel. The better ones had four prongs.

The original cables were just like any other gear cable, but longer, obviously. So you can get away with a rear cable to operate the front changer. Tandem or MTB cables will do for the rear. Later, cables were a sort of barley-twist pattern - I presume this made them glide easier. I have had a...