I wish it had the Bendix red band still but at least they re-used the S7 rim and thick gauge spokes. The Sturmey Archer S3C must've been added later as it appears to have a 79 date stamp. Has the correct CT forged crank, extra welds and original parts sans seat. Luckily this looks to be in decent, straight condition and should be easy to get back into good shape. The plan is to go through it this winter and add it to my collection. I already have new tires and a correct rear reflector coming for it. The pic below is from after I washed the barn grime off. Their bead diameter is 571mm and the only tires that will fit are those made for the S-7 rims, 26x1 3/4. The others were an uninteresting Typhoon, a heavyweight skiptooth Schwinn repainted and missing all the cool bits and the CWC. They have a bead diameter of 559mm, same as most other 26' balloon and middleweight wheels. I didn't make a dime on the Hornet when I resold it but felt bad only buying one bike off of him as I think he wanted to sell the five as a lot. Thankfully he was willing to sell bikes separately and I also picked up a '57 Hornet from him for $125 each. I told him I'd come that night and buy at least one. When I got the texts of the individual bikes in daylight I was elated that one of those cantilevers was a King Size. I just had to know what else he had as it appeared all were men's cantilever frames. I was glad I inquired for more pictures as the original ad had one photo and was taken from a perspective that by about the 3rd bike, you couldn't tell what was back there. The seller had 5 bikes (4 Schwinns and one CWC) that he got from his uncle but I was only interested in this one. I recently acquired this bike out of a central Iowa barn.
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