Les moyeux Sturmey-Archer, Part Two — L’Officiel du cycle, 1 October 1955, the AW, AM, AC, FW, FM, FC and TCW Types

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 1 October 1955, N° 20, the paper’s special number before the Salon du Cycle at the Porte de Versailles, page 47: sturmey-Archer hub types AW, AM, AC, FW, FM, FC, TCW (3-speed with coaster brake), BFC and BRC drum brakes, trigger control on the handlebar. The title, headings, captions and lists are transcribed as printed; the text is summarized in Ebykr’s words, and the page images carry it in full.

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[Ebykr summary, end of the notice; the article’s text is not reproduced. The notice, cut here from its middle, says that Sturmey-Archer has never stopped widening the range of its products, so that there is now a hub of the make suited to every category of user. The production of the first Sturmey-Archer hub revolutionized cycling by allowing longer outings with less fatigue, and hills and headwinds lost their fearsome reputation. The Sturmey-Archer hubs are said to be especially appreciated by women, because the trigger-type gear change (type gâchette), mounted on the handlebar, gives the wanted reduction with a light touch of the finger.]

Les principaux types actuels

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The main current types are listed as follows: the standard AW, successor to the original model; the AM and AC for sporting cyclists; the ABC with drum brake, all of these with three speeds; the FW, answering the demands of the most advanced cycling; the FM, similar to the FW but meant for sporting cyclists wanting closer gear steps; and the FC, designed for road racing, these last three with four speeds. The notice singles out a new model, the TCW, with three speeds and a coaster (back-pedaling) brake, much appreciated by cyclists who like that kind of very powerful and very safe braking. Finally Sturmey-Archer also makes excellent drum-brake models without gear change: the BFC type for the front wheel and the BRC type for the rear.]

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