In my bone pile of bicycles rusting away outside my shop is a "Westfield Sports Lightweight". It is pre WW II maybe late 30's or early forties. I'm guessing on everything. It has a Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub (AW-9) with the shifter on the top tube instead of the handlebars. It has centerpull brakes where the cable attaches directly to a clever mechanism on the brake so no separate cable hanger is necessary. The only part of the brake that isn't really rusted says "Made in England".
It has a 1948 Albion Michigan license plate hanging off the back of the seat.
I would love to give this bicycle away to someone interested in it. Just ask. Pictures available.
Doug Fattic
Niles, Michigan
> The question is, did any manufacturer ever come up
> with a centerpull
> arrangement that had integral in the design its own
> pulling point, so
> that nothing needed to be attached to the headset
> nor the rear seatpost
> bolt?
>
> Garth Libre in Miami Fl.
Yes,very old 30s brakes---Monitor(maybe)??Not sure of
make but I have a set.
sam lingo,pleasanton tx