Where can I get hold of a Sturmey-Archer wheelset?

[XmisterIS]

I have bought an old Raleigh (about 40 years old) off EBay for £40 to use as a shopping bike.

While it does go (just), everything on it is knackered, including the rear hub.

It currently has a 3-speed Sturmey Archer hub and in the first instance, I would like to buy a new 5-speed or 7-speed Sturmey-Archer wheelset for it, including a new chainring and chain. That would improve it a LOT!!

The trouble is, I can't seem to find a place selling S-A components for love or money and the LBS guy looked at the chainring and said "Err, dunno mate, never seen one like that before!"

Any ideas?

 

[MacB]

A good start is Oldbike trader:-

http://oldbiketrader.co.uk/display_Sturmey_Archer.php?options=usedhubs

 

[bauldbairn]

It's not a Raliegh "Twenty" is it - that was my first real adult bike.

I must have been about 9(32 yrs ago) - It was second-hand Metallic Burgandy / Full Mudguards / Whitewall Tyres / Chrome Rear Carrier(maybe a front one too???) / Twist Grip Sturmey Archer three speed hub gears / white hand-grips / and a white Brooks saddle. I loved that bike - stripped everything of it and turned it into a "scrambler/stunt bike" as you do.
Took everything I through at it for 3 years - until my Dad bought me a brand new Raliegh Europa TI, 5 speed "racer".

Sorry got carried away there - have you tried Sturmey Archer themselves - I ended up on their website a couple of months ago, their still going.

 

[Hilldodger]

Change you LBS - the stuff is available from wholesalers so I'm guessing they can't be bothered.

 

[tyred]

There is someone who sells new Sturmey wheelsets on ebay. Just search for Sturmey Archer.

 

[XmisterIS]

It's not a Raliegh "Twenty" is it - that was my first real adult bike.

I must have been about 9(32 yrs ago) - It was second-hand Metallic Burgandy / Full Mudguards / Whitewall Tyres / Chrome Rear Carrier(maybe a front one too???) / Twist Grip Sturmey Archer three speed hub gears / white hand-grips / and a white Brooks saddle. I loved that bike - stripped everything of it and turned it into a "scrambler/stunt bike" as you do.
Took everything I through at it for 3 years - until my Dad bought me a brand new Raliegh Europa TI, 5 speed "racer".

Sorry got carried away there - have you tried Sturmey Archer themselves - I ended up on their website a couple of months ago, their still going.

it might be a raleigh twenty, then again it could be anything! AFAIK, it is black, it has wheels, they go round and round. It has no modern components, so the whole thing is a mystery to me!

Thanks all for the info though