Author: Tony Hadland
ISBN 0 9507431 2 7 softback (limited edition hardback no longer available)
Publisher: John Pinkerton (December 1987)
Format: Full colour cover 297mm x 209mm, 192 glossy pages with 153 illustrations, diagrams and specially drawn power flow charts.
Bookshop price: £18.00 (suggested for UK)
Stockists: The Pinkerton Press, Veteran-Cycle Club.

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There can be few people who have not, at some time, ridden a bike equipped with a Sturmey-Archer three-speed. Nearly a hundred years have elapsed since the first Sturmey-Archer gear was launched, yet most people, even cycling enthusiasts, know nothing about how they work and little about the amazing range hubs produced by the company over the years. And the human drama behind the invention of the gear has been well suppressed for decades. Despite what the advertising men may have said over the years, the original gear was invented by neither Mr Sturmey nor Mr Archer!

This book was the idea of retired engineer and lifelong cyclist Denis Watkins. It took four years to prepare. Every Sturmey-Archer gear, hub brake and hub dynamo produced from 1902 until 1985, and many others never marketed, are described.

Some additional information and a list of corrections are available.