City Bikes

The Dr Foghorn Leghorn was, I believe, produced by Raleigh England for the Canadian department store chain, Eaton’s, in the 1960’s-70’s. Soon after scoring this little beauty from the Bloomfield Bicycle Co, I came across another of the same bike, but in purple. The Dr. has since been stripped down, overhauled and rebuilt with many new parts. At the end of the summer 2015, I swapped out the fork and original fenders from the purple bike, which was branded “Cobra.”

After an overhaul which involved cutting off the cottered cranks, The Dr. has been joyously rebuilt with many new old parts. The bars have been replaced with narrow, steel randonneur-style bars and a Gardin quill stem that I’ve had for years. The saddle, seat-post, wheels and tires, bottle cage, cables/housing etc have all been replaced. Many of the drive-train components–hubs, shifters, cable guides, original rear derailleur and cranks–are Shimano 333, which I’d never heard of before.

The derailleurs are now old entry-level Huret and the cranks are a set of super bad-ass Sugino Mighty 171mm track cranks.  The odd BCD means I’ve got a 52/50 up there along with the 5 speed friction shifting on the back. Those peculiar cantilever brakes perform better on the upgraded alloy wheels, but they still aren’t great.

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The good Dr. has since become my Toronto, Ontario city bike, living in the basement at Sweet Pete’s when I’m not in town. The Dr certainly isn’t a high-end racing machine, quite the opposite, in fact. But I really like this whip and always enjoy negotiating the streets of Toronto on the good Dr.