Tom Anderson wrote

Cyclists back then must have been made of cast iron. Nobody had
anything
more advanced than a Sturmey-Archer three-speed [1], and yet they
still
tackled open roads, hills, whatever. Makes my 27-speed setup seem a
bit
wimpish really.

Belay that! In part two, they have to get off and push up a hill!

[1] Some, of course, would deny that any such thing exists.


Surely even those who incline that way would regard a Sturmey-Archer
four-speed as more advanced ?

--
Mike D