The Parkside 3 speed.
Developed around the almost timeless Sturmey Archer AW 3 speed internal gear hub, this classically designed
bike provides the reliability and low maintenance that riders over many years have come to experience from a
proven internal hub gear.
If you are looking for clean lines and simple reliability in your thoroughbred workhorse city bike, the Parkside is
the steed to consider.

Features;
Passport Upper Class:
Travel in 1st class luxury comfort with our top flight town and around saddle.
Passport Upper Class Ergo Grips
Travel in 1st class luxury comfort with our top flight town and around grips. Remember; handlebar grips and saddle are two of your main contact points on a bicycle.
Comfort and control are important factors towards enjoying cycling, and having the right grips is a key part to obtaining comfort and control on your bicycle.
Non slip and comfort enhancing brake lever rubber inserts:
On the day when the temperature is freezing and you’ve left your gloves in the offi ce, you’ll appreciate the cushioned feel of these brake levers.
Of course, even in warm conditions, the Krayton rubber wins fans over cold metal aluminium brake levers.

Secure, nutted type wheel mountings:
The current fashion for quick release wheels is great...especially for thieves.
So, unless you are racing against the clock, why would you need to worry about having Quick Release wheels ? Front nutted axles are
also rather handy fi xing point for classic basket supports, which are oh so popular in Cycle City.
Strong, doublewall, heat treated aluminium rims:
(with stainless steel spoke eyelets).
Conventional single wall wheel rims are a U-shaped section; however, the Halo brand double wall rims specifi ed on all Light Blue bikes have a box section shape that is inherently
much stronger. Of course, it comes with a very minimal weight penalty.
Quality alloy propstand:
There’s nothing worse than a poor quality propstand that simply doesn’t work, or continually slips around on the frame.
The Light Blue welded location plate under the frame prevents the stand slipping around on the frame, and the top plate prevents the leverage from breaking the welded plate off the frame.

Lightweight aluminium pedals:
Strong, durable and with rubber grips that will suit most types of footwear.
PLUS safety refl ectors for riding in the dark.
Why would we want to offer anything else as standard ?
Anti-puncture tyres:
An additional strip of tough but supple and lightweight plastic is incorporated into the tyre tread construction itself. This unusual feature
adds a degree of puncture resistance to the tyre, so reducing what is perhaps the most common problem on any bicycle by up to 80%.
Lightweight, tig welded aluminum frames:
The purposely low bottom bracket heights on the frames provide a comfort enhancing riding position combined with superior
biomechanical efficiency over many of the so called modern frame designs that have off road ground clearance bottom brackets.
Powerful V-brakes with reliable alloy spring tension adjusters:
This is one that you will not appreciate initially, but, years of workshop experience have taught us that saving a few pence by fi tting plastic adjusters will go unnoticed until the elements
do their thing, and the plastic fractures. Hence, Light Blue brakes feature reliable and long lasting aluminium adjusters.

Dog Leg rear carrier:
Durable and lightweight aluminium rear carrier with pannier bag side-support dog leg stays and a useful top spring clip.
So many rear carriers are going to be used with panniers bags one day, it’s a never ending surprise to us that not all rear carriers incorporate a simple dog leg to provide sidesupport for pannier bags. A simple dog leg stops the bags from swinging into the rear wheel when pedaling hard. Of course, function over form plays it’s part, and Light Blue bikes feature lightweight aluminium rear carriers with dog leg stays to offer pannier side-support as standard.