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So, time to clean up these cheap ebay wheels before fitting them. Spokes were clean and not a speck of rust, wheels ran true ...
A recent eBay purchase by zombikombi1959, on Flickr
Rims just got a quick scrub to get rid of the oxidation.
Then the hubs got a wipe over. I was rather surprised to see a faint BW stamp on the rear ... That was unexpected - so they looked to be a pair of Bayliss Wiley hubs ...
eBay score. by zombikombi1959, on Flickr
Then when the crud was scrubbed off the freewheel unit this little beauty was revealed ...
Cyclo Type B by zombikombi1959, on Flickr
What a result! A "CYCLO" Type "B". I've had no idea what a Type "B" was for, (I still don't) but a Cyclo 3 cog freewheel to go with the Cyclo Ace gearing ... I was chuffed to little bits. And those later Weinmann rims didn't look half as bad as I thought they would. In fact I very much doubt I'll get around to swapping the Dunlop aluminium rims over now.
One weird thing that I've not seen before now, and I only noticed when I cleaned the rear hub. The hub is a 40 hole. The Weinmann rim is 36 ... if you look at the middle photo you'll spot the offending holes. Wheel is straight and true, and coped with the 30 mile Eroica course. It's a clever bodge!
And in situ, with the original chain. I was worried the chain was too far gone - several links had seized solid. It took a lot of work to free them all off but we got there in the end.
Bayliss Wiley rear hub by zombikombi1959, on Flickr
Cyclo Ace by zombikombi1959, on Flickr