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Rode it on my commute as a trial today. Rides nice and clean but the steering is takes a while to get used to, as does the balance-what with the loong fork rake the puts almost the whole wheel out in front of me. Handles nicely in the drops though.
Only issue I discovered is a slight looseness in the head clip/fork the leaves avery slight wobble-I think I may have slightly too large bearings so have ordered some more. Probably not helped by the fact find I can't find a top nut to fit the odd 31/32 inch size steerer. -
The cottorpins you mean?
I just used a smallish hammer and blck of wood under the edge of the crank so the vibrations didn't damage the bottom bracket and bearings. And hammered patiently and relativly gently. And to get old ones out, a centre punch as well.Takes a while, but you don't want to damage anything. You may have to file the pins down on the angle to make thyem thin enough as well, they all seems pretty idiosyncratic as to exact size due to wear. If you do this, be carefull as if you file the cottor pin wrong or 'wonky' and not flat across, the crank arms will not line up properly and will be off in raleation to each other.
The correct way is to use a cottor-press (http://www.bikesmithdesign.com/CotterPress/)but these are very hard to find in this country, and expensive so not really worth it unless ypu plan to build a lot of bikes. MAybe someone on here has an old one they no longer want?
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They did come with the wheels yes, and they are scwalbe. There not perfect but it seemed silly to change them to my more russbish Kenda 26 1 1/4 tyres just for the sake of it. I may get some nos tyres if any come up that are better/more suitable.
The top nut would be 24.61mm internal apparently!
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anidel-I've always had to file them the few times i've done it. Sometimes I've got it wrong and wasted a pair, but generally perseverance does it.
You've probably seen this but sheldon has good instructions. http://sheldonbrown.com/cotters.html -
Nothing wrong with the tyres. I've only asked because I was looking for knobby tyres like that in 26 x 1 1/4" and Kendas are quite slick compare to these.
I have got a top nut that was new until I've just tried on a frame fitted with a head clip and it works.
It looks nickel plated and stamped Made in England and a 30 which I believe is the number of tpi of the old 31/32" head clips.
Let me know if interested and I can send you a pic.
Stevevw
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anidel
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I need to find a non expensive period derailleur for my '39 Holdsworth :/ got a nice 3 speed Regina freewheel for it ! :)