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Wow, that's impressive. Please stay arround and share your journey with this bike / more if you have them!
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Quick update on the Ordinary restoration,End plates made for the pedals,I used some 3mmX50mm flat bar,shaped to a "Rhombus"(flat diamond),12mm hole drilled in the middle to take the axle which will be made from a 12mmX130mm coach bolts (these give a nice domed head) a brass sleeve will be placed between the plates on the axle to form a bearing surface,I have ordered a set of (four) pedal rubbers, two per pedal, these will be fitted to the ends of the plates either side of the axle then the pedals will be fitted to the crank arms
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This is how it arrived, in a box is a few original spokes,hub,home made pedals and a wooden seat
Steel frame and forks, and front wheel rim, rubber tyre came too but were not on the rim,took some getting the hub central when first fitting what few spokes I had but got there after a few attempts, frame a forks were wire brushed to get rid of surface rust then wiped over with an oily rag,didn't want to paint the frame as this would lose a lot of it's character, the pedals are a home made affair so the last owner (who was a short fella) could ride it in a 10k sometime in the early 60's (1960's) the seat is also home made from wood but I am hoping to change that to something that look closer to period, The bike is a Ordinary Junior from 1879/80 and from research so far I can get it to be a Empire Boys
Picture of rear hub, brass sides shrunk onto the steel hub center,the brass sides are threaded to accept the spokes
One of the spokes being threaded using a 5BA die
Thanks for showing interest