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I was lucky to have had the rims in the back of the garage for years- I am too tight fisted to buy owt like them these days! LOL
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I knew someone would mention that- LOL
Big lad + big hills to go (up and) down + big wuss= 2 brakes....for now.
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My first self built fixie. With HUGE inspiration from this forum- many thanks!
501 (Puch, I think) frame, hand painted with hammerite, as it goes on and off train guards vans all week...it's gonna get scratched up :-(
The rest a mix of bits I had (rims especially) and waiting for mega-bargains on ebay.
Most expensive part- £15 'On-one' track hub. perfect 42mm chainline- silent to ride and pretty light.£85 total to build.
I've only had it on the road a week and I must have done 120 miles already. Love it!
I'm like a proud dad!Cheers again for all for the inspiration.
Gaz -
spocalc was accurate its spreadsheet. you need the excel application.
Hi mate,
I don't doubt the calculators are accurate- it's my measuring I don't trust. LOL
Gaz -
Hi- I hope it is OK to butt in on this thread, I have a similar spoke length problem/lack of confidence...
I have rebuilt quite a few wheels, by using the same rim and hub, therefore just buying the same size spokes as previous (or even re-using existing spokes, if I have replaced rims like for like).
But this time I have a rim and just bought a hub and not at all confident that I am measuring the hub dims correctly. I keep getting varying results from different spoke calculators!My rim is a CXP14 and I have just bought one of these http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/acatalog/HUOOLFTH32RBK.jpg, if someone would be kind enough to tell me exactly what to measure and how, or if by chance anyone knows the dim's already that would be great. I am going to build 3 cross pattern it will be 32 spokes.
Cheers
Gaz
One thing I did with my hammeriting (and mine is the smooth type) was to thin down the paint a bit and do 3 coats rather than 1 thick coat. Seems to have helped...
After 6 days of on/off trains guards vans it has a couple of nicks but not 'chips' as such, and as said previously it is dead easy to touch up. :-)
Gaz