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Hi J Westland - A big thank-you for your kind advice, which sounds v sensible to me and v useful! Best Regards

Wheel-Building help?

I have a Nigel Dean Senator with horribly corroded hubs. The rear is the worst and I have found a NOS (Shimano GPX) hub for it. As it would be a first-time attempt at building a wheel is there anyone kind/mad enough to be able to give me some practical help? I'm based by Victoria station but can travel! Help!

PS Finally have the bike - pic attached of the fun rear hub (and freelance spokes!) Underneath the Suntour GPX gloss the front hub has FB etched into it - could that be the Italian FB maker?

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For non-naff, and this is 1959, these are the ones to have (!), death to the curly-wurlies and johnny-come-naffos 'craftstypes' (IMHO FFS)... Bob Keeling forever...

The thing I am not looking forward to is rebuilding the back wheel to replace the hub - do you think there might be someone on here who could help with rebuilding - as I haven't done it before?!

Sorry to hear your work situation. Sounds like a good start as a combo. I won't actually see mine for a month as I'm away, but the Suntour GPX sounds very promising - if it works - everything to hubs and pedals are GPX - and I was lucky to find a new rear hub for £4 and a good front one for £10 - otherwise pairs advertised up to £160 as NOS. It's 7 speed so I guess an 8 speed would be feasible, and I read that a later slimline 9s chain makes a lot of difference to the indexing operation.

Thank you, that's very helpful. What did u build yours up with in the end, Ultegra?

Hi - Did the '91 catalogue give prices - wondering if the Tourmaster was more or less than the Senator? Was 531C more or less pricey than 531ST? Were they both double-butted?
Any idea what 'microfusion lugs' and 'integral Fork Crown' are? (excuse my ignorance!)
I read the Suntour GPX was only made '89 to '91, and the wheels on mine are Rigida rather than Alesa, perhaps the spec changed, and wondering if mine is an '89 or a '90 - as apparently the GPX indexing was said to have problems early on but sorted by 1990?
My Senator is GPX throughout - including the pedals (with special Lyotard clips) - I read the downside is bits are hard to find and not interchangeable with other eg Shimano bits.
I read that Nigel Dean made frames for Condor, rather than the other way around?

Thank you! Found a new rear and decent used front GPX hub - only the wheels to rebuild now (aargh).

Hi - I bought a Senator with v dodgy hubs on Rigida Aero rims in black (like the catalogue cover pic?) - if you have similar wheels it would be a great help to know what the hubs are! Regards

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Nigel Dean Senator

Hi - Just bought a Nigel Dean Senator needing work - would you have more of the catalogue than you put up on site - specs in particular. The front wheel is a Rigida Aero with black rim, perhaps the same as the brochure cover - and I need to replace the hub - if there was a name and spec it would be helpful! Regards