Ladies Bicycle
This pretty 10 speed ladies mountain bike is fully serviced and ready to ride. The rear dérailleur has been stripped down, cleaned, lubricated and rebuilt. The front wheel cones have been replaced. Everything has been checked lubricated and properly adjusted. This very nice ladies bicycle is now sold
A Trip To Milton Keynes And A Book Deal
Yesterday I took a train ride to Milton Keynes to meet Pete Read the owner of Pheonix Hub Gears and the UK's leading expert on all Sturmey Archer gears. A worthy competitor to Colwood Wheel Works and also a good friend. We had a very enjoyable time together discussing hub gearing as well as other […]
Mountain Bike Finally Repaired
Some time ago I posted about a mountain bike frame that appeared to be out of track. Yesterday I finally got around to stripping the bike down and checked the tracking of the frame. I rechecked the wheel and confirmed that it was indeed dished correctly. I then checked the frame and found that it […]
Coming soon!
The long awaited "Colwood Wheel Works Wheel Building Course" will be starting soon. I have run a successful trial for the course today and I plan to run the first wheel building course in March. The course will cover choosing the correct spoke length, lacing and truing. The correct tools to use will also be […]
Dérailleur Problem, but it was fun!
A bicycle came in for a service today with a dérailleur problem. It looked quite routine until I found out that neither of the gear controls was working at all. Off came the handlebar grips, off came the brake levers and finally off came the gear controls. I was then able to look inside the […]
When is a Sturmey Archer AM not a Sturmey Archer AM?
A Sturmey Archer AM is not a Sturmey Archer AM when somebody has put an AW internal into an AM shell. There is an auction on eBay for a "sturmey archer 3 speed 1950 AM hub ALLOY vintage bicycle wheel" (Auction number 270857217423) The hub shell is definitely from a Sturmey Archer AM hub and […]
Next Sturmey Archer Course
The week between Christmas and New Year is usually quiet, so to make the week a bit more interesting I am running a Sturmey Archer Course. Two places are available on Thursday 29th December 2011. Phone 0844 576 3273 for more information and to book your place.
Raleigh Hustler
This Raleigh Hustler was almost scrapped I found this old bike in my storeroom. It had been cannibalized for parts over many years. When the time came to scrap what was left of the bike I couldn't do it. So I rebuilt the bike instead. Preservation is often better than restoration. The Raleigh Hustler dates […]
Sturmey Archer S3C - 3 Speed with Coaster Brake
There are so many different Sturmey Archer hubs and variants within the hubs that there is always something new to learn. The S3C is certainly not the most common and is one of the more interesting. I bought this one on eBay because although I had a good understanding of how it works I'd never […]
The Golden Sunbeam
The Golden Sunbeam - A Beautiful Headache This lovely old bicycle was brought into the workshop for me to make it ridable. The Sunbeam is not the easiest bicycle to work on as the machine wasn't designed to be taken apart and put back together by anybody other than the knowledgeable people in the Sunbeam […]