bicycle
Sapim Bicycle Spokes
Sapim bicycle spokes and nipples are, in my opinion, the finest wheel building combination available. These spokes are made with the good quality stainless steel and are accurate and consistent in their quality. The "Polyax" nipple design is clever, simple and unique and will fit any rim better than a standard nipple from other manufacturers. […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
New Wheels for my Mountain Bike
I have removed the FW from my mountain bike so that I can use the internal for a Sturmey Archer Course demonstration. Today I have built two very nice wheels for the mountain bike complete with a single fixed sprocket. However when fitting the rear wheel I have found that the frame is out of […]
The Workshop is Now Ready For Action
After a lot of hard work the workshop is finally ready for students. Sturmey Archer courses can start almost immediately. The wheel building course will take a bit longer as I need to build some shelves and sort out tens of thousands of spokes. Saying a prayer before I start looking for the right spoke […]
Update on Sturmey Archer Course Launch
The curriculum for the Sturmey Archer course is more or less decided. I will be running a trial day soon with two of my friends as guinea-pig students. I will then be making any adjustments to the curriculum and my teaching methods that may be necessary before launching the course. I will update the "Courses" […]
Surprise Bungled Repair Find
I removed an AW from an old scrap bike to use for my course demonstrations. As I was dismantling it I realised that there was no thrust ring over the clutch. Then I noticed that the clutch was sitting far too high. Somebody had dismantled the hub and reassembled it with the thrust ring underneath […]