repair Archives - Colwood Wheel Works

Reclaimed Bicycle Parts

Vince Warner — Sun, 05 May 2013 06:22:53 +0000

When a bicycle needs repair often a replacement part will be required. A modern bike can be fitted with a modern part which is usually readily available. On an old bicycle it is often possible to get the bike back on the road by fitting a modern part, but in doing so we lose some […]

Dérailleur Problem, but it was fun!

Vince Warner — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:33:11 +0000

Colwood Wheel Works

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 […]

The Golden Sunbeam

Vince Warner — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:06:34 +0000

Colwood Wheel Works

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 […]

Sturmey Archer Course an Outstanding Success

Vince Warner — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:32:29 +0000

Colwood Wheel Works

Today saw the launch of the Colwood Wheel Works Sturmey Archer Course. Two students undertook tuition on dismantling, rebuilding, repairing and restoring Sturmey Archer hubs. The course covered a large amount of practical hands on work. Both students were very happy with what they had learnt and the way the course was run. I am […]

Sturmey Archer AB 3-Speed Hub With Brake

Vince Warner — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:35:49 +0000

Colwood Wheel Works

A Sturmey Archer AB hub which wasn't as good as it looked I bought a Sturmey Archer AB hub dated 1974 from an eBay seller. It arrived this morning and it was clearly not going to work, so I gave it a full service this afternoon. Somebody has already tried repairing this hub The hub […]

The Workshop is Now Ready For Action

Vince Warner — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:26:11 +0000

Colwood Wheel Works

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 […]

Surprise Bungled Repair Find

Vince Warner — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:40:08 +0000

Colwood Wheel Works

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 […]