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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 … Continue reading
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I bought this hub at a very nice price on eBay. Had a problem with the seller not accepting my PayPal payment, but that’s another story. The hub is a Sturmey Archer AW from 1947. It was described by the … Continue reading
Defeated by a free-wheel for the first time in my life! The wretched thing just wouldn’t turn no matter what I did! The hub was made in 1933 and the free-wheel could well have been fitted at around that time. … Continue reading
I am running the Sturmey Archer Course twice in August. These will be on Wednesday the 24th and on Tuesday the 30th. The course is for one day and starts promptly at 9am and will usually end at about 5pm. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
One thing that came up on the risk assessment was that the parts of the bicycle repair stand that stick out should be painted bright yellow. A friend from church took the parts that needed painting and informed me this … Continue reading
I’ve been on eBay again, buying a few hubs that will be useful for the Sturmey Archer Course. One of the hubs is a AG 3-speed with dynamo. It is dated November 1959. Apart from the sprocket (which is no … Continue reading
The workshop is within days of being ready for training. Just a few very small issues which were raised during the risk assessment which need to be dealt with. A “Guinea Pig” Sturmey Archer course is is scheduled for the … Continue reading