sturmey archer

Courses
Beginners Welcome

My seven year old daughter was interested in knowing what I was going to teach people, so I took her into the workshop and showed her. Within half an hour of tuition she was dismantling and rebuilding the AW hub on her own, and adjusting it correctly. No previous experience is necessary, just a willingness […]

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Courses
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" […]

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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 […]

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Hub Gears
Sturmey Archer TF

A very rare hub from 1933 has been sent to me for a strip down and clean. This particular hub has been fitted with a free-wheel (also made by Sturmey Archer) which is worn out so will have to be removed. The first job is to remove the freewheel. The safest and most time consuming […]

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Hub Gears
Completed the FW rebuild

I went into the workshop this afternoon with the idea of tidying it up a bit. Seeing the FW axle in the vice I began to clean some more of the parts.  Having started I couldn't stop so the hub is now completely rebuilt, lubricated and polished. The FW is now looking good and running […]

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