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  1. SILVERKINGPC

    Tracker tribute

    Wow, just wow, my condolences. I feel like an idiot. Sending positive thoughts.....your posts here have been some of my favorites simply because of the experience and wisdom you bring to the table regarding every possible thing BICYCLE. Love your creativity, straight-up dialog and excellent...
  2. SILVERKINGPC

    Tracker tribute

    I looked again at your input and you had the flanges to locknut numbers on the wrong side of the calculator...Your calcs showed that the large flange side has the longest locknut to flange distance of 32mm when in fact it is 19....THIS is the reason you got garbage out..garbage in makes for...
  3. SILVERKINGPC

    Tracker tribute

    I also always use the ProWheelbuilder calculator as @Wildcat does and have never had a bad result. You MUST input the correct numbers...check, double check and then check again the numbers and measurements of your hub and rim. ProWheelbuilder cannot give you a bad spoke length if you input the...
  4. SILVERKINGPC

    Macro Monday! Show that zoomed-in detail shot on Monday

    I guess Sundays are now Mondays. ^^^^^ So distracted that we don't even know what day it is. How many times has this occurred? Pay attention Ratters! TODAY is Monday, not yesterday! How difficult is it? Seems 2b very much so.
  5. SILVERKINGPC

    need help identifying this bike i just picked up (no head badge)

    Yes, this is why we need to see the other stamping (if present) as prefix letters were re-used over time by Westfield. It could very well be a 1948 model. Seat would become era appropriate if so. It does have the typical 40's paint scheme for "Columbia" Westfield. @Wildcat What would the...
  6. SILVERKINGPC

    need help identifying this bike i just picked up (no head badge)

    'Westfield" built, Columbia badged...34ish....look for another number stamping on the bb shell. Should be a letter and number separate from the #M81459. Odd that is has the non-clincher wheels for this era that look to be not original to the bike? Seat is also later..
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