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Mockup with some S-7 wheels
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Finally got some shop time.
I tried hand sanding for a little while, but ditched that for the wire wheel. Much quicker results.
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Found a serial #. LRB0005624. No idea it means anything.

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Needs a little finish work. Next I'll cut down the fork.
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Still waiting on spokes to build my wheels. They are literally on a slow boat from somewhere.
 
Today was the day to swap hub shells on my Sachs 515 hub.
First order of business was to watch this dude disassemble/assemble a hub:


Then got to work. You really need a vise to work on this hub. Working from the brake arm side.


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This Perry hub tool came in handy.
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At this point, I should have been able to lift the shell off, but I had to take it apart a bit further.
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Now I needed to swap the bearing race from the 36 hole shell to the 28 hole shell.
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Reassembled in reverse order.
 

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Today was the day to swap hub shells on my Sachs 515 hub.
First order of business was to watch this dude disassemble/assemble a hub:


Then got to work. You really need a vise to work on this hub. Working from the brake arm side.


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This Perry hub tool came in handy.
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At this point, I should have been able to lift the shell off, but I had to take it apart a bit further.
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Now I needed to swap the bearing race from the 36 hole shell to the 28 hole shell.
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Reassembled in reverse order.

Very cool hub!!! 🤤 🤤
 
Ketchin'up post. KOTA bends look good. Chain stays at relatively level adds clearance too. Could bend a bit more for some rake but big guys on little bikes need the height and clearance is always good. Even street bikes go off-road once in a while. Not gold and not green, I like it already.
 
Ketchin'up post. KOTA bends look good. Chain stays at relatively level adds clearance too. Could bend a bit more for some rake but big guys on little bikes need the height and clearance is always good. Even street bikes go off-road once in a while. Not gold and not green, I like it already.
I'll have to get my wheels built and on the bike to get the stance dialed in. I have a few tire options to help with that as well.
I suppose since my seat is blue/white, the paint will be something of that nature.

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Very cool hub!!! 🤤 🤤
I always keep my eyes peeled for the Torpedo hubs.
 
Full disclosure: I had been waiting for a spoke order to get my wheels built. The order came yesterday so I sat down to get some wheels built today. I very quickly realized that I had screwed up my order and my spokes were not going to work for a cross 3 pattern.
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Looks like I can get away with a cross 2 in front since I'm not running any kind of brake.
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That pattern isn't going to work for the rear so I decided to just clean up and paint the old spokes from the exerciser that I broke down for the rims. Cleaned up with 0000 steel wool, then degreased with mineral spirits.
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Got some gloss black Rustoleum on the spokes.
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