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Since my crank was toast, I tried this one on in its place:
With the guard:
Works for me.
With the guard:
Works for me.
Liking that new crank and chainring!
Tackled straightening my fork today. Used my Hi Lift jack and an old girls frame. Initially thought I had over-corrected, but it looks pretty good.
Before:
After:
With the wheelset I deciced on:
Back wheel is pretty straight. Has a Morrow hub that will need the skiptooth cog swapped out. The front needs quite a bit of straightening and is missing a spoke. It has a New Departure hub.
Also I need the right crown race for the fork so it will sit in the head tube right.
Before:
After:
With the wheelset I deciced on:
Back wheel is pretty straight. Has a Morrow hub that will need the skiptooth cog swapped out. The front needs quite a bit of straightening and is missing a spoke. It has a New Departure hub.
Also I need the right crown race for the fork so it will sit in the head tube right.
Not a problem. I will get some detailed pics of the front wheel in the morning. And yes, they are 26" rims, I will be running 26 x 2.125 tires.Can you please make more pictures of the front wheel? I'm interested in the hub, does it have any markings, and how does the rim style look like? 26"?
Sorry for the questions, but I think I'm onto something...
Nice, and the front one didn't came from the same bike as the rear one?
Fork looks good!
Actually both wheels came from the same bike, a pre-war Schwinn. The rims are considered to be "Drop Center" rims.
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More detailed shots of the wheelset:
Originally chrome plated
Morrow hub. G2 date code
Originally chrome plated
Morrow hub. G2 date code
I tried to free up my seat post today. Had to cut the binder bolt off.
Post stuck pretty solid, so I drove a wooden dowel into the seatpost and flipped the bike upside down and sprayed penetrant in through the bottom bracket. I'll check it tomorrow.
Finally, I pulled a crown race from another fork and got the Columbia fork sitting where it is supposed to be.
Post stuck pretty solid, so I drove a wooden dowel into the seatpost and flipped the bike upside down and sprayed penetrant in through the bottom bracket. I'll check it tomorrow.
Finally, I pulled a crown race from another fork and got the Columbia fork sitting where it is supposed to be.
I hope that seat post comes free!
I was able to relieve the frame of the seat post:
I'll marry the 5/8" round bar to the old post to make a layback post.
I'll marry the 5/8" round bar to the old post to make a layback post.
Now I remember why I hadn't used this old wheelset on something by now.
The rear is dead straight. The front, not so much. I might as well try to straighten that too.
The rear is dead straight. The front, not so much. I might as well try to straighten that too.
It doesn't look that bad. The rims on my Ukraina weren't entirely straight either, but I managed to get them kinda straight.
Hard to show in the pics. I'll loosen the spokes and see how straight I can get it.
I received several packaged yesterday. Among them was a box containing these: Repop Columbia Superb tires
I'll need to knock some of the "new" off of these prior to installation.
I'll need to knock some of the "new" off of these prior to installation.
I had put out some feelers a few days ago looking for a specific item. I got a hit and soon had some of this:
Hence the name change.
Hence the name change.
