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Offline Retrodan72

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...never again.

I decided on Thursday night that I'd start to polish my Asahi spokes while sat watching the telly. I thought that I'd take my wheels to get built this weekend and they would look great once built having a little extra gleam.



I will never be doing this again. It's the most boring and blister making BMX related task I've done.

I thought I'd whizz them out in an hour, especially with my right arm action, which you all know is at an expert level.

I have, this morning just finished the last 9 of 72. To top it all, Bendy tells me he's just done 220, the fooking lunatic. Lol


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« Last Edit: March 22, 2014, 08:41 AM by Retrodan72 »


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Re: Spoke Polishing - Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time...
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2014, 08:44 AM »
Did you try that trick with the cork?

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Re: Spoke Polishing - Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time...
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2014, 08:46 AM »
Did you try that trick with the cork?

Nah, Autosol and a rag, then a soft duster to buff up.


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Re: Spoke Polishing - Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time...
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2014, 09:08 AM »
What a great way to pass the time ;D
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Re: Spoke Polishing - Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time...
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2014, 09:13 AM »
We all know you're more than familiar with the "polishing action" but how did you arm cope with "polishing" something bigger?


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Re: Spoke Polishing - Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time...
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2014, 09:53 AM »
We all know you're more than familiar with the "polishing action" but how did you arm cope with "polishing" something bigger?


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To be honest Chris, it doesn't take me too long to complete these days, I've usually arrived as soon as the bird gets here knickers off in the xhamster clip. :2funny:

As for the spokes, I was doing 10-15 at a time then suffering a bit.  ::)


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Re: Spoke Polishing - Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time...
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2014, 01:12 PM »
Good dedication Dan  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Spoke Polishing - Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time...
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2014, 09:18 AM »
LOL reminds me of the time I did this with the wheels on my Flash; looked great for a while but soon dulled down again as they are not stainless ;(


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